diff --git a/bench/async/package.json b/bench/async/package.json
index f5c377686b..bb84ce4cf6 100644
--- a/bench/async/package.json
+++ b/bench/async/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "deps": "exit 0",
     "build": "exit 0",
-    "bench:bun": "$BUN bun.js",
-    "bench:node": "$NODE node.mjs",
-    "bench:deno": "$DENO run -A --unstable deno.js",
+    "bench:bun": "bun bun.js",
+    "bench:node": "node node.mjs",
+    "bench:deno": "deno run -A --unstable deno.js",
     "bench": "bun run bench:bun && bun run bench:node && bun run bench:deno"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bench/ffi/package.json b/bench/ffi/package.json
index b7de8e9dd9..3bef4583fd 100644
--- a/bench/ffi/package.json
+++ b/bench/ffi/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "bench",
   "scripts": {
-    "bench:bun": "$BUN bun.js",
-    "bench:node": "$NODE node.mjs",
+    "bench:bun": "bun bun.js",
+    "bench:node": "node node.mjs",
     "deps": "cd src && bun run deps",
     "build": "cd src && bun run build",
-    "bench:deno": "$DENO run -A --unstable deno.js",
+    "bench:deno": "deno run -A --unstable deno.js",
     "bench": "bun run bench:bun && bun run bench:node && bun run bench:deno"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bench/grpc-server/benchmark.proto b/bench/grpc-server/benchmark.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdbbd32400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/grpc-server/benchmark.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+package benchmark;
+
+service BenchmarkService {
+  rpc Ping(Request) returns (Response);
+}
+
+message Request {
+  string message = 1;
+}
+
+message Response {
+  string message = 1;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bench/grpc-server/package.json b/bench/grpc-server/package.json
index 37d5b445c9..191a6ad719 100644
--- a/bench/grpc-server/package.json
+++ b/bench/grpc-server/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "deps": "exit 0",
     "build": "exit 0",
-    "bun:server": "TLS=1 PORT=50051 $BUN bun.js",
-    "node:server": "TLS=1 PORT=50051 $NODE node.js",
+    "bun:server": "TLS=1 PORT=50051 bun ./index.js",
+    "node:server": "TLS=1 PORT=50051 node ./index.js",
     "bench": "ghz --cacert ./cert.pem --proto ./benchmark.proto --call benchmark.BenchmarkService.Ping -d '{\"message\": \"Hello\"}' --total=100000 localhost:50051",
     "bench:insecure": "ghz --insecure --proto ./benchmark.proto --call benchmark.BenchmarkService.Ping -d '{\"message\": \"Hello\"}' --total=100000 localhost:50051"
   },
diff --git a/bench/gzip/package.json b/bench/gzip/package.json
index 49e6c3a890..a6a6cd4652 100644
--- a/bench/gzip/package.json
+++ b/bench/gzip/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "deps": "exit 0",
     "build": "exit 0",
-    "bench:bun": "$BUN bun.js",
-    "bench:node": "$NODE node.mjs",
-    "bench:deno": "$DENO run -A --unstable deno.js",
+    "bench:bun": "bun bun.js",
+    "bench:node": "node node.mjs",
+    "bench:deno": "deno run -A --unstable deno.js",
     "bench": "bun run bench:bun && bun run bench:node && bun run bench:deno"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/bench/log/package.json b/bench/log/package.json
index 1dc6e46020..821c1c3064 100644
--- a/bench/log/package.json
+++ b/bench/log/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "deps": "exit 0",
     "build": "exit 0",
-    "bench:bun": "$BUN bun.js | grep iter",
-    "bench:node": "$NODE node.mjs | grep iter",
-    "bench:deno": "$DENO run -A --unstable deno.mjs | grep iter",
+    "bench:bun": "bun bun.js | grep iter",
+    "bench:node": "node node.mjs | grep iter",
+    "bench:deno": "deno run -A --unstable deno.mjs | grep iter",
     "bench": "bun run bench:bun && bun run bench:node && bun run bench:deno"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bench/modules/node_os/package.json b/bench/modules/node_os/package.json
index 2a095e28b6..d198465b9e 100644
--- a/bench/modules/node_os/package.json
+++ b/bench/modules/node_os/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "deps": "exit 0",
     "build": "exit 0",
-    "bench:bun": "$BUN bun.js",
-    "bench:node": "$NODE node.mjs",
+    "bench:bun": "bun bun.js",
+    "bench:node": "node node.mjs",
     "bench": "bun run bench:bun && bun run bench:node"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bench/sqlite/package.json b/bench/sqlite/package.json
index 593a0c83fc..42330f727d 100644
--- a/bench/sqlite/package.json
+++ b/bench/sqlite/package.json
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "exit 0",
-    "bench:bun": "$BUN bun.js",
-    "bench:node": "$NODE node.mjs",
+    "bench:bun": "bun bun.js",
+    "bench:node": "node node.mjs",
     "deps": "npm install && bash src/download.sh",
-    "bench:deno": "$DENO run -A --unstable-ffi deno.js",
+    "bench:deno": "deno run -A --unstable-ffi deno.js",
     "bench": "bun run bench:bun && bun run bench:node && bun run bench:deno"
   }
 }