diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
index 9ed4b1ebf6df4cb0826186c3ce730c6f677a5a1f..4e22e97e4dd6bc42571e852bd30f73ce2a3a0469 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/smoketest-runner.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sleep 10s
 docker-compose up -d
 sleep 5s
 docker-compose ps
-sleep 55s
+
 if test -f "./test.sh"; then
     ./test.sh
     RETURN=$?
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-flink/test.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-flink/test.sh
index 721ad29de71cc226edf754b0f6990812e9ed4155..ebbecd1c5336c5dd907db11b8c8c45924e5924a8 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-flink/test.sh
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-flink/test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+sleep 55s # to let the benchmark and produce some output
 docker-compose logs --tail 100 benchmark-taskmanager |
     sed -n "s/^.*Key:\s\(\S*\), Value:\s\(\S*\).*$/\2/p" |
     tee /dev/stderr |
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-samza/test.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-samza/test.sh
index dc71ed7fc455999b358f2c65c7e5eb4122965f00..ed17db3a44d5c4a8dacfbc956c2f36dd47503508 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-samza/test.sh
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-beam-samza/test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+sleep 55s # to let the benchmark and produce some output
 docker-compose logs --tail 100 benchmark |
     sed -n "s/^.*Key:\s\(\S*\), Value:\s\(\S*\).*$/\2/p" |
     tee /dev/stderr |
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-flink/test.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-flink/test.sh
index 7b993e6f9c6c3fc4aab133a60925c2a28d37212d..7c7f11a94f42d56d91d383f27d58ad9a09a918e5 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-flink/test.sh
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-flink/test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+sleep 55s # to let the benchmark and produce some output
 docker-compose logs --tail 100 benchmark-taskmanager |
     sed -n "s/^.*Record:\s\(\S*\)$/\1/p" |
     tee /dev/stderr |
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-kstreams/test.sh b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-kstreams/test.sh
index f63d7551777fc8f5b1a24e7490142c7fd88d4175..da711e3fac1b1d664b1c8487687ceacdddce6efa 100755
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-kstreams/test.sh
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/docker-test/uc1-kstreams/test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+sleep 55s # to let the benchmark and produce some output
 docker-compose logs --tail 100 benchmark |
     sed -n "s/^.*Record:\s\(\S*\)$/\1/p" |
     tee /dev/stderr |