diff --git a/test/e2e/runner/load.go b/test/e2e/runner/load.go
index 23050c636..d66d7770e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/runner/load.go
+++ b/test/e2e/runner/load.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ func Load(ctx context.Context, testnet *e2e.Testnet) error {
 	// CPU. This gives high-throughput small networks and low-throughput large ones.
 	// This also limits the number of TCP connections, since each worker has
 	// a connection to all nodes.
-	concurrency := 64 / len(testnet.Nodes)
-	if concurrency == 0 {
-		concurrency = 1
+	concurrency := len(testnet.Nodes) * 8
+	if concurrency > 64 {
+		concurrency = 64
 	}
 
 	chTx := make(chan types.Tx)
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ func Load(ctx context.Context, testnet *e2e.Testnet) error {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	// Spawn job generator and processors.
-	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Starting transaction load (%v workers)...", concurrency))
+	logger.Info("starting transaction load",
+		"workers", concurrency,
+		"nodes", len(testnet.Nodes),
+		"tx", testnet.TxSize)
+
 	started := time.Now()
 
 	go loadGenerate(ctx, chTx, testnet.TxSize)
@@ -78,8 +82,8 @@ func Load(ctx context.Context, testnet *e2e.Testnet) error {
 			logger.Info("ending transaction load",
 				"dur_secs", time.Since(started).Seconds(),
 				"txns", success,
-				"rate", rate,
-				"slow", rate < 1)
+				"workers", concurrency,
+				"rate", rate)
 
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -129,8 +133,8 @@ func loadGenerate(ctx context.Context, chTx chan<- types.Tx, size int64) {
 
 func loadGenerateWaitTime(size int64) time.Duration {
 	const (
-		min = int64(100 * time.Millisecond)
-		max = int64(time.Second)
+		min = int64(10 * time.Millisecond)
+		max = int64(100 * time.Millisecond)
 	)
 
 	var (