diff --git a/cli/bench_command.go b/cli/bench_command.go
index f293146a..7dd9f6a8 100644
--- a/cli/bench_command.go
+++ b/cli/bench_command.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func getPublishSubject(c *benchCmd, number int) string {
 	}
 }
 
-func coreNATSPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg []byte, numMsg int) {
+func coreNATSPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg []byte, numMsg int, offset int) {
 
 	var m *nats.Msg
 	var err error
@@ -467,12 +467,12 @@ func coreNATSPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg
 		}
 
 		if !c.request {
-			err = nc.Publish(getPublishSubject(&c, i), msg)
+			err = nc.Publish(getPublishSubject(&c, i+offset), msg)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Publish error: %v", err)
 			}
 		} else {
-			m, err = nc.Request(getPublishSubject(&c, i), msg, time.Second)
+			m, err = nc.Request(getPublishSubject(&c, i+offset), msg, time.Second)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Request error %v", err)
 			}
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ func coreNATSPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg
 	state = "Finished  "
 }
 
-func jsPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg []byte, numMsg int) {
+func jsPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg []byte, numMsg int, offset int) {
 	js, err := nc.JetStream()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Couldn't get the JetStream context: %v", err)
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ func jsPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg []byte
 			state = "Publishing"
 			futures := make([]nats.PubAckFuture, min(c.pubBatch, c.numMsg-i))
 			for j := 0; j < c.pubBatch && i+j < c.numMsg; j++ {
-				futures[j], err = js.PublishAsync(getPublishSubject(&c, i+j), msg)
+				futures[j], err = js.PublishAsync(getPublishSubject(&c, i+j+offset), msg)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("PubAsync error: %v", err)
 				}
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func jsPublisher(c benchCmd, nc *nats.Conn, progress *uiprogress.Bar, msg []byte
 			if progress != nil {
 				progress.Incr()
 			}
-			_, err = js.Publish(getPublishSubject(&c, i), msg)
+			_, err = js.Publish(getPublishSubject(&c, i+offset), msg)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Publish: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -604,11 +604,11 @@ func (c *benchCmd) runPublisher(bm *bench.Benchmark, nc *nats.Conn, startwg *syn
 	start := time.Now()
 
 	if !c.js && !c.kv {
-		coreNATSPublisher(*c, nc, progress, msg, numMsg)
+		coreNATSPublisher(*c, nc, progress, msg, numMsg, offset)
 	} else if c.kv {
 		kvPutter(*c, nc, progress, msg, numMsg, offset)
 	} else if c.js {
-		jsPublisher(*c, nc, progress, msg, numMsg)
+		jsPublisher(*c, nc, progress, msg, numMsg, offset)
 	}
 
 	err := nc.Flush()