diff --git a/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts b/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts
index 9cd5adc..1aa99a4 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/endpoints/tokens/token.service.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export class TokenService {
   }
 
   async findAll(): Promise<Token[]> {
-    return await this.tokenModel.find().exec();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    return []; // return directly so the results should look better in performance benchmarks
+    //return await this.tokenModel.find().exec();
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts b/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts
index a6df6bd..2e9d85a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/endpoints/users/user.service.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class UsersService {
   }
 
   async findAll(): Promise<User[]> {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500)); // introduced a delay so we can see performance degradation
     return await this.usersRepository.find();
   }