diff --git a/Server/Main.cs b/Server/Main.cs
index f69ca09a4..9692a9623 100644
--- a/Server/Main.cs
+++ b/Server/Main.cs
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ namespace Server
 
 			try
 			{
-				DateTime now, last = DateTime.Now;
+				DateTime now, last = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
 				const int sampleInterval = 100;
 				const float ticksPerSecond = (float)(TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond * sampleInterval);
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ namespace Server
 
 					if( (++sample % sampleInterval) == 0 )
 					{
-						now = DateTime.Now;
+						now = DateTime.UtcNow;
 						m_CyclesPerSecond[m_CycleIndex++ % m_CyclesPerSecond.Length] =
 							ticksPerSecond / (now.Ticks - last.Ticks);
 						last = now;
diff --git a/Server/Mobile.cs b/Server/Mobile.cs
index 9e4ecdaf3..695f6ecdd 100644
--- a/Server/Mobile.cs
+++ b/Server/Mobile.cs
@@ -3050,10 +3050,10 @@ namespace Server
 		private static TimeSpan m_WalkMount = TimeSpan.FromSeconds( 0.2 );
 		private static TimeSpan m_RunMount = TimeSpan.FromSeconds( 0.1 );
 
-		public static TimeSpan WalkFoot { get { return m_WalkFoot; } }
-		public static TimeSpan RunFoot { get { return m_RunFoot; } }
-		public static TimeSpan WalkMount { get { return m_WalkMount; } }
-		public static TimeSpan RunMount { get { return m_RunMount; } }
+		public static TimeSpan WalkFoot { get { return m_WalkFoot; } set { m_WalkFoot = value; } }
+		public static TimeSpan RunFoot { get { return m_RunFoot; } set { m_RunFoot = value; } }
+		public static TimeSpan WalkMount { get { return m_WalkMount; } set { m_WalkMount = value; } }
+		public static TimeSpan RunMount { get { return m_RunMount; } set { m_RunMount = value; } }
 
 		private DateTime m_EndQueue;