diff --git a/increasing_size_test.R b/increasing_size_test.R
index 41061af..b6f7146 100644
--- a/increasing_size_test.R
+++ b/increasing_size_test.R
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ lbm_res <- future_lapply(seq_along(lbm_matrices), function(mat_idx) {
     start_time <- Sys.time()
     fit <- estimateBipartiteSBM(netMat = lbm_matrices[[mat_idx]], estimOptions = list(plot = 0))
     stop_time <- Sys.time()
-    out_list <- list(fit = fit, time = stop_time - start_time)
+    out_list <- list(fit = fit, time = difftime(stop_time, start_time, units = "secs"))
     return(out_list)
 }, future.seed = TRUE)