diff --git a/application/server/server_smoke_test.go b/application/server/server_smoke_test.go
index 388f52363..4b169d117 100644
--- a/application/server/server_smoke_test.go
+++ b/application/server/server_smoke_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/creachadair/jrpc2"
 	"github.com/creachadair/jrpc2/server"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/snyk/go-application-framework/pkg/configuration"
 	sglsp "github.com/sourcegraph/go-lsp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ func Test_SmokeIssueCaching(t *testing.T) {
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 			t.Setenv("SNYK_LOG_LEVEL", "trace")
 			c.ConfigureLogging(nil)
+			c.SetLogLevel(zerolog.TraceLevel.String())
 		}
 
 		folderJuice := addJuiceShopAsWorkspaceFolder(t, loc, c)
diff --git a/internal/testutil/test_setup.go b/internal/testutil/test_setup.go
index 3688a582f..ca6f8d20a 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/test_setup.go
+++ b/internal/testutil/test_setup.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func SetupCustomTestRepo(t *testing.T, rootDir string, url string, targetCommit
 	assert.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(tempDir, 0755))
 	repoDir := "1"
 	absoluteCloneRepoDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, repoDir)
-	cmd := []string{"clone", url, repoDir}
+	cmd := []string{"clone", "-v", url, repoDir}
 	logger.Debug().Interface("cmd", cmd).Msg("clone command")
 	clone := exec.Command("git", cmd...)
 	clone.Dir = tempDir