diff --git a/benchmarks/libraries/qibo.py b/benchmarks/libraries/qibo.py
index eb07537..fba8e09 100644
--- a/benchmarks/libraries/qibo.py
+++ b/benchmarks/libraries/qibo.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def from_qasm(self, qasm):
     def __call__(self, circuit):
         # transfer final state to numpy array because that's what happens
         # for all backends
-        return circuit().numpy()
+        return circuit().state(numpy=True)
 
     def transpose_state(self, x):
         return x