diff --git a/examples/bench_17/main.c b/examples/bench_17/main.c
index 7aa019f570eb5a8d5977de40ec2df367157c4aee..9d92da758a67207d8dcf32880703db7d553f1896 100644
--- a/examples/bench_17/main.c
+++ b/examples/bench_17/main.c
@@ -1,61 +1,42 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include "../../reowolf.h"
 #include "../utility.c"
-#define N 5
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-	int i, cid, min_pid, msgs;
+	int i, j, cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used;
+	char do_puts, do_gets;
 	cid = atoi(argv[1]);
-	min_pid = atoi(argv[2]);
-	char role = argv[3][0]; // 'h' for head, 'i' for inner, 't' for tail, 's' for singleton
-	msgs = atoi(argv[4]);
-	printf("cid %d, min_pid %d, role='%c', msgs %d\n",
-		cid, min_pid, role, msgs);
+	min_putter = atoi(argv[2]);
+	min_getter = atoi(argv[3]);
+	ports_tot = atoi(argv[4]);
+	ports_used = atoi(argv[5]);
+	do_puts = argv[6][0]; // 't' or 'f'
+	do_gets = argv[7][0];
+	printf("cid %d, min_putter %d, min_getter %d, ports_tot %d, ports_used %d, do_puts %c, do_gets %c\n",
+		cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used, do_puts, do_gets);
 	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
 
 	unsigned char pdl[] = "";
 	Arc_ProtocolDescription * pd = protocol_description_parse(pdl, sizeof(pdl)-1);
 	Connector * c = connector_new_with_id(pd, cid);
-	PortId putters[N], getters[N];
-	FfiSocketAddr addr = {{127, 0, 0, 1}, 0};
-	if(role=='i' || role=='t') {
-		// I have N getter ports!
-		for(i=0; i<N; i++) {
-			addr.port = min_pid+i;
-			connector_add_net_port(c, &getters[i], addr, Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Passive);
-		}
-	}
-	if(role=='h' || role=='i') {
-		// I have N putter ports!
-		for(i=0; i<N; i++) {
-			addr.port = min_pid+i+N;
-			connector_add_net_port(c, &putters[i], addr, Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
-		}
-	}
-	printf("Added all ports!\n");
-	if(role=='i') {
-		// Inner has a forwarder component to forward messages
-		for(i=0; i<N; i++) {	
-			connector_add_component(c, "forward", 7, (PortId[]){putters[i], getters[i]}, 2);
-		}
+	PortId putters[ports_tot], getters[ports_tot];
+	for(i=0; i<ports_tot; i++) {
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &putters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){{127, 0, 0, 1}, min_putter+i},
+			Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &getters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){{127, 0, 0, 1}, min_getter+i},
+			Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Passive);
 	}
 	connector_connect(c, -1);
+	printf("connect ok!\n");
 	
 	clock_t begin = clock();
 	char msg[] = "Hello, world!";
-	for (i=0; i<10000; i++) {
-		if(role=='h' || role=='s') {
-			// singleton and head send N messages
-			for(i=0; i<N; i++) { 
-				connector_put_bytes(c, putters[i], msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
-			}
-		}
-		if(role=='t' || role=='s') {
-			// singleton and tail recv N messages
-			for(i=0; i<N; i++) { 
-				connector_get(c, getters[i]);
-			}
+	for (i=0; i<1000; i++) {
+		for(j=0; j<ports_used; j++) {
+			if(do_gets=='y') connector_get(c, getters[j]);
+			if(do_puts=='y') connector_put_bytes(c, putters[j], msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
 		}
-		// inner doesn't send nor receive
 		connector_sync(c, -1);
 	}
 	clock_t end = clock();