diff --git a/java/benchmarks/src/main/java/javababushka/benchmarks/BenchmarkingApp.java b/java/benchmarks/src/main/java/javababushka/benchmarks/BenchmarkingApp.java
index e597ae4679..8ab6e5e562 100644
--- a/java/benchmarks/src/main/java/javababushka/benchmarks/BenchmarkingApp.java
+++ b/java/benchmarks/src/main/java/javababushka/benchmarks/BenchmarkingApp.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import connection_request.ConnectionRequestOuterClass.ConnectionRetryStrategy;
 import connection_request.ConnectionRequestOuterClass.ReadFromReplicaStrategy;
 import connection_request.ConnectionRequestOuterClass.TlsMode;
+import io.netty.channel.unix.Socket;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.StandardProtocolFamily;
 import java.net.UnixDomainSocketAddress;
@@ -182,23 +184,33 @@ private static byte[] readSocketMessage(SocketChannel channel) throws IOExceptio
     return bytes;
   }
 
-  /*
-  private static sendMessage() {
-      Byte[] varint = varintBytes(request.toByteArray().length);
+  private static void sendMessage(SocketChannel channel, byte[] request) throws IOException {
+      Byte[] varint = varintBytes(request.length);
 
-      System.out.println("Request: \n" + request.toString());
       ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
       buffer.clear();
       for (Byte b : varint) {
         buffer.put(b);
       }
-      buffer.put(request.toByteArray());
+      buffer.put(request);
       buffer.flip();
       while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
         channel.write(buffer);
       }
   }
-  */
+
+  private static void printResponse(SocketChannel channel) throws IOException {
+    byte[] responseBuffer = readSocketMessage(channel);
+
+    try {
+      Response response = decodeMessage(responseBuffer);
+      System.out.println(response);
+      Object o = RedisClient.valueFromPointer(response.getRespPointer());
+      System.out.println(o);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
 
   // main application entrypoint
   public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
@@ -217,7 +229,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
     try {
       SocketChannel channel = SocketChannel.open(StandardProtocolFamily.UNIX);
       channel.connect(socketAddress);
-      ConnectionRequest request =
+      ConnectionRequest connectionRequest =
           ConnectionRequest.newBuilder()
               .addAddresses(AddressInfo.newBuilder().setHost("localhost").setPort(6379))
               .setTlsMode(TlsMode.NoTls)
@@ -237,78 +249,31 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
               .setDatabaseId(0)
               .build();
 
-      Byte[] varint = varintBytes(request.toByteArray().length);
-
-      System.out.println("Request: \n" + request.toString());
-      ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
-      buffer.clear();
-      for (Byte b : varint) {
-        buffer.put(b);
-      }
-      buffer.put(request.toByteArray());
-      buffer.flip();
-      while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
-        channel.write(buffer);
-      }
-
-      timeout = 0;
-      byte[] responseBuffer = null;
-      while (responseBuffer == null && timeout < maxTimeout) {
-        timeout++;
-        responseBuffer = readSocketMessage(channel);
-        Thread.sleep(250);
-      }
-
-      try {
-        Response response = decodeMessage(responseBuffer);
-        System.out.println(response);
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
-      }
+      sendMessage(channel, connectionRequest.toByteArray());
+      readSocketMessage(channel);
 
       RedisRequest pingRequest =
-          RedisRequest.newBuilder()
-              .setCallbackIdx(0)
-              .setSingleCommand(
-                  Command.newBuilder()
-                      .setRequestType(RequestType.Ping)
-                      .setArgsArray(ArgsArray.newBuilder()))
-              .setRoute(Routes.newBuilder().setSimpleRoutes(SimpleRoutes.AllNodes))
-              .build();
+        RedisRequest.newBuilder()
+          .setCallbackIdx(0)
+          .setSingleCommand(
+            Command.newBuilder()
+              .setRequestType(RequestType.Ping)
+              .setArgsArray(ArgsArray.newBuilder()))
+          .setRoute(Routes.newBuilder().setSimpleRoutes(SimpleRoutes.AllNodes))
+          .build();
 
-      Byte[] varint2 = varintBytes(pingRequest.toByteArray().length);
+      sendMessage(channel, pingRequest.toByteArray());
+      printResponse(channel);
 
-      System.out.println("Request: \n" + pingRequest.toString());
-      ByteBuffer pingBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
-      pingBuffer.clear();
-      for (Byte b : varint2) {
-        pingBuffer.put(b);
-      }
-      pingBuffer.put(pingRequest.toByteArray());
-      pingBuffer.flip();
-      while (pingBuffer.hasRemaining()) {
-        channel.write(pingBuffer);
-      }
-
-      System.out.println("Before read from socket");
-      timeout = 0;
-      byte[] pingResponseBuffer = null;
-      while (pingResponseBuffer == null && timeout < maxTimeout) {
-        timeout++;
-        pingResponseBuffer = readSocketMessage(channel);
-        Thread.sleep(250);
-      }
-      System.out.println("After read from socket");
-
-      try {
-        Response pingResponse = decodeMessage(pingResponseBuffer);
-        System.out.println(pingResponse);
-        Object o = RedisClient.valueFromPointer(pingResponse.getRespPointer());
-
-        System.out.println(o);
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
-      }
+      RedisRequest getExistingRequest =
+        RedisRequest.newBuilder()
+          .setCallbackIdx(0)
+          .setSingleCommand(
+            Command.newBuilder()
+              .setRequestType(RequestType.Ping)
+              .setArgsArray(ArgsArray.newBuilder()))
+          .setRoute(Routes.newBuilder().setSimpleRoutes(SimpleRoutes.AllNodes))
+          .build();
 
     } catch (IOException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();