diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/kernel.js b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/kernel.js
index b90a51dd625..e78a300bcb8 100644
--- a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/kernel.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/kernel.js
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ export default function buildKernel(kernelEndowments) {
     const vatSlot = makeVatRootObjectSlot();
     kernelKeeper.getAllVatNames().forEach(name => {
       const vatID = kernelKeeper.getVatIDForName(name);
-      // we happen to give _bootstrap to itself, because unit tests that
+      // we happen to give bootstrap to itself, because unit tests that
       // don't have any other vats (bootstrap-only configs) then get a
       // non-empty object as vatObj0s, since an empty object would be
       // serialized as pass-by-presence. It wouldn't make much sense for the
diff --git a/packages/swingset-runner/src/main.js b/packages/swingset-runner/src/main.js
index b1224ed04de..376853627ce 100644
--- a/packages/swingset-runner/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/swingset-runner/src/main.js
@@ -502,14 +502,14 @@ export async function main() {
     let totalDeltaT = BigInt(0);
     for (let i = 0; i < rounds; i += 1) {
       const roundResult = controller.queueToVatExport(
-        '_bootstrap',
+        launchIndirectly ? 'launcher' : 'bootstrap',
         'o+0',
         'runBenchmarkRound',
         args,
         'ignore',
       );
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
-      const [steps, deltaT] = await runBatch(0, false);
+      const [steps, deltaT] = await runBatch(0, true);
       const status = roundResult.status();
       if (status === 'pending') {
         log(`benchmark round ${i + 1} did not finish`);