diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 15988b5..6df348e 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ pub const VERSION: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), " (", env!("VERGEN_
 pub struct ServerCommand {
     /// Path to the repo's tablejohn database.
     pub db: PathBuf,
+
     /// Path to the git repo.
     pub repo: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Path to the bench repo.
+    #[arg(long, short)]
+    pub bench_repo: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
 pub enum Command {
     Server(ServerCommand),
     Runner,
+    // TODO bench script command?
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
@@ -23,9 +29,11 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// Path to the config file.
     #[arg(long, short)]
     pub config: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Enable increasingly more verbose output
     #[arg(long, short, action = clap::ArgAction::Count)]
     pub verbose: u8,
+
     #[command(subcommand)]
     pub command: Command,
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7cf839a..a101cc4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ mod args;
 mod config;
 mod runner;
 mod server;
-mod somehow;
 mod shared;
+mod somehow;
 
 use std::{io, process};
 
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 2e70275..ae0553d 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -49,22 +49,34 @@ async fn open_db(db_path: &Path) -> sqlx::Result<SqlitePool> {
     Ok(pool)
 }
 
-fn open_repo(repo_path: &Path) -> somehow::Result<ThreadSafeRepository> {
-    info!(path = %repo_path.display(), "Opening repo");
-    Ok(ThreadSafeRepository::open(repo_path)?)
-}
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(self) struct Repo(Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>);
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(self) struct BenchRepo(Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>);
 
 #[derive(Clone, FromRef)]
 pub struct Server {
     config: &'static Config,
     db: SqlitePool,
-    repo: Option<Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>>,
+    repo: Option<Repo>,
+    bench_repo: Option<BenchRepo>,
 }
 
 impl Server {
     pub async fn new(config: &'static Config, command: ServerCommand) -> somehow::Result<Self> {
-        let repo = if let Some(repo) = command.repo.as_ref() {
-            Some(Arc::new(open_repo(repo)?))
+        let repo = if let Some(path) = command.repo.as_ref() {
+            info!(path = %path.display(), "Opening repo");
+            let repo = ThreadSafeRepository::open(path)?;
+            Some(Repo(Arc::new(repo)))
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        let bench_repo = if let Some(path) = command.bench_repo.as_ref() {
+            info!(path = %path.display(), "Opening repo");
+            let repo = ThreadSafeRepository::open(path)?;
+            Some(BenchRepo(Arc::new(repo)))
         } else {
             None
         };
@@ -73,6 +85,7 @@ impl Server {
             config,
             db: open_db(&command.db).await?,
             repo,
+            bench_repo,
         })
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +93,7 @@ impl Server {
         if let Some(repo) = self.repo.clone() {
             select! {
                 e = web::run(self.clone()) => e,
-                () = recurring::run(self.clone(), repo) => Ok(()),
+                () = recurring::run(self.clone(), repo, self.bench_repo.clone()) => Ok(()),
             }
         } else {
             web::run(self.clone()).await
diff --git a/src/server/recurring.rs b/src/server/recurring.rs
index 00213f3..567fde8 100644
--- a/src/server/recurring.rs
+++ b/src/server/recurring.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@
 mod queue;
 mod repo;
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use gix::ThreadSafeRepository;
 use tracing::{debug_span, error, Instrument};
 
-use super::Server;
+use super::{BenchRepo, Repo, Server};
 
-async fn recurring_task(state: &Server, repo: Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>) {
+async fn recurring_task(state: &Server, repo: Repo) {
     async {
         if let Err(e) = repo::update(&state.db, repo).await {
             error!("Error updating repo:\n{e:?}");
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ async fn recurring_task(state: &Server, repo: Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>) {
     .await;
 }
 
-pub async fn run(server: Server, repo: Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>) {
+pub(super) async fn run(server: Server, repo: Repo, bench_repo: Option<BenchRepo>) {
     loop {
         recurring_task(&server, repo.clone()).await;
         tokio::time::sleep(server.config.repo_update_delay).await;
diff --git a/src/server/recurring/repo.rs b/src/server/recurring/repo.rs
index 03fea48..f3bd8eb 100644
--- a/src/server/recurring/repo.rs
+++ b/src/server/recurring/repo.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 //! Add new commits to the database and update the tracked refs.
 
-use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::Arc};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
-use gix::{
-    objs::Kind, prelude::ObjectIdExt, refs::Reference, ObjectId, Repository, ThreadSafeRepository,
-};
+use gix::{objs::Kind, prelude::ObjectIdExt, refs::Reference, ObjectId, Repository};
 use sqlx::{Acquire, SqliteConnection, SqlitePool};
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 
-use crate::{server::util, somehow};
+use crate::{
+    server::{util, Repo},
+    somehow,
+};
 
 async fn get_all_commit_hashes_from_db(
     conn: &mut SqliteConnection,
@@ -227,9 +228,9 @@ async fn update_commit_tracked_status(conn: &mut SqliteConnection) -> somehow::R
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub async fn update(db: &SqlitePool, repo: Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>) -> somehow::Result<()> {
+pub(super) async fn update(db: &SqlitePool, repo: Repo) -> somehow::Result<()> {
     debug!("Updating repo");
-    let thread_local_repo = repo.to_thread_local();
+    let thread_local_repo = repo.0.to_thread_local();
     let mut tx = db.begin().await?;
     let conn = tx.acquire().await?;
 
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ pub async fn update(db: &SqlitePool, repo: Arc<ThreadSafeRepository>) -> somehow
     // This can take a while for larger repos. Running it via spawn_blocking
     // keeps it from blocking the entire tokio worker.
     let (refs, new) = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-        get_all_refs_and_new_commits_from_repo(&repo.to_thread_local(), &old)
+        get_all_refs_and_new_commits_from_repo(&repo.0.to_thread_local(), &old)
     })
     .await??;
     debug!("Found {} new commits in repo", new.len());