diff --git a/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/benchmark.cpp b/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/benchmark.cpp
index 68eef0c..c27e66b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/benchmark.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main() {
 
     SweepstoreConcurrency::initialiseMasterAsync(filePath);
 
-    int iterations = 8;
+    int iterations = 16;
     int currentIteration = 0;
 
     int concurrencyTest = 1;
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ int main() {
         std::cout << "[" << currentIteration << "/" << iterations << "] Completed " << concurrencyTest << " operations in " << duration << " ms." << std::endl;
 
         concurrencyTest *= 2;
+
+        // Wait between iterations
+        preciseSleep(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
     }
 
     // Shutdown workers after all iterations
diff --git a/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/concurrency.cpp b/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/concurrency.cpp
index 05bef90..0b99479 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/concurrency.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/concurrency.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void SweepstoreConcurrency::spawnTicket(SweepstoreFileHandle* _file,
 
         // Update heartbeat
         uint32_t currentTime = millisecondsSinceEpoch32();
-        if (currentTime - snapshot.workerHeartbeat > 700) {
+        if (currentTime - snapshot.workerHeartbeat > STALE_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD_MS / 5) {
             snapshot.workerHeartbeat = currentTime;
             myTicket.write(snapshot);
         }
diff --git a/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/utils/fd_pool.cpp b/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/utils/fd_pool.cpp
index 636722e..b80e1ee 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/utils/fd_pool.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Private/sweepstore/utils/fd_pool.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-#include "sweepstore/utils/file_lock.h"
 #include "sweepstore/utils/file_handle.h"
 
-// Thread-local FD cache definition for file locking
-#ifndef _WIN32
-thread_local std::unordered_map<std::string, int> SweepstoreFileLock::fdCache;
-#endif
-
 // Thread-local stream cache definition for file handles
 #ifndef WITH_UNREAL
 thread_local std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<std::fstream>> SweepstoreFileHandle::streamCache;
diff --git a/cpp/src/Public/sweepstore/concurrency.h b/cpp/src/Public/sweepstore/concurrency.h
index f4468a9..cc40ea6 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Public/sweepstore/concurrency.h
+++ b/cpp/src/Public/sweepstore/concurrency.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "sweepstore/utils/timing.h"
 
-#define STALE_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD_MS 5000
+#define STALE_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD_MS 250
 
 enum SweepstoreTicketOperation : int;
 class SweepstoreFileHandle;