diff --git a/base/PerfRunner.php b/base/PerfRunner.php
index cad8f1f..ea0c2de 100644
--- a/base/PerfRunner.php
+++ b/base/PerfRunner.php
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ private static function RunWithOptionsAndEngine(
       self::PrintProgress('Skipping multi request warmup');
     }
 
+    while (!$options->skipWarmUp && $php_engine->needsRetranslatePause()) {
+      self::PrintProgress('Extending warmup, server is not done warming up.');
+      sleep(3);
+      $siege = new Siege($options, $target, RequestModes::WARMUP_MULTI, '10s');
+      $siege->start();
+      invariant($siege->isRunning(), 'Failed to start siege');
+      $siege->wait();
+
+      invariant(!$siege->isRunning(), 'Siege is still running :/');
+      invariant(
+        $php_engine->isRunning(),
+        '%s crashed',
+        get_class($php_engine),
+      );
+    }
+
     self::PrintProgress('Clearing nginx access.log');
     $nginx->clearAccessLog();
 
@@ -152,11 +168,6 @@ private static function RunWithOptionsAndEngine(
       exec($options->scriptAfterWarmup);
     }
 
-    while ($php_engine->needsRetranslatePause()) {
-      self::PrintProgress('Pausing 5 seconds to allow retranslation threads to catch up.');
-      sleep(5);
-    }
-
     self::PrintProgress('Starting Siege for benchmark');
     $siege = new Siege($options, $target, RequestModes::BENCHMARK);
     $siege->start();
diff --git a/base/Siege.php b/base/Siege.php
index d8ae674..924226a 100644
--- a/base/Siege.php
+++ b/base/Siege.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public function __construct(
     private PerfOptions $options,
     private PerfTarget $target,
     private RequestMode $mode,
+    private string $time = '1M',
   ) {
     parent::__construct($options->siege);
     $this->suppress_stdout = true;
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ protected function getArguments(): Vector<string> {
             '-c',
             $this->options->clientThreads,
             '-t',
-            '1M',
+            $this->time,
             '-f',
             $urls_file,
             '--benchmark',