diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f70a5d0..fa1860a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "julid-rs"
-version = "1.6.18"
+version = "1.6.180"
 authors = ["Joe Ardent <code@ardent.nebcorp.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 keywords = ["ulid", "library", "sqlite", "extension", "julid"]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sqlx = ["dep:sqlx"]
 
 # WARNING! don't enable this feature in your project's Cargo.toml if using julid-rs as a dependency;
 # see https://gitlab.com/nebkor/julid/-/issues/1
-plugin = ["sqlite-loadable"] # builds  libjulid.* for loading into sqlite
+plugin = ["dep:sqlite-loadable"] # builds  libjulid.* for loading into sqlite
 
 [lib]
 name = "julid"
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 sqlx = { version = "0.7", features = ["sqlite"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 sqlite-loadable = { version = "0.0.5", optional = true }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.3.19", default-features = false, features = ["help", "usage", "std", "derive"] }
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-all-features = true
\ No newline at end of file
+all-features = true
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2dab55d..d0873b8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.618
+1.6180
diff --git a/examples/benchmark.rs b/examples/benchmark.rs
index cc44a03..1e8bfd2 100644
--- a/examples/benchmark.rs
+++ b/examples/benchmark.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,37 @@
 use std::time::Instant;
 
+use clap::Parser;
 use julid::Julid;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+struct Cli {
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        short,
+        help = "Number of Julids to generate",
+        default_value_t = 2_000
+    )]
+    pub num: usize,
+}
+
 fn main() {
-    let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(2000);
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+    let num = cli.num;
+    let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(num);
     let start = Instant::now();
-    for _ in 0..2000 {
+    for _ in 0..num {
         v.push(Julid::new());
     }
     let end = Instant::now();
     let dur = (end - start).as_micros();
 
     for id in v.iter() {
-        println!(
+        eprintln!(
             "{id}: created_at {}; counter: {}; sortable: {}",
             id.created_at(),
             id.counter(),
             id.sortable()
         );
     }
-    println!("2000 IDs generated in {dur}us");
+    println!("{num} Julids generated in {dur}us");
 }