diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_spicebench.yml b/.github/workflows/run_spicebench.yml
index be0bb723..9436ac6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_spicebench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_spicebench.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: pull spidapter image
         run: docker pull ghcr.io/spiceai/spidapter:latest
 
-      - name: Cache spicebench binary
+      - name: Restore spicebench cache
         id: cache-spicebench
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.spice/bin/spicebench
           key: spicebench-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock', '**/Cargo.toml', '**/*.rs') }}
@@ -43,15 +43,23 @@ jobs:
           cache: false
 
       - name: Build spicebench
+        id: build-spicebench
         if: steps.cache-spicebench.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/.spice/bin
           cargo build -p spicebench
           install -m 755 target/debug/spicebench ~/.spice/bin/spicebench
 
+      - name: Save spicebench cache
+        if: steps.build-spicebench.outcome == 'success'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.spice/bin/spicebench
+          key: spicebench-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock', '**/Cargo.toml', '**/*.rs') }}
+
       - name: Run spicebench
         env:
-          SPICEAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.SPICEAI_API_KEY }}
+          SPICEAI_API_KEY: ${{ env.SPICEAI_API_KEY }}
           SPICE_CLOUD_API_URL: https://dev-api.spice.ai
           RUSTFLAGS: "-A warnings"
         run: |
@@ -59,4 +67,4 @@ jobs:
             --concurrency 2  \
             --query-set tpch \
             --system-adapter-stdio-cmd docker \
-            --system-adapter-stdio-args "run ghcr.io/spiceai/spidapter:latest -e SPICEAI_API_KEY -e SPICE_CLOUD_API_URL run stdio --verbose"
+            --system-adapter-stdio-args "run -i -e SPICEAI_API_KEY -e SPICE_CLOUD_API_URL ghcr.io/spiceai/spidapter:latest stdio --verbose"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 02dea046..e2fad068 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -65,20 +65,21 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     };
 
     #[expect(unused_variables)]
-    let adbc_conn =
+    let adbc_conn: Option<AdbcConnection> =
         match AdbcConnection::create(&adbc_driver.driver.to_string(), adbc_driver.db_kwargs) {
             Ok(conn) => {
                 println!(
                     "ADBC connection established (driver: {})",
                     adbc_driver.driver
                 );
-                conn
+                Some(conn)
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                eprintln!(
                     "Failed to create ADBC connection for driver {}: {e}",
                     adbc_driver.driver
-                ));
+                );
+                None
             }
         };