diff --git a/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py b/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py
index d4639694f..30cdcaf93 100644
--- a/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py
+++ b/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py
@@ -815,9 +815,7 @@ def mlx_force_oom2(bytes_alloc: int = 1024**5):  # the default is 1 petabyte lol
 
         # allocate a lot
         z = mx.zeros(shape=(size, size), dtype=mx.float32)
-        t1 = [
-            mx.random.uniform(shape=(size, size), dtype=mx.float32) for _ in range(10)
-        ]
+        t1 = [mx.random.uniform(shape=(size, size), dtype=mx.float32) for _ in range(2)]
         print("t1-run")
         mx.eval(*t1)
         print("t1-eval")