diff --git a/benchmarking/run_benchmarks.py b/benchmarking/run_benchmarks.py
index 13d6481..92806c0 100644
--- a/benchmarking/run_benchmarks.py
+++ b/benchmarking/run_benchmarks.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _benchmark(subdir: str, circuit_name: str) -> Tuple[float, float, float]:
         print(f"optimized: {opt_qc.num_nonlocal_gates()}, zx: {zx_qc.num_nonlocal_gates()}, "
               f"ratio: {opt_qc.num_nonlocal_gates() / zx_qc.num_nonlocal_gates():.2f}")
     else:
-        print("optimized: 0, zx: 0")
+        print("optimized: 0, zx: 0 [DO NOT MERGE]")
     print()
 
     return (qc.depth() / opt_qc.depth(),