try it like this

src/Application.kt

@@ -17,22 +17,22 @@ fun Application.module(testing: Boolean = false) {
     runBlocking {
         val cachedFile = File("/app/wave.wav").readBytes()
         val gson = GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create()
-        var startTime : Instant
+        var startTime: Instant
         var elapsed = Duration.ofSeconds(0)
         val targetTime = Duration.ofSeconds(System.getenv("WAITTIME").toLong())
         var currIter = 1
-        val timestamps = LinkedHashMap<Int,Instant>()
-        var currTimeStamp : Instant
+        val timestamps = LinkedHashMap<Int, Instant>()
+        var currTimeStamp: Instant
         val uploader = Uploader()
         val processResults = ProcessResults()
         environment.monitor.subscribe(ApplicationStarted) {
-            val job = GlobalScope.launch {
-                delay(3000L)
             println("Starting benchmark")
             startTime = Instant.now()
-                while(elapsed < targetTime){
+            while (elapsed < targetTime) {
+                GlobalScope.launch {
                     uploader.uploadData(currIter, gson, cachedFile)
-                    currIter+=1
+                }
+                currIter += 1
                 currTimeStamp = Instant.now()
                 timestamps[currIter] = currTimeStamp
                 elapsed = Duration.between(startTime, currTimeStamp)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fun Application.module(testing: Boolean = false) {
             println("Benchmark ended")
             processResults.mapToProcess = timestamps
             processResults.process()
-            }
+
         }
     }
 }