diff --git a/duckdb/benchmark.sh b/duckdb/benchmark.sh
index 1b4433933..4cef357ec 100755
--- a/duckdb/benchmark.sh
+++ b/duckdb/benchmark.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ wget --no-verbose --continue 'https://datasets.clickhouse.com/hits_compatible/hi
 gzip -d hits.csv.gz
 
 ./load.py
-# 414 seconds
 
 # Run the queries
 
diff --git a/duckdb/load.py b/duckdb/load.py
index 2cc353621..dce3f963a 100755
--- a/duckdb/load.py
+++ b/duckdb/load.py
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 
 
 # enable the progress bar
-con.execute('PRAGMA enable_progress_bar')
+con.execute('PRAGMA enable_progress_bar;')
 con.execute('PRAGMA enable_print_progress_bar;')
 # disable preservation of insertion order
-con.execute("SET preserve_insertion_order=false")
+con.execute("SET preserve_insertion_order = false;")
 
 # perform the actual load
 print("Will load the data")
 start = timeit.default_timer()
 con.execute(open("create.sql").read())
-con.execute("COPY hits FROM 'hits.csv'")
+con.execute("COPY hits FROM 'hits.csv';")
 end = timeit.default_timer()
 print(end - start)