diff --git a/template/defines.h b/template/defines.h
index 72ddf18..2e9feb8 100644
--- a/template/defines.h
+++ b/template/defines.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const int {{name}}_length = sizeof({{name}}) / sizeof({{type}});
 
 {{/data}}
 {{#executions}}
-int executions = 500;
+const int NUM_EXECUTIONS = {{executions}};
 {{/executions}}
 {{^executions}}
 int executions = 1;