diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-nitro-test-node.yml b/.github/workflows/run-nitro-test-node.yml
index 840ecc4..26025e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-nitro-test-node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-nitro-test-node.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           no-token-bridge: true
 
-  run-with-args:
-    name: "Run with args"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: ./run-nitro-test-node
-        with:
-          args: --detach
+  # run-with-args:
+  #   name: "Run with args"
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     - uses: ./run-nitro-test-node
+  #       with:
+  #         args: --detach
 
   run-with-simple:
     name: "Run in simple mode"
diff --git a/run-nitro-test-node/action.yml b/run-nitro-test-node/action.yml
index 7148f78..93d9e49 100644
--- a/run-nitro-test-node/action.yml
+++ b/run-nitro-test-node/action.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ runs:
           ${{ inputs.l3-node == 'true' && '--l3node' || '' }} \
           ${{ inputs.no-token-bridge == 'true' && '--no-tokenbridge' || '--tokenbridge' }} \
           ${{ inputs.l3-node == 'true' && inputs.no-l3-token-bridge != 'true' && '--l3-token-bridge' || '' }} \
-          ${{ inputs.args }} >${{ runner.temp }}/test-node.log 2>&1 &
+          ${{ inputs.args }} --detach
 
     - name: Wait for nitro startup
       shell: bash
diff --git a/run-nitro-test-node/waitForNitro.sh b/run-nitro-test-node/waitForNitro.sh
index e61d5b6..d33ba85 100755
--- a/run-nitro-test-node/waitForNitro.sh
+++ b/run-nitro-test-node/waitForNitro.sh
@@ -5,19 +5,15 @@ PORT=${1:-8547}
 # timeout after around 10 minutes
 for i in {1..60}
 do
-  # dirty way to print and truncate the log file
-  # some lines can be missing due to race condition
-  cat $RUNNER_TEMP/test-node.log
-  : > $RUNNER_TEMP/test-node.log
   curl --silent -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":45678,"method":"eth_chainId","params":[]}' "http://localhost:$PORT"
   if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
     echo "nitro ready at port $PORT"
     exit 0
   else
-    # echo "nitro not ready yet at port $PORT"
+    echo "nitro not ready yet at port $PORT"
     sleep 10
   fi
 done
-cat $RUNNER_TEMP/test-node.log
+echo "exiting: printing docker logs"
 docker compose -f ./nitro-testnode/docker-compose.yaml logs
 exit 1
diff --git a/run-nitro-test-node/waitForTokenBridge.sh b/run-nitro-test-node/waitForTokenBridge.sh
index d9e20fa..b88c13a 100755
--- a/run-nitro-test-node/waitForTokenBridge.sh
+++ b/run-nitro-test-node/waitForTokenBridge.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ do
     sleep 10
   fi
 done
-cat $RUNNER_TEMP/test-node.log
+echo "exiting: printing docker logs"
 docker compose -f ./nitro-testnode/docker-compose.yaml logs tokenbridge
 exit 1