diff --git a/encodings/alp/src/alp/array.rs b/encodings/alp/src/alp/array.rs
index 4e723f87f3..7a50cb0cbc 100644
--- a/encodings/alp/src/alp/array.rs
+++ b/encodings/alp/src/alp/array.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ impl ALPArray {
         let length = encoded.len();
 
         let mut children = Vec::with_capacity(2);
-        children.push(encoded);
         if let Some(patches) = &patches {
             children.push(patches.indices().clone());
             children.push(patches.values().clone());
diff --git a/scripts/coerce-criterion-json.sh b/scripts/coerce-criterion-json.sh
index 1f5624babe..96b2be59e7 100644
--- a/scripts/coerce-criterion-json.sh
+++ b/scripts/coerce-criterion-json.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-commit_id=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+set -Eeu -o pipefail -x
+
+commit_id=$GITHUB_SHA
 
 jq --compact-output 'select(.reason == "benchmark-complete" or .reason == null)
     | if (.throughput | length) == 0
diff --git a/scripts/commit-json.sh b/scripts/commit-json.sh
index b84780c25e..3baa5fee79 100644
--- a/scripts/commit-json.sh
+++ b/scripts/commit-json.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -Eeu -o pipefail -x
+
 commit_id=$GITHUB_SHA
 commit_title=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B $GITHUB_SHA | head -n 1)
 commit_timestamp=$(git log -1 --format=%cd --date=iso-strict $GITHUB_SHA)