diff --git a/regression-tests/09-collect-lossy/01-sky-shell-collect-lossy.csc b/regression-tests/09-collect-lossy/01-sky-shell-collect-lossy.csc
index a8c1d9ff6..dbc85c0b4 100644
--- a/regression-tests/09-collect-lossy/01-sky-shell-collect-lossy.csc
+++ b/regression-tests/09-collect-lossy/01-sky-shell-collect-lossy.csc
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ booted = new Array();
 received = new Array();
 hops = new Array();
 nrNodes = 20;
+toReceive = 8;
 total_received = 0;
 total_lost = 0;
 total_hops = 0;
@@ -411,7 +412,10 @@ total_latency = 0;
 nodes_starting = true;
 for(i = 1; i <= nrNodes; i++) {
   booted[i] = false;
-  received[i] = "__________";
+  received[i] = '';
+  for(var j = 0; j < toReceive; j++) {
+     received[i] += '_';
+  }
   hops[i] = received[i];
 }
 
@@ -495,20 +499,20 @@ while(true) {
         dups++;
     }
     received[source] = received[source].substr(0, seqno) + dups +
-        received[source].substr(seqno + 1, 10 - seqno);
+        received[source].substr(seqno + 1, toReceive - seqno);
 
     if(hop > 9) {
         hop = "+";
     }
     hops[source] = hops[source].substr(0, seqno) + hop +
-        hops[source].substr(seqno + 1, 10 - seqno);
+        hops[source].substr(seqno + 1, toReceive - seqno);
 
     total_received++;
     total_hops += hop;
     
     print_stats();
   }
-  /* Signal OK if all nodes have reported 10 messages. */
+  /* Signal OK if all nodes have reported toReceive messages. */
   num_reported = 0;
   for(i = 1; i <= nrNodes; i++) {
       if(i != sink) {