diff --git a/examples/s3_ingest.py b/examples/s3_ingest.py
index c3301c24b..4ae7e8488 100644
--- a/examples/s3_ingest.py
+++ b/examples/s3_ingest.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import pyarrow.fs
 import os
 
-# Usage: poetry run python s3_ingest.py s3://<something> [s3://another-thing ...]
 
 # ruff: noqa: E402
 sys.path.append("../lib/sycamore")
@@ -19,6 +18,10 @@
 
 from simple_config import idx_settings, osrch_args, title_template
 
+if len(sys.argv) <= 1 or sys.argv[1] == "-h" or sys.argv[1] == "--help":
+    print("Usage: poetry run python s3_ingest.py s3://<something> [s3://another-thing ...]")
+    exit(1)
+
 index = "demoindex0"
 
 if "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" in os.environ:
diff --git a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/executor.py b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/executor.py
index 5c5363b2f..f1fdc2536 100644
--- a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/executor.py
+++ b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/executor.py
@@ -139,14 +139,12 @@ def recursive_execute(self, n: Node) -> list[Document]:
         from sycamore.materialize import Materialize
 
         def get_name(f):
-            try:
+            if hasattr(f, "_name"):
                 return f._name  # handle the case of basemap transforms
-            except AttributeError:
-                pass
-            try:
+
+            if hasattr(f, "__name__"):
                 return f.__name__
-            except AttributeError:
-                pass
+
             return f.__class__.__name__
 
         if len(n.children) == 0: