diff --git a/cmd/tsdb/main.go b/cmd/tsdb/main.go
index 960c9c05e3..491c2ac35c 100644
--- a/cmd/tsdb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tsdb/main.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (b *writeBenchmark) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	dur := measureTime("ingestScrapes", func() {
 		b.startProfiling()
-		total, err = b.ingestScrapes(metrics, 15000)
+		total, err = b.ingestScrapes(metrics, 2000)
 		if err != nil {
 			exitWithError(err)
 		}
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ func (b *writeBenchmark) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	fmt.Println(" > total samples:", total)
 	fmt.Println(" > samples/sec:", float64(total)/dur.Seconds())
-	select {}
 
 	measureTime("stopStorage", func() {
 		if err := b.storage.Close(); err != nil {