diff --git a/inabox/bin.sh b/inabox/bin.sh
index e77bc581e..a77d568bc 100755
--- a/inabox/bin.sh
+++ b/inabox/bin.sh
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ function start_graph {
     popd
      ./wait-for http://0.0.0.0:8000 -- echo "GraphQL up"
 
+     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Failed to start graph node"
+        exit 1
+     fi
+
     echo "Graph node started ....."
 }
 
diff --git a/inabox/deploy/deploy.go b/inabox/deploy/deploy.go
index 516d6748f..fbc571a2b 100644
--- a/inabox/deploy/deploy.go
+++ b/inabox/deploy/deploy.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (env *Config) RegisterBlobVersionAndRelays(ethClient common.EthClient) map[
 // TODO: Supply the test path to the runner utility
 func (env *Config) StartBinaries() {
 	changeDirectory(filepath.Join(env.rootPath, "inabox"))
-	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"start-detached"}, []string{})
+	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"start-detached"}, []string{}, true)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Failed to start binaries. Err: %s", err)
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func (env *Config) StartBinaries() {
 // TODO: Supply the test path to the runner utility
 func (env *Config) StopBinaries() {
 	changeDirectory(filepath.Join(env.rootPath, "inabox"))
-	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"stop"}, []string{})
+	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"stop"}, []string{}, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Failed to stop binaries. Err: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (env *Config) StopBinaries() {
 
 func (env *Config) StartAnvil() {
 	changeDirectory(filepath.Join(env.rootPath, "inabox"))
-	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"start-anvil"}, []string{})
+	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"start-anvil"}, []string{}, false) // printing output causes hang
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Failed to start anvil. Err: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func (env *Config) StartAnvil() {
 
 func (env *Config) StopAnvil() {
 	changeDirectory(filepath.Join(env.rootPath, "inabox"))
-	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"stop-anvil"}, []string{})
+	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"stop-anvil"}, []string{}, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Failed to stop anvil. Err: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func (env *Config) RunNodePluginBinary(operation string, operator OperatorVars)
 		"NODE_NUM_CONFIRMATIONS=0",
 	}
 
-	err := execCmd("./node-plugin.sh", []string{}, envVars)
+	err := execCmd("./node-plugin.sh", []string{}, envVars, true)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Failed to run node plugin. Err: %s", err)
diff --git a/inabox/deploy/localstack.go b/inabox/deploy/localstack.go
index 040029ceb..c0291644c 100644
--- a/inabox/deploy/localstack.go
+++ b/inabox/deploy/localstack.go
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ func DeployResources(
 	changeDirectory(filepath.Join(rootPath, "inabox"))
 	if err := pool.Retry(func() error {
 		fmt.Println("Creating S3 bucket")
-		return execCmd("./create-s3-bucket.sh", []string{}, []string{fmt.Sprintf("AWS_URL=http://0.0.0.0:%s", localStackPort)})
+		return execCmd(
+			"./create-s3-bucket.sh",
+			[]string{},
+			[]string{fmt.Sprintf("AWS_URL=http://0.0.0.0:%s", localStackPort)},
+			true)
 	}); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Could not connect to docker:", err)
 		return err
diff --git a/inabox/deploy/subgraph.go b/inabox/deploy/subgraph.go
index bcc5a4102..077aa02a5 100644
--- a/inabox/deploy/subgraph.go
+++ b/inabox/deploy/subgraph.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (env *Config) updateSubgraph(updater subgraphUpdater, path string, startBlo
 
 func (env *Config) StartGraphNode() {
 	changeDirectory(filepath.Join(env.rootPath, "inabox"))
-	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"start-graph"}, []string{})
+	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"start-graph"}, []string{}, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Failed to start graph node. Err: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (env *Config) StartGraphNode() {
 
 func (env *Config) StopGraphNode() {
 	changeDirectory(filepath.Join(env.rootPath, "inabox"))
-	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"stop-graph"}, []string{})
+	err := execCmd("./bin.sh", []string{"stop-graph"}, []string{}, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("Failed to stop graph node. Err: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/inabox/deploy/utils.go b/inabox/deploy/utils.go
index f83dc2232..3e9e69355 100644
--- a/inabox/deploy/utils.go
+++ b/inabox/deploy/utils.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func CreateNewTestDirectory(templateName, rootPath string) (string, error) {
 	templatePath := filepath.Join(rootPath, fmt.Sprintf("inabox/templates/%s", templateName))
 	err = execCmd(
 		"cp",
-		[]string{templatePath, fmt.Sprintf("%s/config.yaml", testPath)}, []string{})
+		[]string{templatePath, fmt.Sprintf("%s/config.yaml", testPath)}, []string{}, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to copy template to test directory: %s", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func GetLatestTestDirectory(rootPath string) (string, error) {
 	return testname, nil
 }
 
-func execCmd(name string, args []string, envVars []string) error {
+func execCmd(name string, args []string, envVars []string, print bool) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
 	if len(envVars) > 0 {
 		cmd.Env = os.Environ()
@@ -305,9 +305,10 @@ func execCmd(name string, args []string, envVars []string) error {
 	}
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	// TODO: When these are uncommented, the deployer sometimes fails to start anvil
-	// cmd.Stdout = &out
-	// cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	if print {
+		cmd.Stdout = &out
+		cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	}
 
 	err := cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {