diff --git a/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk b/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk
index f2f9b3c8..e8474af3 100644
--- a/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk
+++ b/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ port := $(shell $(ARDUINO_CLI) board list --format=text | grep $(FQBN) |cut -d'
 
 
 $(SKETCH_FILE_PATH):
-	@echo "Sketch is $(SKETCH_FILE_PATH)"
+	$(info Sketch is $(SKETCH_FILE_PATH))
 
 
 .PHONY: compile configure-arduino-cli install-arduino-core-kaleidoscope install-arduino-core-avr 
@@ -127,14 +127,13 @@ clean:
 compile:
 	install -d "${OUTPUT_PATH}"
 	@echo "Building ${SKETCH_FILE_PATH}"
-	$(ARDUINO_CLI) compile \
-		--fqbn "${FQBN}" \
+	$(ARDUINO_CLI) compile --fqbn "${FQBN}" ${ARDUINO_VERBOSE} \
 		--libraries "${KALEIDOSCOPE_PLATFORM_LIB_DIR}" \
 		--build-path "${BUILD_PATH}" \
 		--output-dir "${OUTPUT_PATH}" \
 		--build-cache-path "${CORE_CACHE_PATH}" \
 		--build-properties "compiler.cpp.extra_flags=${LOCAL_CFLAGS}" \
-		--warnings all ${ARDUINO_VERBOSE} ${ccache_wrapper_property} \
+		--warnings all ${ccache_wrapper_property} \
 		"${SKETCH_FILE_PATH}"
 ifeq ($(LIBONLY),)
 	@cp "${BUILD_PATH}/${SKETCH_FILE_NAME}.hex" "${HEX_FILE_PATH}"
diff --git a/testing/makefiles/testcase.mk b/testing/makefiles/testcase.mk
index bd9035b7..50a0e319 100644
--- a/testing/makefiles/testcase.mk
+++ b/testing/makefiles/testcase.mk
@@ -57,18 +57,11 @@ compile-sketch:
 		OUTPUT_PATH="${LIB_DIR}" \
 		$(MAKE) -f ${top_dir}/testing/makefiles/delegate.mk compile
 	$(COMPILER_WRAPPER) $(call _arduino_prop,compiler.cpp.cmd) -o "${BIN_DIR}/${BIN_FILE}" \
-		-lpthread \
-		-g \
-		-w \
-		${TEST_OBJS} \
-		-L"${COMMON_LIB_DIR}" \
-		-lcommon \
+		-lpthread -g -w ${TEST_OBJS} \
+		-L"${COMMON_LIB_DIR}" -lcommon \
 		"${LIB_DIR}/${LIB_FILE}" \
 		-L"${top_dir}/testing/googletest/build/lib" \
-		-lgtest \
-		-lgmock \
-		-lpthread \
-		-lm
+		-lgtest -lgmock -lpthread -lm
 
 
 # If we have a test.ktest file, it should be processed into a c++ testcase
@@ -86,9 +79,9 @@ ifneq (,$(wildcard test.ktest))
 endif
 
 ${OBJ_DIR}/%.o: ${SRC_DIR}/%.cpp
-	install -d "${OBJ_DIR}"
-	$(COMPILER_WRAPPER) $(call _arduino_prop,compiler.cpp.cmd) \
-		-o "$@" -c -std=c++14 ${shared_includes} ${shared_defines} $<
+	@install -d "${OBJ_DIR}"
+	$(COMPILER_WRAPPER) $(call _arduino_prop,compiler.cpp.cmd) -o "$@" -c -std=c++14 \
+		${shared_includes} ${shared_defines} $<
 
 clean:
 	rm -f -- "${SRC_DIR}/generated-testcase.cpp"