diff --git a/examples/tree_1d_dgsem/elixir_advection_PERK2.jl b/examples/tree_1d_dgsem/elixir_advection_PERK2.jl
index 86c5d545062..e27bc81960a 100644
--- a/examples/tree_1d_dgsem/elixir_advection_PERK2.jl
+++ b/examples/tree_1d_dgsem/elixir_advection_PERK2.jl
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ semi = SemidiscretizationHyperbolic(mesh, equations, initial_condition_convergen
 # ODE solvers, callbacks etc.
 
 # Create ODE problem with time span from 0.0 to 1.0
-ode = semidiscretize(semi, (0.0, 1.0));
+tspan = (0.0, 1.0)
+ode = semidiscretize(semi, tspan);
 
 # At the beginning of the main loop, the SummaryCallback prints a summary of the simulation setup
 # and resets the timers
@@ -50,11 +51,9 @@ callbacks = CallbackSet(summary_callback,
 ###############################################################################
 # run the simulation
 
-# Define tspan to calculate maximum time step allowed for the bisection algorithm used in calculate polynomial coefficients in ODE algorithm
-tspan = (0.0, 1.0)
-
-# Construct second order PERK method with 6 stages for 
-# given simulation setup
+# Construct second order PERK method with 6 stages for given simulation setup.
+# Pass `tspan` to calculate maximum time step allowed for the bisection algorithm used 
+# in calculating the polynomial coefficients in the ODE algorithm.
 ode_algorithm = PERK2(6, tspan, semi)
 
 sol = Trixi.solve(ode, ode_algorithm,
diff --git a/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl b/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl
index 3258485ee7f..01e75d39da7 100644
--- a/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl
+++ b/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl
@@ -313,13 +313,15 @@ function solve!(integrator::PERK2Integrator)
         integrator.iter += 1
         integrator.t += integrator.dt
 
-        # handle callbacks
-        if callbacks isa CallbackSet
-            foreach(callbacks.discrete_callbacks) do cb
-                if cb.condition(integrator.u, integrator.t, integrator)
-                    cb.affect!(integrator)
+        @trixi_timeit timer() "Step-Callbacks" begin
+            # handle callbacks
+            if callbacks isa CallbackSet
+                foreach(callbacks.discrete_callbacks) do cb
+                    if cb.condition(integrator.u, integrator.t, integrator)
+                        cb.affect!(integrator)
+                    end
+                    return nothing
                 end
-                return nothing
             end
         end