diff --git a/src/benchmark/std_glue/glue_ts_stack.cc b/src/benchmark/std_glue/glue_ts_stack.cc
index 1531754..8cae3d6 100644
--- a/src/benchmark/std_glue/glue_ts_stack.cc
+++ b/src/benchmark/std_glue/glue_ts_stack.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DEFINE_bool(2ts, false, "use the 2-time-stamp inner buffer");
 DEFINE_bool(stutter_clock, false, "use the stuttering clock");
 DEFINE_bool(atomic_clock, false, "use atomic fetch-and-inc clock");
 DEFINE_bool(hw_clock, false, "use the RDTSC hardware clock");
-DEFINE_bool(init_threshold, false, "initializes the dequeue threshold "
+DEFINE_bool(init_threshold, true, "initializes the dequeue threshold "
     "with the current time");
 DEFINE_uint64(delay, 0, "delay in the insert operation");