diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f17a6fee..fe872efa 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ jobs:
     inputs:
       solution: $(BuildType)/libmimalloc.sln
       configuration: '$(MSBuildConfiguration)'
-  #- script: |
-  #    cd $(BuildType)
-  #    ctest --verbose --timeout 120
-  #  displayName: CTest
+  - script: |
+      cd $(BuildType)
+      ctest --verbose --timeout 120
+    displayName: CTest
   - upload: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/$(BuildType)
     artifact: mimalloc-windows-$(BuildType)
 
diff --git a/test/test-stress.c b/test/test-stress.c
index 29a9d2e5..31a4f709 100644
--- a/test/test-stress.c
+++ b/test/test-stress.c
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ terms of the MIT license.
 // > mimalloc-test-stress [THREADS] [SCALE] [ITER]
 //
 // argument defaults
-static int THREADS = 32;      // more repeatable if THREADS <= #processors
+static int THREADS =  8;      // more repeatable if THREADS <= #processors
 static int SCALE   = 10;      // scaling factor
-static int ITER    = 50;      // N full iterations destructing and re-creating all threads
+static int ITER    =100;      // N full iterations destructing and re-creating all threads
 
 // static int THREADS = 8;    // more repeatable if THREADS <= #processors
 // static int SCALE   = 100;  // scaling factor