diff --git a/simpa_examples/benchmarking/get_final_table.py b/simpa_examples/benchmarking/get_final_table.py
index 680c2776..ab90576f 100644
--- a/simpa_examples/benchmarking/get_final_table.py
+++ b/simpa_examples/benchmarking/get_final_table.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def get_final_table(savefolder: str = None):
     mean_df.to_csv(str(df_file).replace('.csv', '_mean.csv'), index=False)
 
     # save to markdown for nice visualization
-    mean_df.to_markdown(str(df_file).replace('data_frame.csv', '_mean.md'), index=False)
+    mean_df.to_markdown(str(df_file).replace('data_frame.csv', 'mean.md'), index=False)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/simpa_examples/benchmarking/run_benchmarking.sh b/simpa_examples/benchmarking/run_benchmarking.sh
index 0659d932..7776ffcb 100644
--- a/simpa_examples/benchmarking/run_benchmarking.sh
+++ b/simpa_examples/benchmarking/run_benchmarking.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ done
 
 for ((i=0; i < number; i++))
 do
-  for spacing in $(seq $start $step $stop)
+  for spacing in $(LC_NUMERIC=C seq $start $step $stop)
   do
       for profile in "${profiles[@]}"
       do