diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index aa247c8..c792807 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ where
     Ok(io::BufReader::new(file).lines())
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum MeasurementType {
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub enum MeasurementType {
     ICMP = 1,
     ICMPTimestamps,
     NTP,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1ce9c39..3c25593 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use std::{panic, process, thread};
 
 use crate::config::{Config, MeasurementType};
 use crate::netlink::Netlink;
-use crate::pinger::{PingListener, PingSender, SocketType};
+use crate::pinger::{PingListener, PingSender};
 use crate::pinger_icmp::{PingerICMPEchoListener, PingerICMPEchoSender};
 use crate::pinger_icmp_ts::{PingerICMPTimestampListener, PingerICMPTimestampSender};
 use crate::ratecontroller::{Ratecontroller, StatsDirection};
@@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
             Box::new(PingerICMPTimestampListener {}) as Box<dyn PingListener + Send>,
             Box::new(PingerICMPTimestampSender {}) as Box<dyn PingSender + Send>,
         ),
-        MeasurementType::NTP => {
-            todo!()
-        }
-        MeasurementType::TCPTimestamps => {
+        MeasurementType::NTP | MeasurementType::TCPTimestamps => {
             todo!()
         }
     };
@@ -149,7 +146,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
         .spawn(move || {
             match pinger_receiver.listen(
                 id,
-                SocketType::ICMP,
+                config.measurement_type,
                 reflector_peers_lock_clone,
                 baseliner_stats_sender,
             ) {
@@ -168,15 +165,15 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
     let reflector_peers_lock_clone = reflector_peers_lock.clone();
     let sender_handle = thread::Builder::new()
         .name("sender".to_string())
-        .spawn(
-            move || match pinger_sender.send(id, SocketType::ICMP, reflector_peers_lock_clone) {
+        .spawn(move || {
+            match pinger_sender.send(id, config.measurement_type, reflector_peers_lock_clone) {
                 Ok(_) => {}
                 Err(e) => {
                     error!("Error occured in sender thread: {}", e);
                     panic!();
                 }
-            },
-        )
+            }
+        })
         .expect("Couldn't spawn ping sender thread");
 
     let mut threads = vec![receiver_handle, sender_handle, baseliner_handle];
diff --git a/src/pinger.rs b/src/pinger.rs
index b797872..26e57a1 100644
--- a/src/pinger.rs
+++ b/src/pinger.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::MeasurementType;
 use log::{debug, error};
 use nix::sys::socket::{
     recvfrom, sendto, socket, AddressFamily, MsgFlags, SockFlag, SockProtocol, SockType,
@@ -12,11 +13,6 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-pub enum SocketType {
-    ICMP,
-    UDP,
-}
-
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub struct PingReply {
     pub(crate) reflector: IpAddr,
@@ -31,9 +27,9 @@ pub struct PingReply {
     pub(crate) last_receive_time_s: f64,
 }
 
-fn open_socket(type_: SocketType) -> nix::Result<RawFd> {
+fn open_socket(type_: MeasurementType) -> nix::Result<RawFd> {
     match type_ {
-        SocketType::ICMP => {
+        MeasurementType::ICMP | MeasurementType::ICMPTimestamps => {
             socket(
                 AddressFamily::Inet,
                 SockType::Raw,
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ fn open_socket(type_: SocketType) -> nix::Result<RawFd> {
                 SockProtocol::ICMP,
             )
         }
-        SocketType::UDP => {
+        MeasurementType::NTP => {
             socket(
                 AddressFamily::Inet,
                 SockType::Datagram,
@@ -49,6 +45,9 @@ fn open_socket(type_: SocketType) -> nix::Result<RawFd> {
                 SockProtocol::Udp,
             )
         }
+        _ => {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ pub trait PingListener {
     fn listen(
         &mut self,
         id: u16,
-        type_: SocketType,
+        type_: MeasurementType,
         reflectors_lock: Arc<RwLock<Vec<IpAddr>>>,
         stats_sender: Sender<PingReply>,
     ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ pub trait PingSender {
     fn send(
         &mut self,
         id: u16,
-        type_: SocketType,
+        type_: MeasurementType,
         reflectors_lock: Arc<RwLock<Vec<IpAddr>>>,
     ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         let socket = open_socket(type_)?;