diff --git a/bench/bench.cpp b/bench/bench.cpp
index 0a7b0fb5..c5e8a5a4 100644
--- a/bench/bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/bench.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 
-    int queue_size = 1000000;
+
     int howmany = 1000000;
+    int queue_size = howmany + 2;
     int threads = 10;
     int file_size = 30 * 1024 * 1024;
     int rotating_files = 5;