diff --git a/.phpbench.dist b/.phpbench.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e67dbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.phpbench.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+return require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/phpcr/phpcr-benchmarks/config/phpbench');
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 558fd29..cf07357 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ before_script:
   - composer selfupdate
   - composer install
 
-script: phpunit
+script: 
+    - php vendor/bin/phpunit
+    - php vendor/bin/phpbench run --iterations=2
 
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4089e64..e7b16d3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpcr/phpcr-api-tests": "dev-master",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0.0",
-        "phpspec/prophecy-phpunit": "~1.0"
+        "phpcr/phpcr-benchmarks": "~1.0",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0",
+        "phpcr/phpcr-benchmarks": "~1.0@dev"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": { 
diff --git a/src/Transport/Fs/Model/Node.php b/src/Transport/Fs/Model/Node.php
index dcc9ebf..b975295 100644
--- a/src/Transport/Fs/Model/Node.php
+++ b/src/Transport/Fs/Model/Node.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use PHPCR\PropertyType;
 use Jackalope\Transport\Fs\Filesystem\Storage;
 use PHPCR\ItemNotFoundException;
+use PHPCR\RepositoryException;
 
 /**
  * Class that encapsulates the strange Jackalope node data structure
@@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ private function parsePhpcrNodeProperties($properties)
                         $references = $property->getValue();
                     } catch (ItemNotFoundException $e) {
                         continue;
+                    } catch (RepositoryException $e) {
+                        continue;
                     }
 
                     if ($property->isMultiple()) {