diff --git a/scripts/acceptance.sh b/scripts/acceptance.sh
index 4fc9ca59..83804f42 100755
--- a/scripts/acceptance.sh
+++ b/scripts/acceptance.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ set -e
 # acceptance test
 X=$(./bin/yaml w ./examples/sample.yaml b.c 3 | ./bin/yaml r - b.c)
 
-if [ $X != 3 ]
-  then
+if [[ $X != 3 ]]; then
   echo "Failed acceptance test: expected 2 but was $X"
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/xcompile.sh b/scripts/xcompile.sh
index 34777126..db6fe349 100755
--- a/scripts/xcompile.sh
+++ b/scripts/xcompile.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 # This assumes that gonative and gox is installed as per the 'one time setup' instructions
 # at https://github.com/inconshreveable/gonative
 
-rm  build/*
 gox -output="build/{{.Dir}}_{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}}"
 
diff --git a/yaml.go b/yaml.go
index a425e4ac..54fd9ee1 100644
--- a/yaml.go
+++ b/yaml.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func newCommandCLI() *cobra.Command {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose mode")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(createReadCmd(), createWriteCmd(), createNewCmd())
+	rootCmd.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
 
 	return rootCmd
 }