diff --git a/benchmark/main.go b/benchmark/main.go
index 1325704b..71a299ab 100644
--- a/benchmark/main.go
+++ b/benchmark/main.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Panicf("failed to set ZDNS_PPROF environment variable: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("../zdns", "A", "--iterative", "--verbosity=3", "--threads=100")
+	cmd := exec.Command("../zdns", "A", "--iterative", "--verbosity=3", "--threads=100", "--status-updates-file", "/dev/null")
 
 	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {