diff --git a/opteryx/operators/heap_sort_node.py b/opteryx/operators/heap_sort_node.py
index 4452519c..5f1b8fe2 100644
--- a/opteryx/operators/heap_sort_node.py
+++ b/opteryx/operators/heap_sort_node.py
@@ -90,19 +90,14 @@ def execute(self) -> Generator[pyarrow.Table, None, None]:  # pragma: no cover
         for morsel in morsels.execute():
             start_time = time.time_ns()
 
-            if morsel.num_rows > self.limit:
-                # not much point doing this here if we're not eliminating rows
-                morsel = morsel.sort_by(mapped_order)
-                morsel = morsel.slice(offset=0, length=self.limit)
-
             if table:
-                # Concatenate the current morsel with the previously accumulated table
-                morsel = concat_tables([morsel, table], promote_options="permissive")
+                # Concatenate the accumulated table with the new morsel
+                table = concat_tables([table, morsel], promote_options="permissive")
+            else:
+                table = morsel
 
             # Sort and slice the concatenated table to maintain the limit
-            morsel = morsel.sort_by(mapped_order)
-            morsel = morsel.slice(offset=0, length=self.limit)
-            table = morsel
+            table = table.sort_by(mapped_order).slice(offset=0, length=self.limit)
 
             self.statistics.time_heap_sorting += time.time_ns() - start_time
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d23a28c..fbf898f4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import platform
+from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Dict
 
@@ -9,8 +10,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools_rust import RustExtension
-from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
-
 
 LIBRARY = "opteryx"
 
diff --git a/tests/fuzzing/test_sql_fuzzer_single_table_select.py b/tests/fuzzing/test_sql_fuzzer_single_table_select.py
index ac22404c..a26f7760 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzing/test_sql_fuzzer_single_table_select.py
+++ b/tests/fuzzing/test_sql_fuzzer_single_table_select.py
@@ -184,24 +184,10 @@ def test_sql_fuzzing_single_table(i):
         # Log failing statement and error for analysis
         raise e
     print()
-    return execution_time, statement
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
-    import heapq
-
-    top_n: int = 5
-    slowest_executions = []
 
     for i in range(TEST_CYCLES):
-        et, st = test_sql_fuzzing_single_table(i)
-
-        # Use a heap to maintain only the top N slowest executions
-        if len(slowest_executions) < top_n:
-            # If we have less than `top_n` elements, add the current result
-            heapq.heappush(slowest_executions, (et, i, st))
-        else:
-            # If we already have `top_n` elements, replace the smallest one if the current one is larger
-            heapq.heappushpop(slowest_executions, (et, i, st))
+        test_sql_fuzzing_single_table(i)
 
     print("✅ okay\n")
-    print("\n".join(f"{s[1]:03} {s[0]:.4f} {format_sql(s[2])}" for s in sorted(slowest_executions, key=lambda x: x[0], reverse=True)))