diff --git a/extra/benchmark/sockets/sockets.factor b/extra/benchmark/sockets/sockets.factor
index f19a2127a5..a621331968 100755
--- a/extra/benchmark/sockets/sockets.factor
+++ b/extra/benchmark/sockets/sockets.factor
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ IN: benchmark.sockets
     ] with-stream ;
 
 : clients ( n -- )
-    dup pprint " clients: " write
-        [
+    dup pprint " clients: " write [
         [ simple-server ] in-thread
-        100 sleep
+        yield yield
         [ drop simple-client ] parallel-each
         stop-server
         yield yield