diff --git a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs
index d48300c..f86804d 100644
--- a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ impl Default for NetworkConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             close_connection_after_response: false,
-            connection_creation_interval: 40,
-            poll_timeout_microseconds: 47,
-            poll_event_capacity: 1024,
+            connection_creation_interval: 10,
+            poll_timeout_microseconds: 197,
+            poll_event_capacity: 64,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
index b8c343f..cd908ac 100644
--- a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ pub fn run_socket_thread(
     let timeout = Duration::from_micros(config.network.poll_timeout_microseconds);
     let create_conn_interval = 2 ^ config.network.connection_creation_interval;
 
-    let mut connections: ConnectionMap = HashMap::new();
+    let mut connections: ConnectionMap = HashMap::with_capacity(config.num_connections);
     let mut poll = Poll::new().expect("create poll");
     let mut events = Events::with_capacity(config.network.poll_event_capacity);
     let mut rng = SmallRng::from_entropy();
@@ -254,11 +254,13 @@ pub fn run_socket_thread(
 
         let max_new = config.num_connections - connections.len();
 
-        if max_new != 0 && iter_counter % create_conn_interval == 0 {
+        if iter_counter % create_conn_interval == 0 {
             num_to_create += 1;
         }
 
-        for _ in 0..num_to_create.min(max_new){
+        num_to_create = num_to_create.min(max_new);
+
+        for _ in 0..num_to_create {
             let ok = Connection::create_and_register(
                 config,
                 &mut connections,