diff --git a/cmd/chai/commands/bench.go b/cmd/chai/commands/bench.go
index 7eeabba0..5572dbda 100644
--- a/cmd/chai/commands/bench.go
+++ b/cmd/chai/commands/bench.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ $ chai bench -p mydb/ "SELECT 1"
 
 To prepare the database before running a query, use the -i/--init option
 
-$ chai bench -p "CREATE TABLE foo; INSERT INTO foo(a) VALUES (1), (2), (3)" "SELECT * FROM foo"
+$ chai bench -i "CREATE TABLE foo(a INT PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO foo(a) VALUES (1), (2), (3)" "SELECT * FROM foo"
 
 By default, each query is run in a separate transaction. To run everything, including the setup,
 in the same transaction, use -t`,
diff --git a/cmd/chai/dbutil/bench.go b/cmd/chai/dbutil/bench.go
index 4e427491..01600e4f 100644
--- a/cmd/chai/dbutil/bench.go
+++ b/cmd/chai/dbutil/bench.go
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ func Bench(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, query string, opt BenchOptions) erro
 
 		err := enc(map[string]interface{}{
 			"totalQueries":     i + opt.SampleSize,
-			"averageDuration":  avg,
+			"averageDuration":  avg.String(),
 			"queriesPerSecond": qps,
-			"totalDuration":    totalDuration,
+			"totalDuration":    totalDuration.String(),
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/encoding/helpers.go b/internal/encoding/helpers.go
index d8ef3cad..d1f9fbca 100644
--- a/internal/encoding/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/encoding/helpers.go
@@ -265,19 +265,6 @@ func compareNonEmptyValues(t byte, a, b []byte) (cmp int, n int) {
 	panic(fmt.Sprintf("unsupported value type: %d", a[0]))
 }
 
-func Successor(dst, a []byte) []byte {
-	if len(a) == 0 {
-		return a
-	}
-
-	namespace, _ := DecodeInt(a)
-	if namespace == math.MaxInt64 {
-		return a
-	}
-	namespace++
-	return EncodeInt(dst, namespace)
-}
-
 // AbbreviatedKey returns a shortened version that is used for
 // comparing keys during indexed batch comparisons.
 // The key is not guaranteed to be unique, but it respects the
diff --git a/internal/kv/engine.go b/internal/kv/engine.go
index 417a2a49..ac4b8055 100644
--- a/internal/kv/engine.go
+++ b/internal/kv/engine.go
@@ -114,11 +114,13 @@ var DefaultComparer = &pebble.Comparer{
 		}
 		return encoding.Compare(a[an:], b[bn:])
 	},
-	Equal:                encoding.Equal,
-	AbbreviatedKey:       encoding.AbbreviatedKey,
-	FormatKey:            pebble.DefaultComparer.FormatKey,
-	Separator:            encoding.Separator,
-	Successor:            encoding.Successor,
+	Equal:          encoding.Equal,
+	AbbreviatedKey: encoding.AbbreviatedKey,
+	FormatKey:      pebble.DefaultComparer.FormatKey,
+	Separator:      encoding.Separator,
+	Successor: func(dst, a []byte) []byte {
+		return a
+	},
 	Split:                encoding.Split,
 	ComparePointSuffixes: encoding.Compare,
 	CompareRangeSuffixes: encoding.Compare,