diff --git a/test-payments.sh b/test-payments.sh
index 95cc6c9..fd54d8c 100755
--- a/test-payments.sh
+++ b/test-payments.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-for i in $(seq 1 1000); do
+for i in $(seq 1 100); do
   amount=$(awk -v min=10 -v max=100 'BEGIN{srand(); printf "%.2f", min+rand()*(max-min)}')
   correlationId=$(uuidgen)
   curl --location 'http://192.168.1.126:9999/payments' \