diff --git a/tests/stress/codec.js b/tests/stress/codec.js
index 29276cab8c..1a9ceb67ab 100644
--- a/tests/stress/codec.js
+++ b/tests/stress/codec.js
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ msgpack = {
 
 bison = require('bison');
 
-module.exports = json;
+//module.exports = json;
 //module.exports = msgpack;
 module.exports = bison;
diff --git a/tests/stress/pubsub/pub.js b/tests/stress/pubsub/pub.js
index 731b4479c2..01e30e65aa 100644
--- a/tests/stress/pubsub/pub.js
+++ b/tests/stress/pubsub/pub.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var freemem = require('os').freemem;
+var profiler = require('v8-profiler');
 var codec = require('../codec');
 
 var sent = 0;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ var pub = require('redis').createClient(null, null, {
 	process.nextTick(exec);
 });
 
-var payload = '1'; for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i) payload += payload;
+var payload = '1'; for (var i = 0; i < 12; ++i) payload += payload;
 
 function exec() {
 	pub.publish('timeline', codec.encode({ foo: payload }));
@@ -26,8 +27,11 @@ function exec() {
 	}
 }
 
+profiler.takeSnapshot('s_0');
+
 exec();
 
 setInterval(function() {
-	console.log('sent', sent, 'free', freemem(), 'cmdqlen', pub.command_queue.length, 'offqlen', pub.offline_queue.length);
-}, 1000);
+	profiler.takeSnapshot('s_' + sent);
+	console.error('sent', sent, 'free', freemem(), 'cmdqlen', pub.command_queue.length, 'offqlen', pub.offline_queue.length);
+}, 2000);
diff --git a/tests/stress/pubsub/run b/tests/stress/pubsub/run
index 5b50d70712..067cb71dd2 100755
--- a/tests/stress/pubsub/run
+++ b/tests/stress/pubsub/run
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 node server.js &
-node pub.js
+node server.js &
+node server.js &
+node --debug pub.js
diff --git a/tests/stress/pubsub/server.js b/tests/stress/pubsub/server.js
index 568e275c22..035e6b7440 100644
--- a/tests/stress/pubsub/server.js
+++ b/tests/stress/pubsub/server.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var freemem = require('os').freemem;
 var codec = require('../codec');
 
+var id = Math.random();
 var recv = 0;
 
 var sub = require('redis').createClient()
@@ -18,5 +19,5 @@ var sub = require('redis').createClient()
 	});
 
 setInterval(function() {
-	console.log('received', recv, 'free', freemem());
-}, 1000);
+	console.error('id', id, 'received', recv, 'free', freemem());
+}, 2000);
diff --git a/tests/stress/rpushblpop/pub.js b/tests/stress/rpushblpop/pub.js
index 503ffb17dc..000458711f 100644
--- a/tests/stress/rpushblpop/pub.js
+++ b/tests/stress/rpushblpop/pub.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var freemem = require('os').freemem;
+//var profiler = require('v8-profiler');
 var codec = require('../codec');
 
 var sent = 0;
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ var pub = require('redis').createClient(null, null, {
 	process.nextTick(exec);
 });
 
-var payload = '1'; for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i) payload += payload;
+var payload = '1'; for (var i = 0; i < 12; ++i) payload += payload;
+console.log(payload.length);
 
 function exec() {
 	pub.rpush('timeline', codec.encode({ foo: payload }));
@@ -27,13 +29,21 @@ function exec() {
 	}
 }
 
+//profiler.takeSnapshot('s_0');
+
 exec();
 
 setInterval(function() {
+	//var ss = profiler.takeSnapshot('s_' + sent);
+	//console.error(ss.stringify());
 	pub.llen('timeline', function(err, result) {
-		console.log('sent', sent, 'free', freemem(),
+		console.error('sent', sent, 'free', freemem(),
 			'cmdqlen', pub.command_queue.length, 'offqlen', pub.offline_queue.length,
 			'llen', result
 		);
 	});
-}, 1000);
+}, 2000);
+
+/*setTimeout(function() {
+	process.exit();
+}, 30000);*/
diff --git a/tests/stress/rpushblpop/run b/tests/stress/rpushblpop/run
index 5b50d70712..5f9073074a 100755
--- a/tests/stress/rpushblpop/run
+++ b/tests/stress/rpushblpop/run
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 node server.js &
-node pub.js
+node server.js &
+node server.js &
+node server.js &
+node --debug pub.js
diff --git a/tests/stress/rpushblpop/server.js b/tests/stress/rpushblpop/server.js
index 0af0b65624..9cbcdd9ed7 100644
--- a/tests/stress/rpushblpop/server.js
+++ b/tests/stress/rpushblpop/server.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 var freemem = require('os').freemem;
 var codec = require('../codec');
 
+var id = Math.random();
 var recv = 0;
 
+var cmd = require('redis').createClient();
 var sub = require('redis').createClient()
 	.on('ready', function() {
 		this.emit('timeline');
@@ -22,5 +24,7 @@ var sub = require('redis').createClient()
 	});
 
 setInterval(function() {
-	console.log('received', recv, 'free', freemem());
-}, 1000);
+	cmd.llen('timeline', function(err, result) {
+		console.error('id', id, 'received', recv, 'free', freemem(), 'llen', result);
+	});
+}, 2000);