diff --git a/examples/stan-bench.go b/examples/stan-bench.go
index 763cfcb..30bdc66 100644
--- a/examples/stan-bench.go
+++ b/examples/stan-bench.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nats-io/go-nats-streaming"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats/bench"
+
 )
 
 // Some sane defaults
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func usage() {
 var benchmark *bench.Benchmark
 
 func main() {
-	var urls = flag.String("s", nats.DefaultURL, "The NATS server URLs (separated by comma)")
+	var urls = flag.String("s", nats.DefaultURL, "The NATS server URLs (separated by comma")
 	var tls = flag.Bool("tls", false, "Use TLS secure sonnection")
 	var numPubs = flag.Int("np", DefaultNumPubs, "Number of concurrent publishers")
 	var numSubs = flag.Int("ns", DefaultNumSubs, "Number of concurrent subscribers")
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ func main() {
 	for i, s := range opts.Servers {
 		opts.Servers[i] = strings.Trim(s, " ")
 	}
+
 	opts.Secure = *tls
 
 	benchmark = bench.NewBenchmark("NATS Streaming", *numSubs, *numPubs)
@@ -103,8 +105,11 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func runPublisher(startwg, donewg *sync.WaitGroup, opts nats.Options, numMsgs int, msgSize int, async bool, pubID string, maxPubAcksInflight int) {
-
-	snc, err := stan.Connect("test-cluster", pubID, stan.MaxPubAcksInflight(maxPubAcksInflight))
+	nc, err := opts.Connect()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Publisher %s can't connect: %v\n", pubID, err)
+	}
+	snc, err := stan.Connect("test-cluster", pubID, stan.MaxPubAcksInflight(maxPubAcksInflight), stan.NatsConn(nc))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Publisher %s can't connect: %v\n", pubID, err)
 	}
@@ -148,11 +153,16 @@ func runPublisher(startwg, donewg *sync.WaitGroup, opts nats.Options, numMsgs in
 
 	benchmark.AddPubSample(bench.NewSample(numMsgs, msgSize, start, time.Now(), snc.NatsConn()))
 	snc.Close()
+	nc.Close()
 	donewg.Done()
 }
 
 func runSubscriber(startwg, donewg *sync.WaitGroup, opts nats.Options, numMsgs int, msgSize int, ignoreOld bool, subID string) {
-	snc, err := stan.Connect("test-cluster", subID)
+	nc, err := opts.Connect()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Subscriber %s can't connect: %v\n", subID, err)
+	}
+	snc, err := stan.Connect("test-cluster", subID, stan.NatsConn(nc))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Subscriber %s can't connect: %v\n", subID, err)
 	}
@@ -180,5 +190,6 @@ func runSubscriber(startwg, donewg *sync.WaitGroup, opts nats.Options, numMsgs i
 	<-ch
 	benchmark.AddSubSample(bench.NewSample(numMsgs, msgSize, start, time.Now(), snc.NatsConn()))
 	snc.Close()
+	nc.Close()
 	donewg.Done()
 }