diff --git a/bench/Makefile b/bench/Makefile
index 8fecdf25..91b53faf 100644
--- a/bench/Makefile
+++ b/bench/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CXXFLAGS	= -march=native -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic -std=c++11 -pthread -W
 CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS = -O3 -flto
 
 
-all:	spdlog-bench spdlog-bench-mt spdlog-bench-async spdlog-bench-mt-async boost-bench boost-bench-mt glog-bench glog-bench-mt
+all:	spdlog-bench spdlog-bench-mt spdlog-bench-async spdlog-bench-mt-async boost-bench boost-bench-mt glog-bench glog-bench-mt g2log-bench g2log-bench-mt 
 
 spdlog-bench: spdlog-bench.cpp
 	$(CXX) spdlog-bench.cpp -o spdlog-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ glog-bench-mt: glog-bench-mt.cpp
 	$(CXX) glog-bench-mt.cpp -o glog-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(GLOG_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)	
 
 
+G2LOG_FLAGS = -I/home/gabi/devel/g2log/g2log/src -L/home/gabi/devel/g2log/g2log -llib_g2logger 
+g2log-bench: g2log-bench.cpp
+	$(CXX) g2log-bench.cpp -o g2log-bench $(CXXFLAGS) $(G2LOG_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)
+	
+g2log-bench-mt: g2log-bench-mt.cpp
+	$(CXX) g2log-bench-mt.cpp -o g2log-bench-mt $(CXXFLAGS) $(G2LOG_FLAGS) $(CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS)	
+
+
+
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o logs/* spdlog-bench spdlog-bench-mt boost-bench boost-bench-mt glog-bench
 
diff --git a/bench/g2log-bench-mt.cpp b/bench/g2log-bench-mt.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8098ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/g2log-bench-mt.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "g2logworker.h"
+#include "g2log.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+
+    int thread_count = 10;
+    if(argc > 1)
+        thread_count = atoi(argv[1]);
+
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+
+    g2LogWorker g2log(argv[0], "logs");
+    g2::initializeLogging(&g2log);
+      
+
+    std::atomic<int > msg_counter {0};
+    vector<thread> threads;
+
+    for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
+    {
+        threads.push_back(std::thread([&]()
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int counter = ++msg_counter;
+                if (counter > howmany) break;
+                LOG(INFO) << "glog message #" << counter << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+
+    for(auto &t:threads)
+    {
+        t.join();
+    };
+
+
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/g2log-bench.cpp b/bench/g2log-bench.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d06131b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/g2log-bench.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "g2logworker.h"
+#include "g2log.h"
+
+
+int main(int, char* argv[])
+{
+    int howmany = 1000000;
+	
+	g2LogWorker g2log(argv[0], "logs");
+    g2::initializeLogging(&g2log);
+      
+    for(int i  = 0 ; i < howmany; ++i)
+        LOG(INFO) << "g2log message # " << i << ": This is some text for your pleasure";
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/bench/run_all.bat b/bench/run_all.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cfffa28..00000000
--- a/bench/run_all.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-echo Running benchmarks (all with 1000,000 writes to the logs folder)
-echo ==================================
-echo boost-bench (single thread)
-echo %time%
-.\boost-bench
-echo %time%
-echo ==================================
-choice /n /c y /d y /t 1 >NUL
-echo spdlog-bench (single thread)
-echo %time%
-.\spdlog-bench
-echo %time%
-echo ==================================
-choice /n /c y /d y /t 1 >NUL
-echo boost-bench-mt (10 threads, single logger)
-echo %time%
-.\boost-bench-mt
-echo %time%
-echo ==================================
-choice /n /c y /d y /t 1 >NUL
-echo spdlog-bench-mt (10 threads, single logger)
-echo %time%
-.\spdlog-bench-mt
-echo %time%
-echo ==================================
-
-
diff --git a/bench/run_all.sh b/bench/run_all.sh
index c37b56f8..9f76d584 100755
--- a/bench/run_all.sh
+++ b/bench/run_all.sh
@@ -6,31 +6,49 @@ time ./boost-bench
 echo
 echo
 sleep 3
+
 echo "glog-bench (single thread).."
 time ./glog-bench
 echo
 echo
 sleep 3
+
+echo "g2log-bench (single thread).."
+time ./g2log-bench
+echo
+echo
+sleep 3
+
 echo "spdlog-bench (single thread)"
 time ./spdlog-bench
 echo
 echo
 sleep 3
+
 echo "boost-bench-mt (10 threads, single logger)"..
 time ./boost-bench-mt
 echo
 echo
 sleep 3
+
 echo "glog-bench-mt (10 threads, single logger)"..
 time ./glog-bench-mt
 echo
 echo
 sleep 3
+
+echo "g2log-bench-mt (10 threads, single logger)"..
+time ./g2log-bench-mt
+echo
+echo
+sleep 3
+
 echo "spdlog-bench-mt (10 threads, single logger)"..
 time ./spdlog-bench-mt
 echo
 echo
 sleep 3
+
 echo "spdlog-bench-mt-async (10 threads, single logger)"..
 time ./spdlog-bench-mt-async