diff --git a/tests/compare-baseline.sh b/tests/compare-baseline.sh
index 4bc2223b..f84e60ca 100755
--- a/tests/compare-baseline.sh
+++ b/tests/compare-baseline.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if ! test -f ${baseline_bam}; then
     git clone . ${srcdir}
     ( cd ${srcdir} && git checkout -d ${baseline_commit} )
     cmake ${srcdir} -B ${srcdir}/build ${cmake_options}
-    if ! make -j 4 -C ${srcdir}/build strobealign; then
+    if ! make -s -j 4 -C ${srcdir}/build strobealign; then
       exit 1
     fi
     mv ${srcdir}/build/strobealign ${baseline_binary}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fi
 # compiler options.
 builddir=$(mktemp -p . -d build.XXXXXXX)
 cmake . -B ${builddir} ${cmake_options}
-make -j 4 -C ${builddir} strobealign
+make -s -j 4 -C ${builddir} strobealign
 set -x
 ${builddir}/strobealign ${strobealign_options} ${ref} ${reads[@]} | samtools view -o head.bam
 rm -rf ${builddir}
diff --git a/tests/run.sh b/tests/run.sh
index d7d6f064..32efab69 100755
--- a/tests/run.sh
+++ b/tests/run.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -xeuo pipefail
+set -euo pipefail
 
 if [[ $OSTYPE = linux-gnu ]]; then
     color="--color=always"
@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@ else
 fi
 
 function strobealign() {
-    build/strobealign "${@}"
+    echo "Testing '${@}'" >&2
+    build/strobealign "${@}" 2> testlog.txt
 }
 
 function diff() {
-    env diff -u ${color} "$1" "$2"
+    if ! env diff -u ${color} "$1" "$2"; then
+      echo "Failure running 'diff $1 $2'"
+      exit 1
+    fi
 }
 
-# Unit tests
-build/test-strobealign
+build/test-strobealign --no-intro
 
 # should fail when unknown command-line option used
 if strobealign -G > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then false; fi
@@ -106,3 +109,5 @@ rm no-secondary.sam with-secondary.sam with-secondary-only-primary.sam repeated-
 strobealign -C --no-PG --rg-id=1 --rg=SM:sample --rg=LB:library tests/phix.fasta tests/phix.tags.fastq > with-tags.sam
 diff tests/phix.tags.sam with-tags.sam
 rm with-tags.sam
+
+echo "Success"