diff --git a/benchmarks/misc/500views.geo b/benchmarks/misc/500views.geo
index 4f4671545f50288779714a112cab9bc7aadfc0b0..233757d77883777d5ec498a3ccdbf5238e5e0299 100644
--- a/benchmarks/misc/500views.geo
+++ b/benchmarks/misc/500views.geo
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // this tests that we can still load as many views as we want.
 // (even if only 100 are allowed in the GUI)
 
+View.Visible = 0;
+
 For i In {1:250}
 
 Include "../../tutorial/view1.pos" ;