diff --git a/examples/main.c b/examples/main.c
index 69b0fcd55c4508af1825954b7a3088c258f9353a..df2b30c743759273d3f8958ee17eb2abbb923eee 100644
--- a/examples/main.c
+++ b/examples/main.c
@@ -328,9 +328,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         }
 #ifndef SWIFT_DEBUG_TASKS
         if (dump_tasks) {
-          error(
-              "Task dumping is only possible if SWIFT was configured with the "
-              "--enable-task-debugging option.");
+          if (myrank == 0) {
+            message("WARNING: complete task dumps are only created when "
+                    "configured with --enable-task-debugging. "
+                    "Basic task statistics will be output.");
+          }
         }
 #endif
         break;
@@ -1085,15 +1087,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (force_stop || (e.restart_onexit && e.step - 1 == nsteps))
       engine_dump_restarts(&e, 0, 1);
 
-#ifdef SWIFT_DEBUG_TASKS
     /* Dump the task data using the given frequency. */
     if (dump_tasks && (dump_tasks == 1 || j % dump_tasks == 1)) {
+#ifdef SWIFT_DEBUG_TASKS
       task_dump_all(&e, j + 1);
+#endif
 
       /* Generate the task statistics. */
       task_dump_stats(&e, j + 1);
     }
-#endif
 
 #ifdef SWIFT_DEBUG_THREADPOOL
     /* Dump the task data using the given frequency. */
diff --git a/src/scheduler.c b/src/scheduler.c
index d4ac89ddca85b9acefee3ac5acd85d073f3666d9..1cd65bc154af1099522a4ec749df78540c9502dc 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.c
+++ b/src/scheduler.c
@@ -1816,13 +1816,12 @@ void scheduler_reweight(struct scheduler *s, int verbose) {
   /* Run through the tasks backwards and set their weights. */
   for (int k = nr_tasks - 1; k >= 0; k--) {
     struct task *t = &tasks[tid[k]];
-    float cost;
+    float cost = 0.f;
     t->weight = 0.f;
 
     for (int j = 0; j < t->nr_unlock_tasks; j++)
       if (t->unlock_tasks[j]->weight > t->weight)
         t->weight = t->unlock_tasks[j]->weight;
-    float cost = 0.f;
 
     const float count_i = (t->ci != NULL) ? t->ci->hydro.count : 0.f;
     const float count_j = (t->cj != NULL) ? t->cj->hydro.count : 0.f;
diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index 62e00d976582766e8ff9b1b7ebb408ca11c373a4..51998182ab79c2f07f218f0e0aa9066a73e06f92 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -702,7 +702,6 @@ void task_dump_all(struct engine *e, int step) {
  */
 void task_dump_stats(struct engine *e, int step) {
 
-#ifdef SWIFT_DEBUG_TASKS
   char dumpfile[40];
   snprintf(dumpfile, 40, "thread_stats-step%d.dat", step);
 
@@ -725,7 +724,6 @@ void task_dump_stats(struct engine *e, int step) {
   }
 
   double total[1] = {0.0};
-  double minmin[1] = {DBL_MAX};
   for (int l = 0; l < e->sched.nr_tasks; l++) {
     int type = e->sched.tasks[l].type;
 
@@ -745,7 +743,6 @@ void task_dump_stats(struct engine *e, int step) {
         max[type][subtype] = dt;
       }
       total[0] += dt;
-      if (dt < minmin[0]) minmin[0] = dt;
     }
   }
 
@@ -773,10 +770,6 @@ void task_dump_stats(struct engine *e, int step) {
                    MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_SUM, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
   if (res != MPI_SUCCESS) mpi_error(res, "Failed to reduce task total time");
 
-  res = MPI_Reduce((engine_rank == 0 ? MPI_IN_PLACE : minmin), minmin, 1,
-                   MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MIN, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-  if (res != MPI_SUCCESS) mpi_error(res, "Failed to reduce task global min");
-
   if (engine_rank == 0) {
 #endif
 
@@ -790,7 +783,10 @@ void task_dump_stats(struct engine *e, int step) {
         if (sum[j][k] > 0.0) {
           double mean = sum[j][k] / (double)count[j][k];
           double perc = 100.0 * sum[j][k] / total[0];
-          int fixed_cost = (int)mean / minmin[0];
+
+          /* Fixed cost is in .1ns as we want to compare between runs in
+           * some absolute units. */
+          int fixed_cost = (int)(clocks_from_ticks(mean) * 10000.f);
           fprintf(dfile,
                   "%15s/%-10s %10d %14.2f %14.2f %14.2f %14.2f %14.2f %10d\n",
                   taskID, subtaskID_names[k], count[j][k], min[j][k], max[j][k],
@@ -806,5 +802,4 @@ void task_dump_stats(struct engine *e, int step) {
   }
 #endif
 
-#endif  // SWIFT_DEBUG_TASKS
 }