diff --git a/kernel/tests.c b/kernel/tests.c
index ba6499d3..3c9a30ff 100644
--- a/kernel/tests.c
+++ b/kernel/tests.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void* server_task(void* e)
 
     tmp1 = get_clock_tick();
 
-    for (n = 0; n < 1024 ; n++)
+    for (n = 0; n < 10 ; n++)
     {
         send(newsockfd,buffer,sizeof(buffer),0);
     }
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void* client_task(void* e)
         /* spew-out the results and bail out of here! */
         kprintf("%s\n", dir);
 
-        for (n = 0; n < 1024; n++)
+        for (n = 0; n < 10; n++)
             recv(sd,dir,sizeof(dir),0);
 
 //	close(sd);