diff --git a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
index 5609f4c082b372f8ad5668aff82fdeb15a375cb2..b445a8053565f2213eccf0610d01aa6087265ff8 100755
--- a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if [[ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_DETECTOR}" ]] ; then
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -n  "${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS}" ]] ; then 
-  export JUGGLER_N_EVENTS=1000
+  export JUGGLER_N_EVENTS=100
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -n  "${E_start}" ]] ; then
diff --git a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh
index 01d5438e641d825a3f80e41e620b6c12f9aa3940..82172b286fe7768a6193e806a41f9f2de39be8fd 100644
--- a/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_energy_scan.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ for E in {1..20}
 do
    export E_start="$E"
    export E_end="$E" 
-   ./run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh && echo "$E" >> "$E_FILE" 
+   bash benchmarks/barrel_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh && echo "$E" >> "$E_FILE" 
 done