diff --git a/features/steps/x_steps.rb b/features/steps/x_steps.rb
index 3ac42aa..13d485c 100644
--- a/features/steps/x_steps.rb
+++ b/features/steps/x_steps.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ When /^I press the ([^ ]+) keys? (\d+) times$/ do |keys, times|
   times.to_i.times { x_key keys }
 end
 
+When /^I quickly press the ([^ ]+) keys? (\d+) times$/ do |keys, times|
+  x_key [keys] * times.to_i, delay: 0
+end
+
 When /^a window requests to be mapped$/ do
   x_client.map.sync
 end
diff --git a/features/workers/block.feature b/features/workers/block.feature
index e24aa54..e3bfa08 100644
--- a/features/workers/block.feature
+++ b/features/workers/block.feature
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ Feature: blocking worker
       key(:f) { puts 'testing_worker_read' }
       """
     And uhwm is running with options -v -w block
-    When I press the alt+f key 3 times
+    When I quickly press the alt+f key 1024 times
     And I quit uhwm
-    Then the output must match /(testing_worker_read)/ exactly 3 times
+    Then the output must match /(testing_worker_read)/ exactly 1024 times