diff --git a/src/client/client_impl.rs b/src/client/client_impl.rs
index 1a2e0755..a01d5e02 100644
--- a/src/client/client_impl.rs
+++ b/src/client/client_impl.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ impl Client {
         AsyncClient::new(self, notification_handler, process_handler)
     }
 
+    /// Return JACK's current system time in microseconds, using the JACK clock
+    /// source.
+    ///
+    /// Note: Although attached a `Client` method, this should use the same time clock as all
+    /// clients.
+    pub fn time(&self) -> Time {
+        // Despite not needing a ptr to the client, this function often segfaults if a client has
+        // not been initialized.
+        unsafe { jack_sys::jack_get_time() }
+    }
+
     /// The sample rate of the JACK system, as set by the user when jackd was
     /// started.
     pub fn sample_rate(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/src/client/test.rs b/src/client/test.rs
index adb67129..3eb10f75 100644
--- a/src/client/test.rs
+++ b/src/client/test.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ fn open_test_client(name: &str) -> (Client, ClientStatus) {
     Client::new(name, ClientOptions::NO_START_SERVER).unwrap()
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn time_can_get_time() {
+    open_test_client("tcgt").0.time();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn time_is_monotonically_increasing() {
+    let c = open_test_client("tcgt").0;
+    let initial_t = c.time();
+    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+    let later_t = c.time();
+    assert!(initial_t < later_t);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn client_valid_client_name_size() {
     assert!(*CLIENT_NAME_SIZE > 0);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5c290a09..f7ca0b20 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,27 +80,15 @@ mod transport;
 /// Properties
 mod properties;
 
+static TIME_CLIENT: std::sync::LazyLock<Client> = std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| {
+    Client::new("deprecated_get_time", ClientOptions::NO_START_SERVER)
+        .unwrap()
+        .0
+});
+
 /// Return JACK's current system time in microseconds, using the JACK clock
 /// source.
+#[deprecated = "Prefer using Client::time. get_time will be eventually be removed and it requires an extra client initialization."]
 pub fn get_time() -> primitive_types::Time {
-    unsafe { jack_sys::jack_get_time() }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-    use super::*;
-    use std::{thread, time};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn time_can_get_time() {
-        get_time();
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn time_is_monotonically_increasing() {
-        let initial_t = get_time();
-        thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(100));
-        let later_t = get_time();
-        assert!(initial_t < later_t);
-    }
+    TIME_CLIENT.time()
 }
diff --git a/src/properties.rs b/src/properties.rs
index 898dc0b0..f56fb931 100644
--- a/src/properties.rs
+++ b/src/properties.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ mod metadata {
     }
 
     /// A piece of Metadata on a Jack `subject`: either a port or a client.
-    /// See the JACK Metadata API [description](https://jackaudio.org/metadata/) and [documentation](https://jackaudio.org/api/group__Metadata.html) and for more info.
+    ///
+    /// See the JACK Metadata API [description](https://jackaudio.org/metadata/) and
+    /// [documentation](https://jackaudio.org/api/group__Metadata.html) and for more info.
     #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
     pub struct Property {
         value: String,