diff --git a/include/astaroth.h b/include/astaroth.h
index d32b367..039ab82 100644
--- a/include/astaroth.h
+++ b/include/astaroth.h
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ Resets all devices on the current grid.
  */
 AcResult acGridQuit(void);
 
+/** Randomizes the local mesh */
+AcResult acGridRandomize(void);
+
 /** */
 AcResult acGridSynchronizeStream(const Stream stream);
 
diff --git a/samples/benchmark/main.cc b/samples/benchmark/main.cc
index 3c5e504..76223bb 100644
--- a/samples/benchmark/main.cc
+++ b/samples/benchmark/main.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
         }
     }
 
-    const TestType test = TEST_STRONG_SCALING;
+    const TestType test = TEST_WEAK_SCALING;
     if (test == TEST_WEAK_SCALING) {
         uint3_64 decomp = decompose(nprocs);
         info.int_params[AC_nx] *= decomp.x;
@@ -126,10 +126,15 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     // GPU alloc & compute
     acGridInit(info);
+    acGridRandomize();
+
+    /*
     AcMesh model;
     acMeshCreate(info, &model);
     acMeshRandomize(&model);
     acGridLoadMesh(STREAM_DEFAULT, model);
+    */
+
     /*
     acGridLoadMesh(STREAM_DEFAULT, model);
 
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index ca96366..15cd4fa 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ find_package(CUDAToolkit)
 
 ## Astaroth Core
 add_library(astaroth_core STATIC device.cc node.cc astaroth.cc astaroth_fortran.cc)
-target_link_libraries(astaroth_core astaroth_kernels CUDA::cudart CUDA::cuda_driver)
+target_link_libraries(astaroth_core astaroth_utils astaroth_kernels CUDA::cudart CUDA::cuda_driver)
 
 ## Options
 if (MPI_ENABLED)
diff --git a/src/core/device.cc b/src/core/device.cc
index 0ee987f..4af17fc 100644
--- a/src/core/device.cc
+++ b/src/core/device.cc
@@ -1242,6 +1242,22 @@ acGridSynchronizeStream(const Stream stream)
     return AC_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+
+#include "astaroth_utils.h" // HACK TO RANDOMIZE
+AcResult
+acGridRandomize(void)
+{
+    ERRCHK(grid.initialized);
+
+    AcMesh host;
+    acMeshCreate(grid.submesh.info, &host);
+    acMeshRandomize(&host);
+    acDeviceLoadMesh(grid.device, STREAM_DEFAULT, host);
+    acMeshDestroy(&host);
+
+    return AC_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 AcResult
 acGridInit(const AcMeshInfo info)
 {