diff --git a/scripts/benchmark_moment.js b/scripts/benchmark_moment.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11c4428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/benchmark_moment.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const moment = require('moment');
+
+const ITERATIONS = 1000000;
+
+console.log(`Running benchmark with ${ITERATIONS} iterations...`);
+
+// Benchmark Moment.js
+const startMoment = process.hrtime();
+for (let i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
+  moment()
+    .valueOf()
+    .toString();
+}
+const endMoment = process.hrtime(startMoment);
+const timeMoment = endMoment[0] * 1000 + endMoment[1] / 1000000;
+
+// Benchmark Date.now()
+const startDate = process.hrtime();
+for (let i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
+  Date.now().toString();
+}
+const endDate = process.hrtime(startDate);
+const timeDate = endDate[0] * 1000 + endDate[1] / 1000000;
+
+console.log(`Moment.js: ${timeMoment.toFixed(2)}ms`);
+console.log(`Date.now(): ${timeDate.toFixed(2)}ms`);
+console.log(`Improvement: ${(timeMoment / timeDate).toFixed(2)}x faster`);
diff --git a/src/services/BackgroundService.js b/src/services/BackgroundService.js
index f88d78d..0db92a1 100644
--- a/src/services/BackgroundService.js
+++ b/src/services/BackgroundService.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-community/async-storage';
 import BackgroundTimer from 'react-native-background-timer';
 import PushNotification from 'react-native-push-notification';
-import moment from 'moment';
 import {USER_AGENT_DESKTOP, WEB_PLATFORM_DESKTOP} from '../Constants';
 import {escapeRegExp} from '../Utils';
 
@@ -55,12 +54,7 @@ export const checkUrlForText = async checkUrlForTextData => {
       });
     }
 
-    await AsyncStorage.setItem(
-      'lastChecked',
-      moment()
-        .valueOf()
-        .toString(),
-    );
+    await AsyncStorage.setItem('lastChecked', Date.now().toString());
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(error);
   }