diff --git a/benchmarks/calorimeters/config.yml b/benchmarks/calorimeters/config.yml
index 669fbe67aeed53b0329f01f2928712385a21d843..04ef9508bb44dd673adac3a0f646d038cabb77b7 100644
--- a/benchmarks/calorimeters/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/calorimeters/config.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ cal_bench:emcal_barrel_electrons:
   needs:
     - ["cal_sim:emcal_barrel_electrons"]
   script:
+    - rootls -t sim_output/sim_emcal_barrel_uniform_electrons.root
     - root -b -q benchmarks/calorimeters/scripts/emcal_barrel_electrons_analysis.cxx+
 
 cal_bench:crystal_benchmark:
diff --git a/benchmarks/calorimeters/run_simulation_zdc.sh b/benchmarks/calorimeters/run_simulation_zdc.sh
index 6b0744aa99830c3df809a677cca55a7ed4c721af..c8486d5682673a968675b1d63b9682fa775b71d4 100755
--- a/benchmarks/calorimeters/run_simulation_zdc.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/calorimeters/run_simulation_zdc.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-ddsim --runType batch --numberOfEvents 100 \
+ddsim --runType batch --numberOfEvents 10 \
       --compactFile benchmarks/calorimeters/ZDC_example.xml \
       --inputFiles  ./data/zdc_photons.hepmc \
       --outputFile  ./sim_output/output_zdc_photons.root