diff --git a/var/benchmark.txt b/var/benchmark.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f20c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/benchmark.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+ab -c 30 -n 1000 \
+ https://emkc.org/api/v1/piston/versions
+
+ab -c 30 -n 1000 \
+ -p benchmark_payload.txt \
+ -T 'application/json' \
+ https://emkc.org/api/v1/piston/execute
+
+
+time for i in {1..100}; do
+ timeout -s KILL 3 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "runuser runner1 /bin/bash -c 'ls -l '"
+done
diff --git a/var/benchmark_payload.txt b/var/benchmark_payload.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..389cbbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/benchmark_payload.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "language": "python",
+ "source": "print('test')",
+ "stdin": "",
+ "args": []
+}