diff --git a/benchmark-tests/tsconfig.json b/benchmark-tests/tsconfig.json
index 02079d2b..9012ee4d 100644
--- a/benchmark-tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/benchmark-tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
     "paths": {
       "common/*": [ "./../out/common/*" ],
       "browser/*": [ "./../out/browser/*" ]
-    },
-    "declaration": true
+    }
   },
   "include": [
     "./**/*",
     "../typings/xterm.d.ts"
-  ]
+  ],
 }
diff --git a/bin/benchmark.js b/bin/benchmark.js
index 894d98db..077febe4 100644
--- a/bin/benchmark.js
+++ b/bin/benchmark.js
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ env.NODE_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, '../out');
  *    yarn benchmark eval       10 runs of all benchmarks with eval against last baseline
  */
 const commands = {
-  single  : '-c benchmark.json',
-  baseline: '--baseline -r 5 -c benchmark.json',
-  eval    : '--eval -r 5 -c benchmark.json'
+  single  : '-r 5 -c ./benchmark-tests/benchmark.json',
+  baseline: '--baseline -r 5 -c ./benchmark-tests/benchmark.json',
+  eval    : '--eval -r 5 -c ./benchmark-tests/benchmark.json'
 }
 
 let testFiles = [
-  './out/**/*benchmark.js'
+  './benchmark/*benchmark.js'
 ];
 
 // allow overriding cmdline args (see yarn benchmark --help)
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ if (process.argv.length === 3 && process.argv[2] in commands) {
   testFiles.push(commands[process.argv[2]]);
 } else if (process.argv.length > 2) {
   testFiles = process.argv.slice(2);
+} else if (process.argv.length === 2) {
+  testFiles.push(commands['single']);
 }
 
 cp.spawnSync(