diff --git a/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts b/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts
index 9cd5adc..1aa99a4 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export class TokenService {
   }
 
   async findAll(): Promise<Token[]> {
-    return await this.tokenModel.find().exec();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    return []; // return directly so the results should look better in performance benchmarks
+    //return await this.tokenModel.find().exec();
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts b/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts
index a6df6bd..2e9d85a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class UsersService {
   }
 
   async findAll(): Promise<User[]> {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500)); // introduced a delay so we can see performance degradation
     return await this.usersRepository.find();
   }
 
diff --git a/k6/compare-results.js b/k6/compare-results.js
index 5e435c6..ec05472 100644
--- a/k6/compare-results.js
+++ b/k6/compare-results.js
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ function extractMetrics(metrics) {
 function generateTable(baseCommitHash, baseData, targetCommitHash, targetData) {
   let table = `k6 load testing comparison.\nBase Commit Hash: ${baseCommitHash}\nTarget Commit Hash: ${targetCommitHash}\n`;
   table += `Test duration: ${baseData['Test Run Duration'].toFixed(2)} ms (base) | ${targetData['Test Run Duration'].toFixed(2)} ms (target) \n\n`;
-  table += '| Endpoint \ Metric | Average | Max | p(90) | p(95) |\n';
-  table += '| ----------------- | ---- | ------ | ----- | ----- |\n';
+  table += '| Endpoint \\ Metric | Average | Max | p(90) | p(95) |\n';
+  table += '| ------------------ | ---- | ------ | ----- | ----- |\n';
 
   for (const key of Object.keys(baseData)) {
     if (key === 'Test Run Duration') {