diff --git a/tests/cmu-sod/Makefile b/tests/cmu-sod/Makefile
index b212664..c8d9b1a 100644
--- a/tests/cmu-sod/Makefile
+++ b/tests/cmu-sod/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf res/*
 
 run:
-	SLEDGE_SANDBOX_PERF_LOG=perf.log LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR} ${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR}/sledgert spec.json
+	SLEDGE_SPINLOOP_PAUSE_ENABLED=true SLEDGE_SANDBOX_PERF_LOG=perf.log LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR} ${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR}/sledgert spec.json
 
 debug:
-	SLEDGE_NWORKERS=1 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR} gdb ${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR}/sledgert --eval-command="run spec.json"
+	SLEDGE_SPINLOOP_PAUSE_ENABLED=true SLEDGE_NWORKERS=1 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR} gdb ${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR}/sledgert --eval-command="run spec.json"
 
 valgrind:
 	SLEDGE_DISABLE_PREEMPTION=true SLEDGE_NWORKERS=1 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR} valgrind --leak-check=full --max-stackframe=11150456 --run-libc-freeres=no --run-cxx-freeres=no ${SLEDGE_BINARY_DIR}/sledgert spec.json
diff --git a/tests/cmu-sod/test_requests.py b/tests/cmu-sod/test_requests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c74b328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmu-sod/test_requests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import time
+import requests
+
+url = 'http://arena0.andrew.cmu.edu:10000/depth_to_xyz'
+
+payload = open('0_depth.png', 'rb')
+
+img = None
+
+response = requests.post(url, data=payload)
+img = response.content
+time.sleep(1)
+print("single request works!")
+
+for i in range(100):
+    payload = open('0_depth.png', 'rb')
+    response = requests.post(url, data=payload)
+    img = response.content
+    time.sleep(1)
+    print(f"multi request #{i} works!")
diff --git a/tests/cmu-sod/edward.py b/tests/cmu-sod/test_threads.py
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/cmu-sod/edward.py
rename to tests/cmu-sod/test_threads.py
index c36f135..3c7f5a3 100644
--- a/tests/cmu-sod/edward.py
+++ b/tests/cmu-sod/test_threads.py
@@ -28,5 +28,4 @@ def get_img():
 thread = threading.Thread(target=get_img)
 thread.daemon = True
 thread.start()
-
-
+thread.join()