diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7121c83d..054252c3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 v3.0.0 - 2017-Dec-13
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/test/benchmark/benchmark.cc b/test/benchmark/benchmark.cc
index cb895d8d..6c55e8f0 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/benchmark.cc
+++ b/test/benchmark/benchmark.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ char request_header[] =  "" \
     "Pragma: no-cache\n\r" \
     "Cache-Control: no-cache\n\r";
 
-char request_uri[] = "GET /test.pl?param1=test&para2=test2";
+char request_uri[] = "/test.pl?param1=test&para2=test2";
 
 char request_body[] = "";