diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8bfff1f43345a76219347a75122119f3f14a3453..d43c9b06f26ffe8f1293fac0bf9020b2bf96da7a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ include Make.rules
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/src/Makefile.subdir
 include $(top_srcdir)/tests/Makefile.subdir
+include $(top_srcdir)/tests/proxy/Makefile.subdir
 
diff --git a/src/bake-bulk-server-daemon.c b/src/bake-bulk-server-daemon.c
index 2f89e052fd25499aafeb90fa9d38c67c7aaf42eb..bd810fb534d5c140ae0b1f54d8c26c6ee7dd27cf 100644
--- a/src/bake-bulk-server-daemon.c
+++ b/src/bake-bulk-server-daemon.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 struct options
 {
-    char *listen_addr;
+    char *listen_addr_str;
     char *pmem_pool;
     char *host_file;
 };
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct options *opts)
         usage(argc, argv);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
-    opts->listen_addr = argv[optind++];
+    opts->listen_addr_str = argv[optind++];
     opts->pmem_pool = argv[optind++];
 
     return;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     /* start margo */
     /* use the main xstream for driving progress and executing rpc handlers */
-    mid = margo_init(opts.listen_addr, MARGO_SERVER_MODE, 0, -1);
+    mid = margo_init(opts.listen_addr_str, MARGO_SERVER_MODE, 0, -1);
     if(mid == MARGO_INSTANCE_NULL)
     {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error: margo_init()\n");
diff --git a/tests/basic.sh b/tests/basic.sh
index 8c3997447468b6449b6013ca31c2daad38bd0263..d12695a2696676fde6a671bc48b6bddab1a881a6 100755
--- a/tests/basic.sh
+++ b/tests/basic.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sleep 1
 #####################
 
 # tear down
-run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1 &> /dev/null 
+run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     wait
     exit 1
diff --git a/tests/copy-to-and-from.sh b/tests/copy-to-and-from.sh
index cd40b61cf181c2d01b8427436d34e38326c499f9..16dceb78efc0c53af284e2a82b7dbd7efaa2354e 100755
--- a/tests/copy-to-and-from.sh
+++ b/tests/copy-to-and-from.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test_start_servers 1 2 20
 echo "Hello world." > $TMPBASE/foo.dat
 CPOUT=`run_to 10 src/bb-copy-to $TMPBASE/foo.dat $svr1`
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1 &> /dev/null 
+    run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1
     wait
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fi
 RID=`echo "$CPOUT" | grep -o -P '/tmp.*$'`
 run_to 10 src/bb-copy-from $svr1 $RID $TMPBASE/foo-out.dat 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1 &> /dev/null 
+    run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1
     wait
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sleep 1
 #####################
 
 # tear down
-run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1 &> /dev/null 
+run_to 10 src/bb-shutdown $svr1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     wait
     exit 1
diff --git a/tests/test-util.sh b/tests/test-util.sh
index 385b777e45d18e5376efe2ef5cbd3a122c1c1532..819f45a297f001f547c57f3a1591f69216a87515 100644
--- a/tests/test-util.sh
+++ b/tests/test-util.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ export TMPDIR
 mkdir -p $TMPDIR
 TMPBASE=$(${MKTEMP} --tmpdir -d test-XXXXXX)
 
-echo "tmpbase: $TMPBASE"
-
 if [ ! -d $TMPBASE ];
 then
   echo "Temp directory doesn't exist: $TMPBASE"