diff --git a/scripts/benchmarks/initial-start-time.sh b/scripts/benchmarks/initial-start-time.sh
index 215c375883..0969b65f0a 100755
--- a/scripts/benchmarks/initial-start-time.sh
+++ b/scripts/benchmarks/initial-start-time.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ checkout_dir=$(pwd)
 app_dir=`mktemp -d /tmp/meteor-bench-app.XXXX`
 
 cd $app_dir
-$checkout_dir/meteor create --example todos . &> /dev/null
+$checkout_dir/meteor create --example todos . > /dev/null
 
 # Add a file to the app that shuts it down immediately
 echo "Meteor.startup(function(){process.exit(0)});" > "exit.js"
@@ -17,18 +17,20 @@ echo "Meteor.startup(function(){process.exit(0)});" > "exit.js"
 # Run once to build all of the packages
 $checkout_dir/meteor --once &> /dev/null
 
-# Run again to time
-/usr/bin/time -p $checkout_dir/meteor --once 1> /dev/null 2> out
+for i in `seq 10`; do
+  # Run again to time
+  /usr/bin/time -p $checkout_dir/meteor --once 1> /dev/null 2> out
 
-BENCHMARK_OUTPUT=`cat out`
+  BENCHMARK_OUTPUT=`cat out`
 
-# Get first line
-BENCHMARK_OUTPUT=$(echo "$BENCHMARK_OUTPUT" | head -n 1)
-ARRAY=($BENCHMARK_OUTPUT)
-NUMBER=${ARRAY[1]}
+  # Get first line
+  BENCHMARK_OUTPUT=$(echo "$BENCHMARK_OUTPUT" | head -n 1)
+  ARRAY=($BENCHMARK_OUTPUT)
+  NUMBER=${ARRAY[1]}
 
-# Print output
-echo $NUMBER
+  # Print output
+  echo $NUMBER
+done
 
 cd $checkout_dir