diff --git a/bench/falcon_plaintext.py b/bench/falcon_plaintext.py
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+from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
+
+import falcon
+
+class Home:
+    def on_get(self, req, resp):
+        resp.status = falcon.HTTP_200  # This is the default status
+        resp.content_type = falcon.MEDIA_TEXT  # Default is JSON, so override
+        resp.text = "Hello, World!"
+
+
+app = falcon.App()
+
+home = Home()
+app.add_route('/', home)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    with make_server('', 8000, app) as httpd:
+        print('Serving on port 8000...')
+
+        # Serve until process is killed
+        httpd.serve_forever()
+
+#pypy3 -m gunicorn falcon_plaintext:app -w 1 
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