diff --git a/jolt-core/benches/grand_product.rs b/jolt-core/benches/grand_product.rs
index d12b437c7..f60964c7e 100644
--- a/jolt-core/benches/grand_product.rs
+++ b/jolt-core/benches/grand_product.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ use jolt_core::subprotocols::grand_product::{
     BatchedDenseGrandProduct, BatchedGrandProduct, BatchedGrandProductProof,
 };
 use jolt_core::subprotocols::grand_product_quarks::{
-    QuarkGrandProduct, QuarkGrandProductConfig, QuarkHybridLayerDepth,
+    QuarkGrandProduct, QuarkGrandProductConfig
 };
 use jolt_core::utils::transcript::{KeccakTranscript, Transcript};
 use rand_chacha::ChaCha20Rng;
 use rand_core::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
+use jolt_core::subprotocols::QuarkHybridLayerDepth;
 
-const SRS_SIZE: usize = 1 << 10;
+const SRS_SIZE: usize = 1 << 16;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 struct BenchConfig {
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ fn benchmark_verify<PCS, F, G, ProofTranscript>(
                 transcript = ProofTranscript::new(b"test_transcript");
                 let mut verifier_accumulator: VerifierOpeningAccumulator<F, PCS, ProofTranscript> =
                     VerifierOpeningAccumulator::new();
-                let (_, r_verifier) = QuarkGrandProduct::verify_quark_grand_product(
+                let (_, r_verifier) = QuarkGrandProduct::verify_grand_product(
                     &proof,
                     &known_products,
                     Some(&mut verifier_accumulator),
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ fn main() {
         .configure_from_args()
         .warm_up_time(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5));
     let num_layers = 50;
-    let layer_size = 1 << 10;
+    let layer_size = 1 << 8;
     let mut config = BenchConfig {
         name: "",
         num_layers,
diff --git a/jolt-core/src/poly/dense_interleaved_poly.rs b/jolt-core/src/poly/dense_interleaved_poly.rs
index 361fc5cfe..dff833f66 100644
--- a/jolt-core/src/poly/dense_interleaved_poly.rs
+++ b/jolt-core/src/poly/dense_interleaved_poly.rs
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ impl<F: JoltField, ProofTranscript: Transcript> BatchedCubicSumcheck<F, ProofTra
                 })
                 .collect();
 
-            let chunk_size = self.len.next_power_of_two() / eq_poly.E2_len;
+            let chunk_size = (self.len.next_power_of_two() / eq_poly.E2_len).max(1);
             eq_poly.E2[..eq_poly.E2_len]
                 .par_iter()
                 .zip(self.par_chunks(chunk_size))