diff --git a/bin/sidekiqload b/bin/sidekiqload
index 25c71188..c20aa1a2 100755
--- a/bin/sidekiqload
+++ b/bin/sidekiqload
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include Sidekiq::Util
 
 Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
   #config.options[:concurrency] = 1
-  config.redis = { driver: :hiredis, db: 13, port: 6380 }
+  config.redis = { db: 13 }
   config.options[:queues] << 'default'
   config.logger.level = Logger::ERROR
   config.average_scheduled_poll_interval = 2
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ end
 # brew tap shopify/shopify
 # brew install toxiproxy
 # gem install toxiproxy
-require 'toxiproxy'
+#require 'toxiproxy'
 # simulate a non-localhost network for realer-world conditions.
 # adding 1ms of network latency has an ENORMOUS impact on benchmarks
-Toxiproxy.populate([{
-    "name": "redis",
-    "listen": "127.0.0.1:6380",
-    "upstream": "127.0.0.1:6379"
-}])
+#Toxiproxy.populate([{
+    #"name": "redis",
+    #"listen": "127.0.0.1:6380",
+    #"upstream": "127.0.0.1:6379"
+#}])
 
 self_read, self_write = IO.pipe
 %w(INT TERM USR1 USR2 TTIN).each do |sig|
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Sidekiq.logger.error "Created #{count*iter} jobs"
 Monitoring = Thread.new do
   watchdog("monitor thread") do
     while true
-      sleep 2
+      sleep 1
       qsize, retries = Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
         conn.pipelined do
           conn.llen "queue:default"
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ begin
   #RubyProf::exclude_threads = [ Monitoring ]
   #RubyProf.start
   fire_event(:startup)
-  Sidekiq.logger.error "Simulating 1ms of latency between Sidekiq and redis"
-  Toxiproxy[:redis].downstream(:latency, latency: 1).apply do
+  #Sidekiq.logger.error "Simulating 1ms of latency between Sidekiq and redis"
+  #Toxiproxy[:redis].downstream(:latency, latency: 1).apply do
     launcher = Sidekiq::Launcher.new(Sidekiq.options)
     launcher.run
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ begin
       signal = readable_io.first[0].gets.strip
       handle_signal(launcher, signal)
     end
-  end
+  #end
 rescue SystemExit => e
   #Sidekiq.logger.error("Profiling...")
   #result = RubyProf.stop