diff --git a/benchmarks/shelley3pools/configuration/parameters b/benchmarks/shelley3pools/configuration/parameters
index 617d6531..cf25aec2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/shelley3pools/configuration/parameters
+++ b/benchmarks/shelley3pools/configuration/parameters
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ GEN_DECENTRALISATIONPARAM="0.5"
 MAGIC=42
 
 # total supply of Lovelaces in genesis (divisible by $NNODES)
-SUPPLY=100000000002
+SUPPLY=1000000000000
 
 # how many nodes to start
-NNODES=3
+NNODES=4
 
 # nodes that act as stakepools
 STAKEPOOLS="1 2"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ numtx=1000
 init_cooldown=5
 
 # the transactions are sent to these nodes
-targetnodes="0 1 2"
+targetnodes="0 1 2 3"
 
 # add bytes of data to every transaction
 addsizetx=0
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ outputstx=1
 tps=10
 
 # cli benchmarking commands
-utxo_keys=3
+genesis_keys=4
+utxo_keys=4
 
 # txvalue for cli benchmarking
 txvalue=1000000
@@ -53,3 +54,5 @@ txfee=1000000
 
 # number of transactions for cli benchmarking
 NUM_OF_ADDRESSES=1000
+
+PORTBASE=3000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benchmarks/shelley3pools/run-Npools.sh b/benchmarks/shelley3pools/run-Npools.sh
index 58f9b7df..a8675321 100755
--- a/benchmarks/shelley3pools/run-Npools.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/shelley3pools/run-Npools.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ NODECMD="../../bin/cardano-node"
 HOSTADDR=127.0.0.1
 
 # the nodes will listen on ports starting with:
-PORTBASE=3000
+PORTBASE=${PORTBASE:-3000}
 
 GENESISDIR=configuration/genesis
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/shelley3pools/topology-generator.sh b/benchmarks/shelley3pools/topology-generator.sh
index 39214dc0..cbf0f86b 100755
--- a/benchmarks/shelley3pools/topology-generator.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/shelley3pools/topology-generator.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ END_COMMENT
 . ./configuration/parameters
 
 NNODES=${NNODES:-3}
+PORTBASE=${PORTBASE:-3}
 
-for current_port in $(seq 3000 $(( 3000 + NNODES - 1 )))
+for node in $(seq 0 $(( NNODES - 1 )))
 do
+    current_port=$(( node + PORTBASE ))
     echo $(echo '
 {
     "Producers": ['
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ do
     i="0"
     while [ $i -le $(( NNODES - 1 )) ]
     do
-        port=$(( 3000 + $i ))
+        port=$(( PORTBASE + $i ))
 
         if [ $port -ne $current_port ]; then
 
@@ -55,5 +57,5 @@ do
     echo '      
     ]
 }
-') | sed -zr 's/,([^,]*$)/\1/' > ./configuration/topology-node-$((current_port-3000+1)).json
+') | sed -zr 's/,([^,]*$)/\1/' > ./configuration/topology-node-$(( node + 1 )).json
 done