diff --git a/benches/compress.rs b/benches/compress.rs
index 9581c9c..603eca1 100644
--- a/benches/compress.rs
+++ b/benches/compress.rs
@@ -51,29 +51,6 @@ fn bench_fsst(c: &mut Criterion) {
 fn bench_lz4(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("lz4");
 
-    // {
-    //     let compressed = Vec::with_capacity(10_000);
-    //     let mut encoder = lz4::EncoderBuilder::new()
-    //         .block_size(BlockSize::Max64KB)
-    //         .build(compressed)
-    //         .unwrap();
-    //
-    //     encoder.write_all(TEST.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-    //     let (compressed, result) = encoder.finish();
-    //     result.unwrap();
-    //
-    //     let ratio = (TEST.as_bytes().len() as f64) / (compressed.len() as f64);
-    //     println!("LZ4 compress_ratio = {ratio}");
-    //
-    //     // ensure decodes cleanly
-    //     let cursor = Cursor::new(compressed);
-    //     let mut decoder = lz4::Decoder::new(cursor).unwrap();
-    //     let mut output = String::new();
-    //
-    //     decoder.read_to_string(&mut output).unwrap();
-    //     assert_eq!(output.as_str(), TEST);
-    // }
-
     group.bench_function("compress-single", |b| {
         let mut compressed = Vec::with_capacity(100_000_000);
         let mut encoder = lz4::EncoderBuilder::new()
diff --git a/src/builder.rs b/src/builder.rs
index 3c28b8b..558a3b4 100644
--- a/src/builder.rs
+++ b/src/builder.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ impl SymbolTable {
         let mut pos = self.symbols[prev_code as usize].len();
 
         while pos < len {
-            println!("loop pos = {pos} len = {len}");
             let code = self.find_longest_symbol(&sample[pos..len]);
             counter.record_count1(code);
             counter.record_count2(prev_code, code);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ba21fea..5350fb3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ impl SymbolTable {
         } else if symbol_len >= 3 {
             // Attempt to insert larger symbols into the 3-byte cache
             if !self.lossy_pht.insert(symbol, self.n_symbols) {
-                println!("table insert rejected");
                 return false;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/lossy_pht.rs b/src/lossy_pht.rs
index f7ca6c0..ada8980 100644
--- a/src/lossy_pht.rs
+++ b/src/lossy_pht.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl LossyPHT {
         let slot = self.hash(prefix_3bytes) as usize & (HASH_TABLE_SIZE - 1);
         let entry = &mut self.slots[slot];
 
-        if entry.is_unused() {
+        if !entry.is_unused() {
             false
         } else {
             entry.symbol = symbol;