diff --git a/bench/measure_time.py b/bench/measure_time.py
index e3aee522..125161ba 100644
--- a/bench/measure_time.py
+++ b/bench/measure_time.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from itertools import cycle
 import os, sys, time
 try:
     import numpy as np
@@ -8,22 +9,34 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
 
 duration_list = []
 
-for i in range(1,10):
+DEFAULT_CYCLES_TO_RUN = 100
+cycles_to_run = DEFAULT_CYCLES_TO_RUN
+
+try:
+  cycles_to_run = sys.argv[3] if(sys.argv[3]) else DEFAULT_CYCLES_TO_RUN
+  cycles_to_run = int(cycles_to_run)
+except IndexError:
+  pass
+except (ValueError, TypeError):
+  cycles_to_run = DEFAULT_CYCLES_TO_RUN
+  print("Error: Cycles to run argument must be an integer. Using default value of {}".format(DEFAULT_CYCLES_TO_RUN))
+
+# Numpy complains if we provide a cycle count of less than 3 ~ default to 3 whenever a lower value is provided
+cycles_to_run = cycles_to_run if cycles_to_run > 2 else 3
+
+for i in range(1,cycles_to_run):
   start = time.perf_counter()
-
-
+  
+  # Run the code you want to measure here
   os.system(sys.argv[1])
 
   end = time.perf_counter()
 
   duration_ms = (end - start) * 1000
-  print("SUCCESS: {} : {:.2f}ms +/- {:.2f}% on luau ".format('duration', duration_ms,0))
   duration_list.append(duration_ms)
 
-
 # Stats
 mean = np.mean(duration_list)
 std_err = stats.sem(duration_list)
 
-print("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
 print("SUCCESS: {} : {:.2f}ms +/- {:.2f}% on luau ".format('duration', mean,std_err))