diff --git a/nix/tools/generate_targets.py b/nix/tools/generate_targets.py
index 82d273da5..cdd8e087e 100644
--- a/nix/tools/generate_targets.py
+++ b/nix/tools/generate_targets.py
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ def main():
     jwks_path.write_text(jwks.export())
     print(f"Created JWKSet on {jwks_path}")
 
-    nsamples = 500  # per algorithm
-    ntargets = 100000
+    ntargets = 1000
 
     print(f"Generating {ntargets} targets...")
 
@@ -86,10 +85,8 @@ def main():
 
     lines = []
 
-    hs_targets = [generate_target(now, hs) for _ in range(nsamples)]
-    rsa_targets = [generate_target(now, rsa) for _ in range(nsamples)]
     for i in range(ntargets):
-        target = random.choice(hs_targets if i % 2 == 0 else rsa_targets)
+        target = generate_target(now, hs if i % 2 == 0 else rsa)
         lines.extend(target)
 
     with open(targets_path, "w") as f:
diff --git a/nix/tools/loadtest.nix b/nix/tools/loadtest.nix
index d2edf7063..9ea0d8a88 100644
--- a/nix/tools/loadtest.nix
+++ b/nix/tools/loadtest.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ let
             ${withTools.withPg} -f "$_arg_testdir"/fixtures.sql \
             ${withTools.withPgrst} --faketime '2000-01-01 00:00:00' -m "$_arg_monitor" \
             sh -c "cd \"$_arg_testdir\" && \
-            ${runner} -lazy -targets gen_targets.http -output \"$abs_output\" \"''${_arg_leftovers[@]}\""
+            ${runner} -targets gen_targets.http -output \"$abs_output\" \"''${_arg_leftovers[@]}\""
             ;;
 
           # here we sleep purposefully to check how much memory does the schema cache consume in the final report