diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 36171df39..540498dfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -719,18 +719,18 @@ jobs:
           make -j$(nproc) benchmarks
           cd ..
           make -C test/data 
-      - name: Build PR Branch
-        run: |
-          cd pr
-          npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          cd ..
-          mkdir -p pr/build
-          cd pr/build
-          cmake -DENABLE_CONAN=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS=ON ..
-          make -j$(nproc) 
-          make -j$(nproc) benchmarks
-          cd ..
-          make -C test/data 
+      # - name: Build PR Branch
+      #   run: |
+      #     cd pr
+      #     npm ci --ignore-scripts
+      #     cd ..
+      #     mkdir -p pr/build
+      #     cd pr/build
+      #     cmake -DENABLE_CONAN=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS=ON ..
+      #     make -j$(nproc) 
+      #     make -j$(nproc) benchmarks
+      #     cd ..
+      #     make -C test/data 
       # we run benchmarks in tmpfs to avoid impact of disk IO
       - name: Create folder for tmpfs 
         run: |
@@ -738,22 +738,22 @@ jobs:
           sudo umount ~/benchmarks | true
           rm -rf ~/benchmarks 
           mkdir -p ~/benchmarks
-      # see https://llvm.org/docs/Benchmarking.html
-      - name: Run PR Benchmarks 
-        run: |
-          sudo cset shield -c 2-3 -k on
-          sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=4g none ~/benchmarks
-          cp -rf pr/build ~/benchmarks/build
-          cp -rf pr/lib ~/benchmarks/lib
-          mkdir -p ~/benchmarks/test
-          cp -rf pr/test/data ~/benchmarks/test/data
-          cp -rf pr/profiles ~/benchmarks/profiles
+      # # see https://llvm.org/docs/Benchmarking.html
+      # - name: Run PR Benchmarks 
+      #   run: |
+      #     sudo cset shield -c 2-3 -k on
+      #     sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=4g none ~/benchmarks
+      #     cp -rf pr/build ~/benchmarks/build
+      #     cp -rf pr/lib ~/benchmarks/lib
+      #     mkdir -p ~/benchmarks/test
+      #     cp -rf pr/test/data ~/benchmarks/test/data
+      #     cp -rf pr/profiles ~/benchmarks/profiles
 
-          ls ~/benchmarks/test/data
+      #     ls ~/benchmarks/test/data
 
-          sudo cset shield --exec -- ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f ~/benchmarks -r $(pwd)/pr_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b ~/benchmarks/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
-          sudo umount ~/benchmarks
-          sudo cset shield --reset
+      #     sudo cset shield --exec -- ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f ~/benchmarks -r $(pwd)/pr_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b ~/benchmarks/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
+      #     sudo umount ~/benchmarks
+      #     sudo cset shield --reset
       - name: Run Base Benchmarks
         run: |
           sudo cset shield -c 2-3 -k on
@@ -772,9 +772,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo cset shield --exec -- cset shield --exec -- ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f ~/benchmarks -r $(pwd)/base_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b ~/benchmarks/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
           sudo umount ~/benchmarks
           sudo cset shield --reset
-      - name: Post Benchmark Results
-        run: |
-          python3 pr/scripts/ci/post_benchmark_results.py base_results pr_results
+      # - name: Post Benchmark Results
+      #   run: |
+      #     python3 pr/scripts/ci/post_benchmark_results.py base_results pr_results
       - name: Show CCache statistics
         run: |
           ccache -p
diff --git a/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh b/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
index 8ab597c94..cec573563 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
@@ -54,28 +54,28 @@ function run_benchmarks_for_folder {
 
     BENCHMARKS_FOLDER="$BINARIES_FOLDER/src/benchmarks"
 
-    echo "Running match-bench MLD"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/match-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/mld/monaco.osrm" mld > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/match_mld.bench"
-    echo "Running match-bench CH"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/match-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/ch/monaco.osrm" ch > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/match_ch.bench"
-    echo "Running route-bench MLD"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/route-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/mld/monaco.osrm" mld > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/route_mld.bench"
-    echo "Running route-bench CH"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/route-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/ch/monaco.osrm" ch > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/route_ch.bench"
-    echo "Running alias"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/alias-bench > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/alias.bench"
-    echo "Running json-render-bench"
+    # echo "Running match-bench MLD"
+    # $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/match-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/mld/monaco.osrm" mld > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/match_mld.bench"
+    # echo "Running match-bench CH"
+    # $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/match-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/ch/monaco.osrm" ch > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/match_ch.bench"
+    # echo "Running route-bench MLD"
+    # $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/route-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/mld/monaco.osrm" mld > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/route_mld.bench"
+    # echo "Running route-bench CH"
+    # $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/route-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/ch/monaco.osrm" ch > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/route_ch.bench"
+    # echo "Running alias"
+    # $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/alias-bench > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/alias.bench"
+    # echo "Running json-render-bench"
     $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/json-render-bench  "$FOLDER/test/data/portugal_to_korea.json" #> "$RESULTS_FOLDER/json-render.bench"
     echo "Running packedvector-bench"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/packedvector-bench > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/packedvector.bench"
-    echo "Running rtree-bench"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/rtree-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/monaco.osrm.ramIndex" "$FOLDER/test/data/monaco.osrm.fileIndex" "$FOLDER/test/data/monaco.osrm.nbg_nodes" > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/rtree.bench"
+    # $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/packedvector-bench > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/packedvector.bench"
+    # echo "Running rtree-bench"
+    # $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/rtree-bench "$FOLDER/test/data/monaco.osrm.ramIndex" "$FOLDER/test/data/monaco.osrm.fileIndex" "$FOLDER/test/data/monaco.osrm.nbg_nodes" > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/rtree.bench"
 
-    cp -rf $OSM_PBF $FOLDER/data.osm.pbf
+    # cp -rf $OSM_PBF $FOLDER/data.osm.pbf
 
-    echo "Running osrm-extract"
-    measure_peak_ram_and_time "$BINARIES_FOLDER/osrm-extract -p $FOLDER/profiles/car.lua $FOLDER/data.osm.pbf" "$RESULTS_FOLDER/osrm_extract.bench"
-    # echo "Running osrm-partition"
+    # echo "Running osrm-extract"
+    # measure_peak_ram_and_time "$BINARIES_FOLDER/osrm-extract -p $FOLDER/profiles/car.lua $FOLDER/data.osm.pbf" "$RESULTS_FOLDER/osrm_extract.bench"
+    # # echo "Running osrm-partition"
     # measure_peak_ram_and_time "$BINARIES_FOLDER/osrm-partition $FOLDER/data.osrm" "$RESULTS_FOLDER/osrm_partition.bench"
     # echo "Running osrm-customize"
     # measure_peak_ram_and_time "$BINARIES_FOLDER/osrm-customize $FOLDER/data.osrm" "$RESULTS_FOLDER/osrm_customize.bench"
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/json_render.cpp b/src/benchmarks/json_render.cpp
index d2c00b51f..d2793f748 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/json_render.cpp
+++ b/src/benchmarks/json_render.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
+    std::cerr << "before: " << argv[1] << std::endl;
+
     const auto obj = load(argv[1]);
+    std::cerr << "after: " << argv[1] << std::endl;
 
     TIMER_START(string);
     std::string out_str;