diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-perf.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge-perf.yaml
index a79847718b..9e495d408d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-perf.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-perf.yaml
@@ -49,12 +49,16 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run bench
       id: bench
       run: |
+        dolt config --global --add user.email "merge-perf@dolthub.com"
+        dolt config --global --add user.name "merge-perf"
+
         gw=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE
         DATADIR=$gw/data
 
         RESULTS=$gw/results.sql
         echo "CREATE TABLE ${{env.RESULT_TABLE_NAME }} (name varchar(50) primary key, table_cnt int, run_cnt int, add_cnt int, delete_cnt int, update_cnt int, conflict_cnt int, fks bool, latency float);" >> $RESULTS
 
+        ROW_NUM=1000000
         TABLE_NUM=2
         names=('adds_only' 'deletes_only' 'updates_only' 'adds_updates_deletes')
         adds=(60000 0 0 60000)