diff --git a/src/helpers.py b/src/helpers.py
index 1b635a2e9cd00bfbb3650a5a7a8768378cfcdb6b..d73a39e15d43d25f7be717f11fe7f67260f07ac0 100644
--- a/src/helpers.py
+++ b/src/helpers.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import os
 import time
 import socket
+import datetime as dt
 
 
 def to_list(arg):
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ class TimeTracking(object):
             return time.time() - self.start
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"{round(self._duration(), 2)}s"
+        # return f"{round(self._duration(), 2)}s"
+        return f"{dt.timedelta(seconds=math.ceil(self._duration()))} (hh:mm:ss)"
 
     def run(self):
         self._start()
diff --git a/test/test_helpers.py b/test/test_helpers.py
index 7de58f331ea4b6eeaf46b6d8b10f8ad1da487f3c..f5b41c5da8fa7b5297910e54bf36e2eb09be080c 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.py
+++ b/test/test_helpers.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class TestTimeTracking:
         t = TimeTracking()
         t._end()
         duration = t._duration()
-        assert t.__repr__().rstrip() == f"{round(duration, 2)}s".rstrip()
+        assert t.__repr__().rstrip() == f"{dt.timedelta(seconds=math.ceil(duration))} (hh:mm:ss)".rstrip()
 
     def test_run(self):
         t = TimeTracking(start=False)
diff --git a/test/test_modules/test_run_environment.py b/test/test_modules/test_run_environment.py
index ce5f995e54df1ffc93c80c191376347c5f0b3741..1eeaa02c530d05e1ceee7bde8811db53ad6042aa 100644
--- a/test/test_modules/test_run_environment.py
+++ b/test/test_modules/test_run_environment.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ class TestRunEnvironment:
         caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
         with RunEnvironment() as r:
             r.do_stuff(0.1)
-        assert caplog.record_tuples[-1] == ('root', 20, PyTestRegex(r"RunEnvironment finished after \d+\.\d+s"))
+        expression = PyTestRegex(r"RunEnvironment finished after \d+:\d+:\d+ \(hh:mm:ss\)")
+        assert caplog.record_tuples[-1] == ('root', 20, expression)
 
     def test_init(self, caplog):
         caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
@@ -28,4 +29,5 @@ class TestRunEnvironment:
         r = RunEnvironment()
         r.do_stuff(0.2)
         del r
-        assert caplog.record_tuples[-1] == ('root', 20, PyTestRegex(r"RunEnvironment finished after \d+\.\d+s"))
+        expression = PyTestRegex(r"RunEnvironment finished after \d+:\d+:\d+ \(hh:mm:ss\)")
+        assert caplog.record_tuples[-1] == ('root', 20, expression)