diff --git a/examples/bench_18/main.c b/examples/bench_18/main.c
index 50db8b452bfce9a9004f81104acc280bdd6016e3..a6b8b3e3233c2740a78ac2ae2c41f11e8060612f 100644
--- a/examples/bench_18/main.c
+++ b/examples/bench_18/main.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	
 	clock_t begin = clock();
 	char msg[] = "Hello, world!";
-	for (i=0; i<1000; i++) {
+	for (i=0; i<1000000; 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);