diff --git a/create_icni2_workload.sh b/create_icni2_workload.sh
index ad3637d..a0389cd 100755
--- a/create_icni2_workload.sh
+++ b/create_icni2_workload.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BFD=$3
 export KUBE_BURNER_RELEASE=${KUBE_BURNER_RELEASE:-1.7.2}
 export QPS=${QPS:-20}
 export BURST=${BURST:-20}
-export SCALE=${SCALE:-1}
+export SCALE=${SCALE:-2}
 export BFD=${BFD:-false}
 export SRIOV=${SRIOV:-true}       # set to false will create macvlan network attachment definitions instead
 export BRIDGE=${BRIDGE:-br-ex}    # breth0 for kind.sh ovn-kubernetes clusters