diff --git a/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml b/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml
index 8d6a394a2..5596d2c5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 name: Ion Java performance regression detector
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'src/**'
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   data_size: '50000'
   test_data_id: 'generated-test-data'
-  benchmark_config: '--mode AverageTime --forks 5 --warmups 2 --iterations 3 --io-type buffer'
+  benchmark_config: '--mode AverageTime --forks 3 --warmups 5 --iterations 7 --io-type buffer'
 
 jobs:
   generate-test-data:
@@ -124,11 +125,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./gradlew clean publishToMavenLocal
 
-      - name: Benchmark ion-java from the base commit
+      # Maven logs cloud up the benchmark logs and make them hard to compare in the workflow logs.
+      # Build the benchmark-cli in a separate step.
+      - name: Build ion-java-benchmark-cli from the base commit, prepare for benchmark
         working-directory: ion-java-benchmark-cli
         run: |
           mvn clean install
           mkdir /home/runner/work/ion-java/ion-java/benchmarkresults
+
+      - name: Benchmark ion-java from the base commit
+        working-directory: ion-java-benchmark-cli
+        run: |
           java -jar target/ion-java-benchmark-cli-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar ${{matrix.usage-patterns}} ${{env.benchmark_config}} -r ion -o /home/runner/work/ion-java/ion-java/benchmarkresults/before.ion /home/runner/work/ion-java/ion-java/testData/${{matrix.test-data}}.10n
 
       - name: Build ion-java from the new commit
@@ -136,6 +143,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./gradlew clean publishToMavenLocal
 
+      - name: Build ion-java-benchmark-cli from the new commit
+        working-directory: ion-java-benchmark-cli
+        run: |
+          mvn clean install
+
       - name: Benchmark ion-java from the new commit
         working-directory: ion-java-benchmark-cli
         run: |
@@ -147,4 +159,4 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ion-java-benchmark-cli
         run: |
           a=$(java -jar target/ion-java-benchmark-cli-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar compare --benchmark-result-previous /home/runner/work/ion-java/ion-java/benchmarkresults/before.ion --benchmark-result-new /home/runner/work/ion-java/ion-java/benchmarkresults/after.ion)
-          if [ ! -z "$a" ]; then echo "${a}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY; exit 1; fi
+          if [ ! -z "$a" ]; then echo "${a}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY; echo "${a}"; exit 1; fi
diff --git a/DELETE_ME b/DELETE_ME
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34feaf4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DELETE_ME
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+temp change to test workflow
diff --git a/src/DELETE_ME b/src/DELETE_ME
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..497a99b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DELETE_ME
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+trigger workflow?