diff --git a/verify/test.sh b/verify/test.sh
index 9ff64ce..6313c1d 100755
--- a/verify/test.sh
+++ b/verify/test.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ EOM
 mv .sops.yaml.tmp .sops.yaml
 
 # TEST
-set -x
 # define "fixture"
 repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 >&2 echo -e "# ---\n# TEST: create sops cfg in default dir: ${repo_root}"
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ set -x
 rm "${PWD}/.sops.yaml" || :
 # note: fail if for any reason sops config defined at top level; this repo should not have this!
 test ! -e "${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"
-../bin/update_sops.sh -s "${secrets_file}"
+../bin/update_sops.sh -s "${secrets_file}" > /dev/null 2>&1
 test ! -e "${PWD}/.sops.yaml"
 test -e "${repo_root}/.sops.yaml"
 set +x