diff --git a/src/storages/hydrate.bench.ts b/src/storages/hydrate.bench.ts
index 0ba4997..eeacec5 100644
--- a/src/storages/hydrate.bench.ts
+++ b/src/storages/hydrate.bench.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ import { jsonlEvents } from '@/test.ts';
 const testEvents = await jsonlEvents('fixtures/hydrated.jsonl');
 const testStats = JSON.parse(await Deno.readTextFile('fixtures/stats.json'));
 
-Deno.bench('assembleEvents with home feed', (b) => {
-  // The first 20 events in this file are my home feed.
-  // The rest are events that would be hydrated by the store.
-  const events = testEvents.slice(0, 20);
-
-  b.start();
+// The first 20 events in this file are my home feed.
+// The rest are events that would be hydrated by the store.
+const events = testEvents.slice(0, 20);
 
+Deno.bench('assembleEvents with home feed', () => {
   assembleEvents(events, testEvents, testStats);
 });