diff --git a/examples/bench_results.txt b/examples/bench_results.txt
index 3ccaf6f46a1ee463b3baa1c64180b4b31bf07268..d8c1c99784cb6b10032cfa6cae62b6c62d16bbba 100644
--- a/examples/bench_results.txt
+++ b/examples/bench_results.txt
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
-array_assignments.ion 0.000378434s
-array_methods.ion 0.000271493s
-arrays.ion 0.000650006s
-arrays_with_braces.ion 0.000245790s
-basic_condition.ion 0.000240018s
-braces.ion 0.000238225s
-break.ion 0.000253894s
-builtin_piping.ion 0.000238527s
-color_test.ion 0.000240145s
-command-substitutions.ion 0.000244207s
-comments.ion 0.000237473s
-conditionals.ion 0.000238094s
-continue.ion 0.000239293s
-else_if.ion 0.000238410s
-exists.ion 0.000238906s
-fail.ion 0.000248338s
-fibonacci.ion 0.000249638s
-fn.ion 0.000245006s
-for.ion 0.000245794s
-function_piping.ion 0.000248026s
-glob.ion 0.000244100s
-herestring.ion 0.000244468s
-inner_expansions.ion 0.000250048s
-let.ion 0.000243655s
-match.ion 0.000244741s
-methods.ion 0.000276658s
-multiline-arrays.ion 0.000246785s
-multiple-lines.ion 0.000245504s
-nested_conditions.ion 0.000242605s
-nested_for.ion 0.000226091s
-not.ion 0.000242381s
-pipelines.ion 0.000241742s
-scopes.ion 0.000241499s
-script_exec.ion 0.000233643s
-strings.ion 0.000225746s
-while.ion 0.000237478s
+array_assignments.ion      0.000331540
+array_methods.ion          0.000286822
+arrays.ion                 0.000155707
+arrays_with_braces.ion     0.000146670
+basic_condition.ion        0.000155057
+braces.ion                 0.000152580
+break.ion                  0.000158761
+builtin_piping.ion         0.000186408
+color_test.ion             0.000188989
+command-substitutions.ion  0.000173809
+comments.ion               0.000147198
+conditionals.ion           0.000160260
+continue.ion               0.000143139
+else_if.ion                0.000172871
+exists.ion                 0.000159765
+fail.ion                   0.000162390
+fibonacci.ion              0.000157263
+fn.ion                     0.000159370
+for.ion                    0.000162347
+function_piping.ion        0.000167740
+glob.ion                   0.000184011
+herestring.ion             0.000190068
+inner_expansions.ion       0.000213646
+let.ion                    0.000193824
+match.ion                  0.000141248
+methods.ion                0.000151908
+multiline-arrays.ion       0.000151316
+multiple-lines.ion         0.000168683
+nested_conditions.ion      0.000163736
+nested_for.ion             0.000199267
+not.ion                    0.000187366
+pipelines.ion              0.000155655
+scopes.ion                 0.000185241
+script_exec.ion            0.000195759
+strings.ion                0.000240247
+while.ion                  0.000191514
diff --git a/examples/run_benches b/examples/run_benches
index 112776648ab68aa6bfea764a484b7e56e10bf4fd..105d37abf5e5bdc372b44de7242300a72e33105a 100755
--- a/examples/run_benches
+++ b/examples/run_benches
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 #  /usr/bin/env ion
 
 
-# Function for timing each individual script
+# function for timing each individual script
 fn check_timing script
-	let utime = 0.0
-	# set var utime to time of executing script
-	for n in 0..10
-		let utime = @(time $script >/dev/null)[1]
+	let utime:float = 0.0
+	# loop 10 times
+	for _ in 0..10
+		# set to actual number part of time output, has "s" as end
+		let utime_arrval = @(time $script >/dev/null)[1]
+		# make it a string var
+		let utime_str:str = $utime_arrval
+		# remove s at end and add to total
+		let utime:float += $utime_str[..11]
 	end
-	#let utime /= 10
-	echo $script $utime
+	let utime /= 10
+	echo $script $utime[..11]
 end
 
 #cargo build --release
 
 for file in ./*.ion
-	#if test $file == "run_benches.ion"
-	#	continue
-	#end
 	check_timing $file >> temp.out
 end
 
+cat temp.out | column -t > bench_results.txt
 
-cat temp.out | column -t
-
-cp temp.out bench_results.txt
+cat bench_results.txt
 
 rm temp.out