diff --git a/bin/pull_mqtt b/bin/pull_mqtt
index f9d4693a2..79f717914 100755
--- a/bin/pull_mqtt
+++ b/bin/pull_mqtt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash -ex
+#!/bin/bash -e
 
 UDMI_ROOT=$(dirname $0)/..
 cd $UDMI_ROOT
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ sudo mosquitto_sub $SERVER_OPTS -R -F "%j" -t $topic_filter |
         out_path=$OUT_BASE/$registryId/devices/$deviceId/${timepath}/${usetime}_${subFolder}_${subType}
         out_dir=$(dirname $out_path)
         mkdir -p $out_dir
-        echo out_path is \"$out_path.json\"
         echo $(realpath --relative-to $OUT_BASE $out_path).json $topic
-        echo $json > ${out_path}.json
+        echo $json > $out_path.json
         echo {} | jq ".deviceRegistryId=\"$registryId\" | \
              .subFolder=\"$subFolder\" |
              .subType=\"$subType\" |
diff --git a/bin/test_runlocal b/bin/test_runlocal
index b4399b43b..050a0a206 100755
--- a/bin/test_runlocal
+++ b/bin/test_runlocal
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ cd $UDMI_ROOT
 
 source etc/shell_common.sh
 
-echo Captured $(wc -l out/message_capture.log) messages.
 cat out/message_capture.log
 
-pwd
-ls -l out/
+echo Captured $(wc -l out/message_capture.log) messages.
 
 deletes=$(find out/registries/ -name \*update_model.json | xargs jq .cloud.operation | fgrep DELETE | wc -l)
 [[ $deletes == 2 ]] || fail Expected 2 delete operations, found $deletes