diff --git a/bench/01-declarations.R b/bench/01-declarations.R
index 48f03c028..be8cdcd2b 100644
--- a/bench/01-declarations.R
+++ b/bench/01-declarations.R
@@ -17,23 +17,17 @@ plot_against_base <- function(new_bm,
   if (any(commit_is_reference) && Sys.getenv("GITHUB_BASE_REF") != "") {
     # if a pull request
     reference <- bm[commit_is_reference, "benchmarks"][[1]][[1]]
-    if ("name" %in% names(reference)) {
+    # if benchmark exists in base branch
+    reference <- reference %>%
+      dplyr::filter(.data$name %in% !!name)
+    if (nrow(reference) > 0) {
       # if benchmark exists in base branch
-      reference <- reference %>%
-        dplyr::filter(.data$name %in% !!name)
-      if (nrow(reference) > 0) {
-        # if benchmark exists in base branch
-        reference$expression <- bench:::new_bench_expr(Sys.getenv("GITHUB_BASE_REF"))
-        print(new_bm)
-        print(new_bm$name)
-        print(reference)
-        print(reference$name)
-        new_bm <- dplyr::bind_rows(reference, new_bm)
-        stopifnot(nrow(new_bm) == 2)
-        diff_in_percent <- round(100 * diff(new_bm$p50) / new_bm$p50[1])
-        pr_comment <- glue::glue("* {name}: {new_bm$p50[1]} -> {new_bm$p50[2]} ({diff_in_percent}%)\n")
-        cat(pr_comment, file = "pr-comment/info.txt", append = TRUE)
-      }
+      reference$expression <- bench:::new_bench_expr(Sys.getenv("GITHUB_BASE_REF"))
+      new_bm <- dplyr::bind_rows(reference, new_bm)
+      stopifnot(nrow(new_bm) == 2)
+      diff_in_percent <- round(100 * diff(new_bm$p50) / new_bm$p50[1])
+      pr_comment <- glue::glue("* {name}: {new_bm$p50[1]} -> {new_bm$p50[2]} ({diff_in_percent}%)\n")
+      cat(pr_comment, file = "pr-comment/info.txt", append = TRUE)
     }
   }
   new_bm$branch <- factor(new_bm$expression)