diff --git a/docs/operations.md b/docs/operations.md
index 97a3576..759a448 100644
--- a/docs/operations.md
+++ b/docs/operations.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Operations
 
-> **Source of truth:** [`scripts/update.sh`](../scripts/update.sh), [`.env.example`](../.env.example), and the `speed-bench` service in [`docker-compose.yml`](../docker-compose.yml) with its [`speed-bench/Dockerfile`](../speed-bench/Dockerfile). This page explains *what the script does and why*; the steps and defaults live in the source. If they disagree, the source wins.
+> **Source of truth:** [`scripts/update.sh`](../scripts/update.sh), [`.env.example`](../.env.example), and the `speed-bench` service in [`docker-compose.yml`](../docker-compose.yml) with its [`speed-bench/Dockerfile`](../speed-bench/Dockerfile) and [`scripts/bench.sh`](../scripts/bench.sh). This page explains *what the script does and why*; the steps and defaults live in the source. If they disagree, the source wins.
 
 The stack runs on the **server**. After any change to the repo, run `./scripts/update.sh` there: it is the one command that brings the running stack in sync. It's safe to re-run at any time, and it only recreates what changed.
 
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ Each model file has its own one-off downloader service in the `tools` compose pr
 - **It reaches the backend over the compose network**, so llama-server needs no host port. The dataset (`nvidia/SPEED-Bench`, not gated) downloads on first run and is cached in the `hf-cache` volume. Results land in `bench-results/` (gitignored).
 - **It measures speed, not correctness.** The output text isn't saved, so it won't catch a drafter that corrupts tokens.
 
-Run it on the server. Pass `--concurrency` equal to `LLAMA_PARALLEL` for throughput, or leave it at 1 for the single-session speed one CLI sees:
+Run it on the server with `./scripts/bench.sh`. It wraps the compose calls and creates `bench-results/` first, so Docker doesn't create it root-owned. Extra arguments go to the SPEED-Bench client. Pass `--concurrency` equal to `LLAMA_PARALLEL` for throughput, or leave it at 1 for the single-session speed one CLI sees:
 
 ```sh
-docker compose --profile tools run --rm speed-bench --category coding --limit 8 --output spec.json
+./scripts/bench.sh run spec --category coding --limit 8
 ```
 
-To get a speedup figure, also run a **baseline** without speculative decoding. Temporarily remove the `--spec-*` and `-md` lines from the llama-server command, run `docker compose up -d llama-server`, then run the same bench with `--output baseline.json`. Keep `--bench`, `--category`, `--osl` and `--limit` identical. Restore the lines with `git checkout docker-compose.yml`, then compare:
+To get a speedup figure, also run a **baseline** without speculative decoding. Temporarily remove the `--spec-*` and `-md` lines from the llama-server command, run `docker compose up -d llama-server`, then run `./scripts/bench.sh run baseline` with the same arguments. Keep `--bench`, `--category`, `--osl` and `--limit` identical. Restore the lines with `git checkout docker-compose.yml` and `docker compose up -d llama-server`, then compare:
 
 ```sh
-docker compose --profile tools run --rm --entrypoint python speed-bench /app/speed_bench_compare.py --baseline baseline.json --speculative spec.json
+./scripts/bench.sh compare baseline spec
 ```
diff --git a/scripts/bench.sh b/scripts/bench.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e54554f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bench.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Benchmarks llama-server with SPEED-Bench; see docs/operations.md#speed-bench
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 run <name> [speed_bench args...]   # writes bench-results/<name>.json" >&2
+  echo "       $0 compare <baseline> <speculative>   # names from earlier runs" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+  run)
+    [ $# -ge 2 ] || usage
+    name=$2; shift 2
+    mkdir -p bench-results
+    docker compose --profile tools run --rm speed-bench --output "$name.json" "$@"
+    ;;
+  compare)
+    [ $# -eq 3 ] || usage
+    docker compose --profile tools run --rm --entrypoint python speed-bench \
+      /app/speed_bench_compare.py --baseline "$2.json" --speculative "$3.json"
+    ;;
+  *) usage ;;
+esac