diff --git a/Commands/gitInit.js b/Commands/gitInit.js
index ebe4f35..ec20040 100644
--- a/Commands/gitInit.js
+++ b/Commands/gitInit.js
@@ -11,17 +11,13 @@ const gitInitCommand = {
         try {
           chalk.Message("Checking whether git is initialised");
           process.chdir(folderPath);
-          if (
-            execSync("git status", { stdio: [] })
-              .toString()
-              .startsWith("On branch")
-          ) {
+          if (execSync("git status").toString().startsWith("On branch")) {
             chalk.Warning("git already initialised");
           }
         } catch (error) {
           try {
             chalk.Message("git initialisation started");
-            execSync("git init -b main", { stdio: [] });
+            execSync("git init -b main");
             chalk.Success("git initialisation completed");
           } catch (error) {
             chalk.Error("git was not initialised");
diff --git a/Jest/globalSetup.js b/Jest/globalSetup.js
index 5254cf4..9f29caa 100644
--- a/Jest/globalSetup.js
+++ b/Jest/globalSetup.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ const wpFolderPath = require("../Utils/folderPaths").wpFolderPath();
 module.exports = function () {
   // save current working dir in to revert to it in teardown
   process.env.initialPath = process.cwd();
-  execSync("npm link", {
-    stdio: [],
-  });
+  execSync("npm link");
 
   fs.mkdirSync(parentFolderPath, { recursive: true });
 
diff --git a/Jest/globalTeardown.js b/Jest/globalTeardown.js
index 5ad1b0f..22156b2 100644
--- a/Jest/globalTeardown.js
+++ b/Jest/globalTeardown.js
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ const execSync = require("child_process").execSync;
 const parentFolderPath = require("../Utils/folderPaths").parentFolderPath();
 
 module.exports = function () {
+  //skip when running in GitHub
+  if (process.env.GITHUB_JOB !== undefined) return;
+
+  // start teardown
   process.chdir(os.homedir());
 
-  execSync("npm uninstall prettier sort-package-json --global", { stdio: [] });
+  execSync("npm uninstall prettier sort-package-json --global");
 
   fs.rmSync(parentFolderPath, {
     recursive: true,
diff --git a/Utils/gitCommit.js b/Utils/gitCommit.js
index 2abd1c3..af493ad 100644
--- a/Utils/gitCommit.js
+++ b/Utils/gitCommit.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ const chalk = require("./chalk");
 
 module.exports = function (commitMessage) {
   try {
-    execSync("git add .", { stdio: [] });
-    execSync(`git commit -m "` + commitMessage + `"`, { stdio: [] });
+    execSync("git add .");
+    execSync(`git commit -m "` + commitMessage + `"`);
     chalk.Success("git commit: " + commitMessage);
   } catch (error) {
     try {