diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index 77d40098900..7c4bb35526f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "LOG_LEVEL=debug" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "LOG_PATH_DIR=$LOG_PATH_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - run: go install -v ./gnovm/cmd/gno
-      - run: go run ./gnovm/cmd/gno test -v -print-events ./examples/...
+      - run: go run ./gnovm/cmd/gno test -v -print-runtime-metrics -print-events ./examples/...
   lint:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go b/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go
index c6feebfd2b5..d54b12f6a4f 100644
--- a/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go
+++ b/gnovm/cmd/gno/test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime/debug"
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ func gnoTestPkg(
 			if printRuntimeMetrics {
 				// from tm2/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go
 				// XXX: make maxAllocTx configurable.
-				maxAllocTx := int64(500 * 1000 * 1000)
+				maxAllocTx := int64(math.MaxInt64)
 
 				m.Alloc = gno.NewAllocator(maxAllocTx)
 			}