diff --git a/runner/options_test.go b/runner/options_test.go
index ae73b166..b467ed6b 100644
--- a/runner/options_test.go
+++ b/runner/options_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 100, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 20, c.c)
 		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.qps)
-		assert.Equal(t, int(5), c.skipFirst)
+		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, c.binary)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(5*time.Minute), c.z)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(60*time.Second), c.keepaliveTime)
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			WithTotalRequests(100),
 			WithConcurrency(20),
 			WithQPS(5),
+			WithSkipFirst(5),
 			WithRunDuration(time.Duration(5*time.Minute)),
 			WithKeepalive(time.Duration(60*time.Second)),
 			WithTimeout(time.Duration(10*time.Second)),
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 100, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 20, c.c)
 		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.qps)
+		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, true, c.binary)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(5*time.Minute), c.z)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(60*time.Second), c.keepaliveTime)
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			WithTotalRequests(100),
 			WithConcurrency(20),
 			WithQPS(5),
+			WithSkipFirst(5),
 			WithRunDuration(time.Duration(5*time.Minute)),
 			WithKeepalive(time.Duration(60*time.Second)),
 			WithTimeout(time.Duration(10*time.Second)),
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 100, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 20, c.c)
 		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.qps)
+		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, c.binary)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(5*time.Minute), c.z)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(60*time.Second), c.keepaliveTime)
@@ -240,6 +244,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 200, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 50, c.c)
 		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.qps)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(0), c.z)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(0), c.keepaliveTime)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(20*time.Second), c.timeout)
@@ -269,6 +274,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 200, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 50, c.c)
 		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.qps)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, c.binary)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(0), c.z)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(0), c.keepaliveTime)
@@ -303,6 +309,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 200, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 50, c.c)
 		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.qps)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, c.nConns)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, c.binary)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(0), c.z)
@@ -339,6 +346,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 200, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 50, c.c)
 		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.qps)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.nConns)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, c.binary)
 		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(0), c.z)
@@ -384,6 +392,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, []string{"../../testdata", "."}, c.importPaths)
 			assert.Equal(t, 5000, c.n)
 			assert.Equal(t, 50, c.c)
+			assert.Equal(t, 5, c.skipFirst)
 			assert.Equal(t, 12*time.Second, c.z)
 			assert.Equal(t, 500*time.Millisecond, c.streamInterval)
 			assert.Equal(t, []byte(`{"name":"Bob {{.TimestampUnix}}"}`), c.data)
@@ -402,6 +411,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, []string{"../../testdata", "."}, c.importPaths)
 			assert.Equal(t, 5000, c.n)
 			assert.Equal(t, 50, c.c)
+			assert.Equal(t, 5, c.skipFirst)
 			assert.Equal(t, 12*time.Second, c.z)
 			assert.Equal(t, 500*time.Millisecond, c.streamInterval)
 			assert.Equal(t, []byte(`{"name":"Bob {{.TimestampUnix}}"}`), c.data)
@@ -420,6 +430,7 @@ func TestRunConfig_newRunConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, []string{"../../testdata", "."}, c.importPaths)
 		assert.Equal(t, 5000, c.n)
 		assert.Equal(t, 50, c.c)
+		assert.Equal(t, 5, c.skipFirst)
 		assert.Equal(t, 12*time.Second, c.z)
 		assert.Equal(t, 500*time.Millisecond, c.streamInterval)
 		assert.Equal(t, []byte(`{"name":"Bob {{.TimestampUnix}}"}`), c.data)
diff --git a/runner/reporter.go b/runner/reporter.go
index cdaa76de..ed166af5 100644
--- a/runner/reporter.go
+++ b/runner/reporter.go
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ func newReporter(results chan *callResult, c *RunConfig) *Reporter {
 
 // Run runs the reporter
 func (r *Reporter) Run() {
-	var skipCount uint
+	var skipCount int
 
 	for res := range r.results {
-		if skipCount < uint(r.config.skipFirst) {
+		if skipCount < r.config.skipFirst {
 			skipCount++
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/testdata/config.json b/testdata/config.json
index ccb166c9..00d6e79b 100644
--- a/testdata/config.json
+++ b/testdata/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "total": 5000,
   "concurrency": 50,
+  "skipFirst": 5,
   "max-duration": "7s",
   "duration": "12s",
   "stream-interval": "500ms",
diff --git a/testdata/config.toml b/testdata/config.toml
index 6d8a04be..f0e2580d 100644
--- a/testdata/config.toml
+++ b/testdata/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "max-duration" = "7s"
 total = 5000
 concurrency = 50
+skipFirst = 5
 proto = "../../testdata/greeter.proto"
 call = "helloworld.Greeter.SayHello"
 host = "0.0.0.0:50051"
diff --git a/www/docs/options.md b/www/docs/options.md
index 4da83101..45842f09 100644
--- a/www/docs/options.md
+++ b/www/docs/options.md
@@ -220,4 +220,4 @@ Enable gzip compression on requests.
 
 ### '--skipFirst'
 
-Skip the first n responses from the report. Helps remove initial warm-up requests from skewing the results. 
\ No newline at end of file
+Skip the first n responses from the report. Helps remove initial warm-up requests from skewing the results.