diff --git a/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml b/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml
index fd7f3a2e54..2a40a473b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ion-java-performance-regression-detector.yml
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ jobs:
       #Detect regression
       - name: Detect regression
         working-directory: ion-java-benchmark-cli
-        run:
+        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)
-          echo ${a} >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
+          if [ ! -z "$a" ]; then echo "${a}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY; exit 1; fi
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/com/amazon/ion/impl/_Private_IonBinaryWriterBuilder.java b/src/com/amazon/ion/impl/_Private_IonBinaryWriterBuilder.java
index 80f9d8d1dd..85e4714fef 100644
--- a/src/com/amazon/ion/impl/_Private_IonBinaryWriterBuilder.java
+++ b/src/com/amazon/ion/impl/_Private_IonBinaryWriterBuilder.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ private _Private_IonBinaryWriterBuilder()
         myBinaryWriterBuilder =
             _Private_IonManagedBinaryWriterBuilder
                 .create(AllocatorMode.POOLED)
-                .withPaddedLengthPreallocation(1)
+                .withPaddedLengthPreallocation(0)
                 ;
     }