diff --git a/examples/pybullet/examples/humanoid_benchmark.py b/examples/pybullet/examples/humanoid_benchmark.py
index 8f5648159..028e99622 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/examples/humanoid_benchmark.py
+++ b/examples/pybullet/examples/humanoid_benchmark.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pybullet as p
 import time
-p.connect(p.GUI)
+p.connect(p.DIRECT)
 p.setGravity(0,0,-10)
 p.setPhysicsEngineParameter(numSolverIterations=5)
 p.setPhysicsEngineParameter(fixedTimeStep=1./240.)