diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 85f073c0e..bcb1e4f24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} # checkout HEAD of triggering branch
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      # Adding some credentials to avoid complaints from git
-      - name: Configure git
-        run: |
-          git config user.name ledwards2225
-          git config user.email l.edwards.d@gmail.com
+      # # Adding some credentials to avoid complaints from git
+      # - name: Configure git
+      #   run: |
+      #     git config user.name ledwards2225
+      #     git config user.email l.edwards.d@gmail.com
 
       # Only run in Linux environment for now
       - name: Setup Linux environment
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bin/ultra_honk_bench --benchmark_format=json > ../src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/bench_results.json
       
-      # 
+      # Utilize github-action-benchmark to automatically update the plots at 
+      # https://aztecprotocol.github.io/barretenberg/dev/bench/ with new benchmark data.
+      # This also creates an alert if benchmarks exceed the threshold specified below.
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
         with:
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           # Show alert with commit comment on detecting possible performance regression
           alert-threshold: '120%' # alert if bench result is 1.2x worse
           comment-on-alert: true
-          fail-on-alert: true
+          fail-on-alert: false
           alert-comment-cc-users: '@ledwards2225'
 
                 
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diff --git a/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/benchmark_utilities.hpp b/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/benchmark_utilities.hpp
index 23c8ad33b..2893e71e1 100644
--- a/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/benchmark_utilities.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/benchmark_utilities.hpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct BenchParams {
     static constexpr size_t MIN_LOG_NUM_GATES = 16;
     static constexpr size_t MAX_LOG_NUM_GATES = 16;
 
-    static constexpr size_t NUM_REPETITIONS = 1;
+    static constexpr size_t NUM_REPETITIONS = 2;
 };
 
 /**