diff --git a/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/MetricEmitter.java b/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/MetricEmitter.java
index 83d2b7650..fe9877b43 100644
--- a/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/MetricEmitter.java
+++ b/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/MetricEmitter.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 @Log4j2
 public abstract class MetricEmitter implements Emitter {
-  protected static final long FLUSH_INTERVAL = 5000;
+  protected static final long FLUSH_INTERVAL = 1000;
   protected static final String DIMENSION_API_NAME = "apiName";
   protected static final String DIMENSION_STATUS_CODE = "statusCode";
   protected static String API_COUNTER_METRIC = "apiBytesSent";
diff --git a/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/OtlpMetricEmitter.java b/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/OtlpMetricEmitter.java
index 9058d5bf7..d8cfd8ef9 100644
--- a/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/OtlpMetricEmitter.java
+++ b/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/OtlpMetricEmitter.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public void nextDataPoint() {
                 }
                 break;
             case "gauge":
-                for (int i = 0; i < param.getRate() * 5; i++) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < param.getRate(); i++) {
                     this.gaugeValues[i] = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextLong(-100, 100);
                 }
                 break;
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ public void setupProvider() {
     private void createCounters(Meter meter) {
         if (meter != null) {
             log.info("Registering counter metrics...");
-            counters = new LongCounter[param.getRate() * 5];
-            for (int i = 0; i < param.getRate() * 5; i++) {
+            counters = new LongCounter[param.getRate()];
+            for (int i = 0; i < param.getRate(); i++) {
                 counters[i] = meter.counterBuilder(API_COUNTER_METRIC + i)
                         .setDescription("API request load sent in bytes")
                         .setUnit("one")
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ private void createCounters(Meter meter) {
     private void createGauges(Meter meter) {
         if (meter != null) {
             log.info("Registering gauge metrics...");
-            gaugeValues = new long[param.getRate() * 5];
+            gaugeValues = new long[param.getRate()];
             int id = 0;
             for (long gaugeValue : gaugeValues) {
                 meter.gaugeBuilder(API_LATENCY_METRIC + id++)
diff --git a/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/StatsdMetricEmitter.java b/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/StatsdMetricEmitter.java
index a9caa5034..f1f954459 100644
--- a/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/StatsdMetricEmitter.java
+++ b/load-generator/src/main/java/com/amazon/opentelemetry/load/generator/emitter/StatsdMetricEmitter.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public void sendStatsd() throws IOException {
         payload = new StringBuilder();
         String attributes = "#mykey:myvalue,datapoint_id:";
         log.debug("Updating metrics...");
-        for (int i = 0; i < this.param.getRate() * 5; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < this.param.getRate(); i++) {
             payload.append("statsdTestMetric").append(i).append(":")
                     .append(ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(-100, 100))
                     .append("|g|").append(attributes).append(i).append("\n");
diff --git a/terraform/testcases/prometheus_mock/otconfig.tpl b/terraform/testcases/prometheus_mock/otconfig.tpl
index 31e3fa493..0c48b6250 100644
--- a/terraform/testcases/prometheus_mock/otconfig.tpl
+++ b/terraform/testcases/prometheus_mock/otconfig.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ receivers:
   prometheus:
     config:
       global:
-        scrape_interval: 15s
+        scrape_interval: 1s
       scrape_configs:
       - job_name: "test-pipeline-job"
         static_configs: