diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp
index 763156d86..cff5acbd1 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ bool PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::processCommand(const struct SharedMemoryComm
 					const char* memDna = btDefaultSerializer::getMemoryDna();
 					if (sz < bufferSizeInBytes)
 					{
-						for (int i = 0; i < bufferSizeInBytes; i++)
+						for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++)
 						{
 							bufferServerToClient[i] = memDna[i];
 						}
diff --git a/test/SharedMemory/test.c b/test/SharedMemory/test.c
index a1a6591d8..6037b693e 100644
--- a/test/SharedMemory/test.c
+++ b/test/SharedMemory/test.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void testSharedMemory(b3PhysicsClientHandle sm)
 #endif
         }
         ///perform some simulation steps for testing
-        for ( i=0;i<10000;i++)
+        for ( i=0;i<1000;i++)
         {
 			b3SharedMemoryStatusHandle statusHandle;
 			int statusType;