diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 32bc98d..04763d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -63,21 +63,6 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc7eb209b1518d6bb87b283c20095f5228ecda460da70b44f0802523dea6da04"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "android-tzdata"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "android_system_properties"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arboard"
 version = "3.5.0"
@@ -266,18 +251,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.40"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a7964611d71df112cb1730f2ee67324fcf4d0fc6606acbbe9bfe06df124637c"
-dependencies = [
- "android-tzdata",
- "iana-time-zone",
- "num-traits",
- "windows-link",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clipboard-win"
 version = "5.4.0"
@@ -846,7 +819,6 @@ name = "gta-tools"
 version = "0.5.3"
 dependencies = [
  "catppuccin-egui",
- "chrono",
  "eframe",
  "egui_extras",
  "image",
@@ -907,30 +879,6 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6dbf3de79e51f3d586ab4cb9d5c3e2c14aa28ed23d180cf89b4df0454a69cc87"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone"
-version = "0.1.63"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0c919e5debc312ad217002b8048a17b7d83f80703865bbfcfebb0458b0b27d8"
-dependencies = [
- "android_system_properties",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "iana-time-zone-haiku",
- "js-sys",
- "log",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 076e1ef..3b2e3d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ edition = "2024"
 catppuccin-egui = { version = "5.5.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "egui31",
 ] }
-chrono = { version = "0.4.40", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 eframe = { version = "0.31.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "glow",
     "default_fonts",
diff --git a/src/gui/run.rs b/src/gui/run.rs
index 4b54eb5..473e9a3 100644
--- a/src/gui/run.rs
+++ b/src/gui/run.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ use crate::{
     util::{self, consts::APP_STORAGE_PATH, persistent_state::PersistentState},
 };
 use eframe::egui;
-use std::{fs::File, io::Write};
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io::Write,
+    time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
+};
 
 fn panic_hook(panic_info: &std::panic::PanicHookInfo<'_>) {
     let log_path = APP_STORAGE_PATH.join("panic.log");
@@ -15,7 +19,10 @@ fn panic_hook(panic_info: &std::panic::PanicHookInfo<'_>) {
         .append(true)
         .open(log_path)
         .unwrap();
-    let timestamp = chrono::Local::now().to_rfc3339_opts(chrono::SecondsFormat::Secs, false);
+    let timestamp = SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .unwrap()
+        .as_secs();
     let backtrace = std::backtrace::Backtrace::force_capture();
     let message = format!("[{timestamp}]\n{panic_info}\nstack backtrace:\n{backtrace}\n");
     file.write_all(message.as_bytes()).unwrap();