diff --git a/src/PocketMine.php b/src/PocketMine.php
index 7ccaabf1a..eaa0def36 100644
--- a/src/PocketMine.php
+++ b/src/PocketMine.php
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 				}
 			}
 
-			//TODO: move this to a Server field
-			define('pocketmine\START_TIME', microtime(true));
 			ThreadManager::init();
 			new Server($autoloader, $logger, \pocketmine\DATA, \pocketmine\PLUGIN_PATH);
 
diff --git a/src/Server.php b/src/Server.php
index aebf14bb3..edeed2f7d 100644
--- a/src/Server.php
+++ b/src/Server.php
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ class Server{
 	private $currentTPS = 20;
 	/** @var float */
 	private $currentUse = 0;
+	/** @var float */
+	private $startTime;
 
 	/** @var bool */
 	private $doTitleTick = true;
@@ -547,6 +549,13 @@ class Server{
 		return round((array_sum($this->useAverage) / count($this->useAverage)) * 100, 2);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return float
+	 */
+	public function getStartTime() : float{
+		return $this->startTime;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return SimpleCommandMap
 	 */
@@ -970,6 +979,7 @@ class Server{
 			throw new \InvalidStateException("Only one server instance can exist at once");
 		}
 		self::$instance = $this;
+		$this->startTime = microtime(true);
 
 		$this->tickSleeper = new SleeperHandler();
 		$this->autoloader = $autoloader;
@@ -1285,7 +1295,7 @@ class Server{
 
 			$this->logger->info($this->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.server.defaultGameMode", [$this->getGamemode()->getTranslationKey()]));
 
-			$this->logger->info($this->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.server.startFinished", [round(microtime(true) - \pocketmine\START_TIME, 3)]));
+			$this->logger->info($this->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.server.startFinished", [round(microtime(true) - $this->startTime, 3)]));
 
 			//TODO: move console parts to a separate component
 			$consoleSender = new ConsoleCommandSender();
@@ -1736,7 +1746,7 @@ class Server{
 		$this->isRunning = false;
 
 		//Force minimum uptime to be >= 120 seconds, to reduce the impact of spammy crash loops
-		$spacing = ((int) \pocketmine\START_TIME) - time() + 120;
+		$spacing = ((int) $this->startTime) - time() + 120;
 		if($spacing > 0){
 			echo "--- Waiting $spacing seconds to throttle automatic restart (you can kill the process safely now) ---" . PHP_EOL;
 			sleep($spacing);
diff --git a/src/command/defaults/StatusCommand.php b/src/command/defaults/StatusCommand.php
index 74d22076e..82a5d1f60 100644
--- a/src/command/defaults/StatusCommand.php
+++ b/src/command/defaults/StatusCommand.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class StatusCommand extends VanillaCommand{
 		$server = $sender->getServer();
 		$sender->sendMessage(TextFormat::GREEN . "---- " . TextFormat::WHITE . "Server status" . TextFormat::GREEN . " ----");
 
-		$time = microtime(true) - \pocketmine\START_TIME;
+		$time = microtime(true) - $server->getStartTime();
 
 		$seconds = floor($time % 60);
 		$minutes = null;