diff --git a/benchmarks/ContainerBenchmarks.hpp b/benchmarks/ContainerBenchmarks.hpp
index 973a135..dc268e7 100644
--- a/benchmarks/ContainerBenchmarks.hpp
+++ b/benchmarks/ContainerBenchmarks.hpp
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 template <class Container, class GenInputs>
 void BM_ConstructIterIter(benchmark::State& st, Container, GenInputs gen) {
     auto in = gen(st.range(0));
+    const auto begin = in.begin();
     const auto end = in.end();
     benchmark::DoNotOptimize(&in);
     while (st.KeepRunning()) {
-        Container c(in.begin(), in.end());
+        Container c(begin, end);
         benchmark::DoNotOptimize(c.data());
     }
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/GenerateInput.hpp b/benchmarks/GenerateInput.hpp
index 49fb48d..affd541 100644
--- a/benchmarks/GenerateInput.hpp
+++ b/benchmarks/GenerateInput.hpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
 inline std::vector<std::string> getRandomStringInputs(size_t N) {
     std::vector<std::string> inputs;
-    for (int i=0; i < N; ++i) {
+    for (size_t i=0; i < N; ++i) {
         inputs.push_back(getRandomString(1024));
     }
     return inputs;