diff --git a/make_db b/make_db
index 6540e7408217eb57bb24c14a31da9c44a61e1cf5..a7f126b24993049e5311920ee1fc9ae14c31b8ea 100755
--- a/make_db
+++ b/make_db
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ function _install_unit_test_database () {
     # update to latest
     cp .config .test_config
     echo "DATABASE_NAME=\"$UNITTEST_DATABASE\"" >> .test_config
-    pushd patches
+    pushd patches > /dev/null
     echo "HERE0"
+    ls
     ./applyPatches.sh --env=../.test_config
     echo "HERE1"
-    popd
+    popd > /dev/null
     rm .test_config
 }