diff --git a/examples/bench_27/main.c b/examples/bench_27/main.c
index 8471d124fc401559b6fef1281c42e21292a2ca7e..7aa6fa92931fdc1d68dabfa1ef6386c0c7353824 100644
--- a/examples/bench_27/main.c
+++ b/examples/bench_27/main.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     unsigned char pdl[] = "\
     primitive xrouter(in a, out b, out c) {\
-        while(true) synchronous {\
+        while(true) sync {\
             if(fires(a)) {\
                 if(fires(b)) put(b, get(a));\
                 else         put(c, get(a));\