diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 1c1b319..c4cb29b 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ in rec {
       appImage
       pkgs.busybox
       pkgs.yq-go
+      pkgs.jq
     ]}
     export SHELL=${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
     exec ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash ${./tests}/entrypoint.sh "$@"
diff --git a/go/cmd/entrypoint/garage.go b/go/cmd/entrypoint/garage.go
index 1b10c08..d90184c 100644
--- a/go/cmd/entrypoint/garage.go
+++ b/go/cmd/entrypoint/garage.go
@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
+// minio-client keeps a configuration directory which contains various pieces of
+// information which may or may not be useful. Unfortunately when it initializes
+// this directory it likes to print some annoying logs, so we pre-initialize in
+// order to prevent it from doing so.
+func initMCConfigDir() (string, error) {
+	var (
+		path           = filepath.Join(envDataDirPath, "mc")
+		sharePath      = filepath.Join(path, "share")
+		configJSONPath = filepath.Join(path, "config.json")
+	)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(sharePath, 0700); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("creating %q: %w", sharePath, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(configJSONPath, []byte(`{}`), 0600); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("writing %q: %w", configJSONPath, err)
+	}
+
+	return path, nil
+}
+
 var subCmdGarageMC = subCmd{
 	name:      "mc",
 	descr:     "Runs the mc (minio-client) binary. The isle garage can be accessed under the `garage` alias",
@@ -50,7 +72,15 @@ var subCmdGarageMC = subCmd{
 			args = args[i:]
 		}
 
-		args = append([]string{binPath("mc")}, args...)
+		configDir, err := initMCConfigDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("initializing minio-client config directory: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		args = append([]string{
+			binPath("mc"),
+			"--config-dir", configDir,
+		}, args...)
 
 		var (
 			mcHostVar = fmt.Sprintf(
diff --git a/tests/cases/garage/00-cli.sh b/tests/cases/garage/00-cli.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb7fcc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/garage/00-cli.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# shellcheck source=../../utils/with-single-node-cluster.sh
+source "$UTILS"/with-single-node-cluster.sh
+
+status="$(isle garage cli status | tail -n+3)"
+
+[ "$(echo "$status" | wc -l)" = "3" ]
+echo "$status" | grep -q '10.6.9.1:3900'
+echo "$status" | grep -q '10.6.9.1:3910'
+echo "$status" | grep -q '10.6.9.1:3920'
+
+buckets="$(isle garage cli bucket list | tail -n+2)"
+[ "$(echo "$buckets" | wc -l)" = 1 ]
+echo "$buckets" | grep -q 'global-shared'
diff --git a/tests/cases/garage/01-mc.sh b/tests/cases/garage/01-mc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d885bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/garage/01-mc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# shellcheck source=../../utils/with-single-node-cluster.sh
+source "$UTILS"/with-single-node-cluster.sh
+
+files="$(isle garage mc -- tree --json garage)"
+[ "$(echo "$files" | jq -s '.|length')" -ge "1" ]
+
+file="$(echo "$files" | jq -sr '.[0].key')"
+[ "$(isle garage mc -- cat "garage/$file" | wc -c)" -gt "0" ]
diff --git a/tests/entrypoint.sh b/tests/entrypoint.sh
index 3acf252..28fb181 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/tests/entrypoint.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test_files=$(
     find ./cases -type f -name '*.sh' \
     | sed "s|^\./cases/||" \
     | grep -v entrypoint.sh \
-    | sort -n
+    | sort
 )
 
 for r in "${REGEXS[@]}"; do
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ echo -e "number of tests: $(echo "$test_files" | wc -l)\n"
 for file in $test_files; do
     echo "Running test case: $file"
 
-    [ -z "$VERBOSE" ] && output="$TMPDIR/$file.log" || output=/dev/stdout
+    if [ -z "$VERBOSE" ]; then
+        output="$TMPDIR/$file.log"
+        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$output")"
+    else
+        output=/dev/stdout
+    fi
 
     (
         export TEST_CASE_FILE="$file"