diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb84e7e..18cfd66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ node_modules
 *.pem
 .env
 git
-log.txt
+runner_stdout.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5128e7..bb48068 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ After it's running, the logs will be to the systemd journal:
 
 `sudo journalctl -u benchbot.service`
 
-As well as to `./log.txt`.
-
 # Github Settings
 
 ## Permissions
diff --git a/bench.js b/bench.js
index 121f831..2759e01 100644
--- a/bench.js
+++ b/bench.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const fs = require("fs")
 const cp = require("child_process")
 const path = require("path")
 
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ function errorResult(message, error) {
 let cwd = process.cwd();
 console.log(`process cwd: ${cwd}`);
 
+const runnerOutput = path.join(__dirname, "runner_stdout.txt")
+
 const Mutex = require('async-mutex').Mutex;
 const mutex = new Mutex();
 var shell = require('shelljs');
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ function BenchContext(app, config) {
     self.app = app;
     self.config = config;
 
-    self.runTask = async function(cmd, { title, shouldLogOutput } = {}) {
+    self.runTask = function(cmd, { title, shouldLogOutput } = {}) {
       if (title) {
         app.log(title)
       }
@@ -29,41 +32,21 @@ function BenchContext(app, config) {
       try {
         if (shouldLogOutput) {
           console.log(`<=== Start command output (cwd: ${process.cwd()})`)
+          cp.execFileSync("/bin/dash", ["-c", `${cmd} | tee ${runnerOutput}`], { stdio: "inherit" })
+          stdout = fs.readFileSync(runnerOutput).toString()
+        } else {
+          stdout = cp.execSync(cmd, { stdio: "pipe", shell: true }).toString()
         }
-
-        await new Promise(function (resolve) {
-          const proc = cp.spawn("/bin/bash", ["-c", cmd], { stdio: "pipe" })
-
-          proc.stdout.on("data", function (data) {
-            data = data.toString()
-
-            if (data && shouldLogOutput) {
-              console.log(data.trim())
-            }
-
-            stdout += data
-          })
-
-          proc.stderr.on("data", function (data) {
-            data = data.toString()
-
-            if (data && shouldLogOutput) {
-              console.log(data.trim())
-            }
-
-            stderr += data
-          })
-
-          proc.on("close", function (code) {
-            error = !!code
-            resolve()
-          })
-        })
       } catch (err) {
         error = true
         if (err.code) {
+          app.log(`Command ${cmd} failed with error code ${error.code}`);
           stdout = err.stdout.toString()
+
           stderr = err.stderr.toString()
+          if (stderr) {
+            app.log(`stderr: ${stderr.trim()}`);
+          }
         } else {
           app.log.error("Caught exception in command execution")
           app.log.error(err)
@@ -125,33 +108,33 @@ const prepareBranch = async function(
 
   const repositoryPath = path.join(gitDirectory, repo)
   var { url } = await getPushDomain()
-  await benchContext.runTask(`git clone ${url}/${owner}/${repo} ${repositoryPath}`);
+  benchContext.runTask(`git clone ${url}/${owner}/${repo} ${repositoryPath}`);
   shell.cd(repositoryPath)
 
-  var { error } = await benchContext.runTask(`git add . && git reset --hard HEAD`);
+  var { error } = benchContext.runTask(`git add . && git reset --hard HEAD`);
   if (error) return errorResult(stderr);
 
-  var { error, stdout } = await benchContext.runTask("git rev-parse HEAD");
+  var { error, stdout } = benchContext.runTask("git rev-parse HEAD");
   if (error) return errorResult(stderr);
   const detachedHead = stdout.trim()
 
   // Check out to the detached head so that any branch can be deleted
-  var { error, stderr } = await benchContext.runTask(`git checkout ${detachedHead}`);
+  var { error, stderr } = benchContext.runTask(`git checkout ${detachedHead}`);
   if (error) return errorResult(stderr);
 
   // Recreate PR remote
-  await benchContext.runTask(`git remote remove pr`);
+  benchContext.runTask(`git remote remove pr`);
   var { url } = await getPushDomain()
-  var { error, stderr } = await benchContext.runTask(`git remote add pr ${url}/${contributor}/${repo}.git`);
+  var { error, stderr } = benchContext.runTask(`git remote add pr ${url}/${contributor}/${repo}.git`);
   if (error) return errorResult(`Failed to add remote reference to ${owner}/${repo}`);
 
   // Fetch and recreate the PR's branch
-  await benchContext.runTask(`git branch -D ${branch}`);
-  var { error, stderr } = await benchContext.runTask(`git fetch pr ${branch} && git checkout --track pr/${branch}`, `Checking out ${branch}...`);
+  benchContext.runTask(`git branch -D ${branch}`);
+  var { error, stderr } = benchContext.runTask(`git fetch pr ${branch} && git checkout --track pr/${branch}`, `Checking out ${branch}...`);
   if (error) return errorResult(stderr);
 
   // Fetch and merge master
-  var { error, stderr } = await benchContext.runTask(`git pull origin ${baseBranch}`, `Merging branch ${baseBranch}`);
+  var { error, stderr } = benchContext.runTask(`git pull origin ${baseBranch}`, `Merging branch ${baseBranch}`);
   if (error) return errorResult(stderr);
 }
 
@@ -178,7 +161,7 @@ function benchBranch(app, config) {
         var error = await prepareBranch(config, { benchContext })
         if (error) return error
 
-        var { stderr, error, stdout } = await benchContext.runTask(benchCommand, {
+        var { stderr, error, stdout } = benchContext.runTask(benchCommand, {
           title: `Benching branch ${config.branch}...`,
           shouldLogOutput: true
         });
@@ -408,7 +391,7 @@ function benchmarkRuntime(app, config) {
           var error = await prepareBranch(config, { benchContext })
           if (error) return error
 
-          var { stdout, stderr } = await benchContext.runTask(benchCommand, {
+          var { stdout, stderr } = benchContext.runTask(benchCommand, {
             title: `Benching runtime in branch ${config.branch}...`,
             shouldLogOutput: true
           });
@@ -418,15 +401,15 @@ function benchmarkRuntime(app, config) {
           if (benchCommand.includes("--output")) {
               const regex = /--output(?:=|\s+)(".+?"|\S+)/;
               const path = benchCommand.match(regex)[1];
-              await benchContext.runTask(`git add ${path}`);
-              await benchContext.runTask(`git commit -m "${benchCommand}"`);
+              benchContext.runTask(`git add ${path}`);
+              benchContext.runTask(`git commit -m "${benchCommand}"`);
 
               const target = `${config.contributor}/${config.repo}`
               const { url, token } = await config.getPushDomain()
 
               try {
-                await benchContext.runTask(`git remote set-url pr ${url}/${target}.git`, "Setting up remote for PR");
-                await benchContext.runTask(`git push pr HEAD`);
+                benchContext.runTask(`git remote set-url pr ${url}/${target}.git`, "Setting up remote for PR");
+                benchContext.runTask(`git push pr HEAD`);
               } catch (error) {
                 extraInfo = `NOTE: Failed to push commits to repository: ${error.toString().replace(token, "{secret}", "g")}`
               }
diff --git a/run b/run
index 9a83af6..3eb06ae 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ main() {
   source ~/.cargo/env && \
   cd "$install_location" && \
   yarn && \
-  yarn start 2>&1 | tee -a log.txt
+  yarn start 2>&1
 }
 
 follow_service_logs() {