diff --git a/example/bench.cpp b/example/bench.cpp
index 84402f7f..c06c71e3 100644
--- a/example/bench.cpp
+++ b/example/bench.cpp
@@ -46,90 +46,60 @@ using namespace utils;
 
 void bench(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log);
 void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count);
-void f();
+
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 
-
     int howmany = 1048576;
     int threads = 10;
     bool auto_flush = false;
     int file_size = 30 * 1024 * 1024;
     int rotating_files = 5;
 
-    //spdlog::set_pattern("%x %X.%e %v");
-    auto console = spdlog::stdout_logger_mt("console");
-
-    f();
-    console->info("Welcome to spdlog!");
-    console->info("An info message example {}..", 1);
-    console->info() << "Streams are supported too  " << 1;
-
-
-    console->info("Easy padding in numbers like {:08d}", 12);
-    console->info("Support for int: {0:d};  hex: {0:08x};  oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
-    console->info("Support for floats {:03.2f}", 1.23456);
-    console->info("Positional args are {1} {0}..", "too", "supported");
-
-    console->info("{:<30}", "left aligned");
-    console->info("{:>30}", "right aligned");
-    console->info("{:^30}", "centered");
-
-
-    //return 0;
-
-
     try
     {
+
         if(argc > 1)
             howmany = atoi(argv[1]);
         if (argc > 2)
             threads =   atoi(argv[2]);
 
-        /* cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
-         cout << "Single thread, " << format(howmany)  << " iterations, flush every " << auto_flush << " lines"<< endl;
-         cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
 
-         auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "logs/rotating_st", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
-         bench(howmany, rotating_st);
-         auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_st("daily_st", "logs/daily_st", auto_flush);
-         bench(howmany, daily_st);
-         bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_st"));
-
-         cout << "\n*******************************************************************************\n";
-         cout << threads << " threads sharing same logger, " << format(howmany)  << " iterations, flush every " << auto_flush << " lines" << endl;
-         cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
-
-         auto rotating_mt = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("rotating_mt", "logs/rotating_mt", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
-         bench_mt(howmany, rotating_mt, threads);
-        */
-
-        //auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "logs/daily_mt", auto_flush);
-        //bench_mt(howmany, daily_mt, threads);
-
-
-        //spdlog::set_pattern("%T %z");
-        //while (true)
-        //    bench_mt(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_st"), 8);
-
-        cout << "\n*******************************************************************************\n";
-        cout << "async logging.. " << threads << " threads sharing same logger, " << format(howmany) << " iterations, flush every " << auto_flush << " lines" << endl;
+        cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
+        cout << "Single thread, " << format(howmany)  << " iterations, auto flush=" << auto_flush << endl;
         cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
 
-        //spdlog::set_async_mode(howmany);
+        auto rotating_st = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("rotating_st", "logs/rotating_st", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
+        bench(howmany, rotating_st);
+        auto daily_st = spdlog::daily_logger_st("daily_st", "logs/daily_st", auto_flush);
+        bench(howmany, daily_st);
+        bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_st"));
 
-        //auto as = spdlog::rotating_logger_st("as", "logs/rotating_async", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
+        cout << "\n*******************************************************************************\n";
+        cout << threads << " threads sharing same logger, " << format(howmany)  << " iterations, auto_flush=" << auto_flush << endl;
+        cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
 
-        while (true)
+        auto rotating_mt = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("rotating_mt", "logs/rotating_mt", file_size, rotating_files, auto_flush);
+        bench_mt(howmany, rotating_mt, threads);
+
+
+        auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "logs/daily_mt", auto_flush);
+        bench_mt(howmany, daily_mt, threads);
+        bench(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_st>("null_mt"));
+
+        cout << "\n*******************************************************************************\n";
+        cout << "async logging.. " << threads << " threads sharing same logger, " << format(howmany) << " iterations, auto_flush=" << auto_flush << endl;
+        cout << "*******************************************************************************\n";
+
+
+        spdlog::set_async_mode(howmany);
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
         {
-            auto as = std::make_shared<spdlog::async_logger>("as", std::make_shared<sinks::null_sink_st>(), howmany);
+            auto as = spdlog::daily_logger_st("as", "logs/daily_async", auto_flush);
             bench_mt(howmany, as, threads);
+            spdlog::drop("as");
         }
-
-
-        //cin.ignore();
-
-
     }
     catch (std::exception &ex)
     {
@@ -146,7 +116,7 @@ void bench(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log)
     auto start = system_clock::now();
     for (auto i = 0; i < howmany; ++i)
     {
-        log->info("Hello logger: msg number ", i);
+        log->info("Hello logger: msg number {}", i);
     }
 
 
@@ -159,12 +129,10 @@ void bench(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log)
 void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count)
 {
 
-
     cout << log->name() << "...\t\t" << flush;
     std::atomic<int > msg_counter {0};
     vector<thread> threads;
     auto start = system_clock::now();
-
     for (int t = 0; t < thread_count; ++t)
     {
         threads.push_back(std::thread([&]()
@@ -189,4 +157,3 @@ void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count
     auto delta_d = duration_cast<duration<double>> (delta).count();
     cout << format(int(howmany / delta_d)) << "/sec" << endl;
 }
-