diff --git a/bench/src/build_benchmark_jsons.rs b/bench/src/build_benchmark_jsons.rs
index 1a8423aff..26fb46708 100644
--- a/bench/src/build_benchmark_jsons.rs
+++ b/bench/src/build_benchmark_jsons.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   html_logo_url = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/raw/dev/.github/icon.png",
   html_favicon_url = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/raw/dev/.github/icon.png"
 )]
+// file is used by multiple binaries
+#![allow(dead_code)]
 
 use std::{fs::File, io::BufReader};
 mod utils;
diff --git a/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs b/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs
index 76a73b0a3..e3ea2179a 100644
--- a/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs
+++ b/bench/src/run_benchmark.rs
@@ -106,10 +106,9 @@ fn run_max_mem_benchmark() -> Result<HashMap<String, u64>> {
 
     let proc_result = proc.wait_with_output()?;
     println!("{proc_result:?}");
-    results.insert(
-      name.to_string(),
-      utils::parse_max_mem(benchmark_file).unwrap(),
-    );
+    if let Some(max_mem) = utils::parse_max_mem(benchmark_file)? {
+      results.insert(name.to_string(), max_mem);
+    }
   }
 
   Ok(results)
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ fn run_exec_time(target_dir: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, HashMap<String, f6
     );
   }
 
-  utils::run(&command.iter().map(|s| s.as_ref()).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+  utils::run(&command.iter().map(|s| s.as_ref()).collect::<Vec<_>>())?;
 
   let mut results = HashMap::<String, HashMap<String, f64>>::new();
   let hyperfine_results = utils::read_json(benchmark_file)?;
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     utils::download_file(
       "https://github.com/lemarier/tauri-test/releases/download/v2.0.0/json_3mb.json",
       json_3mb,
-    );
+    )?;
   }
 
   println!("Starting tauri benchmark");
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
   let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
   let mut new_data = utils::BenchResult {
     created_at: now.format(&format).unwrap(),
-    sha1: utils::run_collect(&["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+    sha1: utils::run_collect(&["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"])?
       .0
       .trim()
       .to_string(),
diff --git a/bench/src/utils.rs b/bench/src/utils.rs
index f0a4b83da..48d0ba7eb 100644
--- a/bench/src/utils.rs
+++ b/bench/src/utils.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ pub fn home_path() -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 /// Get the root path of the Tauri repository.
-/// Returns `None` if the parent path cannot be determined.
-pub fn tauri_root_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-  bench_root_path().parent().map(|p| p.to_path_buf())
+pub fn tauri_root_path() -> PathBuf {
+  bench_root_path().parent().map(|p| p.to_path_buf()).unwrap()
 }
 
 /// Run a command and collect its stdout and stderr as strings.