diff --git a/tests/00-version.sh b/tests/00-version.sh
index f8b3bf4..dde1051 100644
--- a/tests/00-version.sh
+++ b/tests/00-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version="$(isle version)"
-echo "$version" | grep -q 'Release:'
-echo "$version" | grep -q 'Platform:'
-echo "$version" | grep -q 'Build Platform:'
+isle version | grep -q 'Release:'
+isle version | grep -q 'Platform:'
+isle version | grep -q 'Build Platform:'
diff --git a/tests/entrypoint.sh b/tests/entrypoint.sh
index bd84e28..8add36b 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/tests/entrypoint.sh
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ echo "tmp dir is $TMPDIR"
 echo -e '\nrunning all tests...\n'
 
 for file in $(find . -type f -name '*.sh' | grep -v entrypoint.sh | sort -n); do
-    echo "running test $file"
+    echo "$file"
 
     [ -z "$VERBOSE" ] && output="$tmp/$file.log" || output=/dev/stdout
 
     if ! $SHELL -e -x "$file" >"$output" 2>&1; then
-        echo "TEST FAILED"
-        echo "output of test is as follows"
-        echo "------------------------------"
-        cat "$tmp/$file.log"
-        echo "------------------------------"
+        echo "$file FAILED"
+        if [ -z "$VERBOSE" ]; then
+            echo "output of test is as follows"
+            echo "------------------------------"
+            cat "$tmp/$file.log"
+            echo "------------------------------"
+        fi
         exit 1
     fi
 done