diff --git a/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java b/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java
index 337d506..b2250e1 100644
--- a/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java
+++ b/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/SimpleNettyClient.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             // System.out.println("Got back:" + new String(response.get(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
         }
 
-        sleep(1000);
+        //sleep(1000);
         log.info("measuring async sender");
         Timer sendAsyncTimer = metrics.createTimer(component, feature, "AsyncSender");
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         messaging.sendAsync(endpoint, "simple", "Hello World".getBytes());
         context.stop();
         }
-        sleep(1000);
+        sleep(10000);
     }
 
     public static void stop() {