diff --git a/test/performance/Directory.Build.props b/test/performance/Directory.Build.props
index 0e0af60ea..674d5ca9b 100644
--- a/test/performance/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/test/performance/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <Project>
-
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('Directory.Build.props', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../'))" />
   
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet"/>
diff --git a/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Config.cs b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Config.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..307deecce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Config.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Diagnosers;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Exporters;
+
+namespace Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests;
+
+public class Config : ManualConfig
+{
+    public Config()
+    {
+        AddExporter(MarkdownExporter.GitHub);
+        AddDiagnoser(MemoryDiagnoser.Default);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/ConsoleActivitiesBenchmark.cs b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/ConsoleActivitiesBenchmark.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f214cf1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/ConsoleActivitiesBenchmark.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using Elsa.Extensions;
+using Elsa.Workflows.Activities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests;
+
+[Config(typeof(Config))]
+public class ConsoleActivitiesBenchmark
+{
+    private WriteLine _writeLineWorkflow;
+    private IWorkflowRunner _workflowRunner;
+    private ServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
+
+    [GlobalSetup]
+    public void GlobalSetup()
+    {
+        var services = new ServiceCollection();
+        services.AddElsa();
+
+        _serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+        _workflowRunner = _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IWorkflowRunner>();
+        
+        _writeLineWorkflow = new WriteLine("Hello, World!");
+    }
+    
+    [Benchmark]
+    public async Task WriteLine() => await _workflowRunner.RunAsync(_writeLineWorkflow);
+
+    [GlobalCleanup]
+    public void GlobalCleanup() => _serviceProvider.Dispose();
+}
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diff --git a/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests.csproj b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests.csproj
index fc1b99f93..ee58b4574 100644
--- a/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests.csproj
+++ b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests.csproj
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-        <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
+        <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <Using Include="Xunit"/>
+      <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\modules\Elsa\Elsa.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Program.cs b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af752d90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
+
+BenchmarkSwitcher switcher = new(typeof(Program).Assembly);
+switcher.Run(args);
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diff --git a/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/UnitTest1.cs b/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/UnitTest1.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5eecbccb1..000000000
--- a/test/performance/Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests/UnitTest1.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-namespace Elsa.Workflows.PerformanceTests;
-
-public class UnitTest1
-{
-    [Fact]
-    public void Test1()
-    {
-    }
-}
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