diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/ci/upload_benchmarks_to_s3.sh b/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/ci/upload_benchmarks_to_s3.sh
index dc5d890704b..03603d20c03 100755
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/ci/upload_benchmarks_to_s3.sh
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/ci/upload_benchmarks_to_s3.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ elif [ -n "${PULL_REQUEST:-}" ]; then
   TARGET_FOLDER="barretenberg-bench-v1/pulls/${PULL_REQUEST##*/}"
 else
   echo Skipping upload since no target folder was defined
+  exit
 fi
 echo "Uploading to s3://$BUCKET_NAME/$TARGET_FOLDER"
-aws s3 cp extracted-repo/src/barretenberg/cpp/build/ultra_honk_rounds_bench.json "s3://$BUCKET_NAME/$TARGET_FOLDER/ultra_honk_rounds_bench.json"
\ No newline at end of file
+aws s3 cp extracted-repo/src/barretenberg/cpp/build/ultra_honk_rounds_bench.json "s3://$BUCKET_NAME/$TARGET_FOLDER/ultra_honk_rounds_bench.json"