diff --git a/auth_test.go b/auth_test.go
index a9d0d470f..861593636 100644
--- a/auth_test.go
+++ b/auth_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGenerateVC(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", true, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestGenerateJWT(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestVC(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 	r := createEmptyTestServer(db)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", false, false)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestVC(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIsUserID(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user1, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", false, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func TestIsUserID(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCanPerformActionsOnUser(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user1, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", false, false)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/kolide.go b/kolide.go
index bdf88e155..4bfe2d64d 100644
--- a/kolide.go
+++ b/kolide.go
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ $7777777....$....$777$.....+DI..DDD..DDI...8D...D8......$D:..8D....8D...8D......
 		fmt.Println("=> Run `kolide help serve` for more startup options")
 		fmt.Println("Use Ctrl-C to stop")
 		fmt.Print("\n\n")
-		CreateServer(db).RunTLS(
+
+		CreateServer(db, os.Stderr).RunTLS(
 			config.Server.Address,
 			config.Server.Cert,
 			config.Server.Key)
diff --git a/models.go b/models.go
index 12988d4bb..3c9257203 100644
--- a/models.go
+++ b/models.go
@@ -179,20 +179,6 @@ func openDB(user, password, address, dbName string) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 	return db, nil
 }
 
-func openTestDB() *gorm.DB {
-	db, err := gorm.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error opening test DB: %s", err.Error()))
-	}
-
-	setDBSettings(db)
-	createTables(db)
-	if db.Error != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error creating test DB tables: %s", db.Error.Error()))
-	}
-	return db
-}
-
 func dropTables(db *gorm.DB) {
 	for _, table := range tables {
 		db.DropTableIfExists(table)
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index c18d96b6b..006b1ae19 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"io"
+	_ "net/http/pprof"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ func DatabaseMiddleware(db *gorm.DB) gin.HandlerFunc {
 
 // CreateServer creates a gin.Engine HTTP server and configures it to be in a
 // state such that it is ready to serve HTTP requests for the kolide application
-func CreateServer(db *gorm.DB) *gin.Engine {
+func CreateServer(db *gorm.DB, w io.Writer) *gin.Engine {
 	server := gin.New()
 	server.Use(DatabaseMiddleware(db))
 	server.Use(SessionBackendMiddleware)
@@ -67,12 +69,14 @@ func CreateServer(db *gorm.DB) *gin.Engine {
 	// Ginrus middleware logs details about incoming requests using the
 	// logrus WithFields
 	requestLogger := logrus.New()
+	requestLogger.Out = w
 	server.Use(ginrus.Ginrus(requestLogger, time.RFC3339, false))
 
 	// Recovery middleware recovers from panic(), returning a 500 response
 	// code and printing the panic information to the log
 	recoveryLogger := logrus.New()
 	recoveryLogger.WriterLevel(logrus.ErrorLevel)
+	recoveryLogger.Out = w
 	server.Use(gin.RecoveryWithWriter(recoveryLogger.Writer()))
 
 	v1 := server.Group("/api/v1")
diff --git a/sessions_test.go b/sessions_test.go
index 5492188a8..bc3589b9d 100644
--- a/sessions_test.go
+++ b/sessions_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (w *MockResponseWriter) WriteHeader(int) {
 }
 
 func TestSessionManagerVC(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	admin, err := NewUser(db, "admin", "foobar", "admin@kolide.co", true, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestSessionManagerVC(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSessionCreation(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 	r := createEmptyTestServer(db)
 	admin, _ := NewUser(db, "admin", "foobar", "admin@kolide.co", true, false)
 
diff --git a/test_util.go b/test_util.go
index ecd0cb2a3..e781a7c94 100644
--- a/test_util.go
+++ b/test_util.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
@@ -11,6 +12,37 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
 )
 
+type testLogger struct {
+	t *testing.T
+}
+
+func (t *testLogger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
+	t.t.Log(v...)
+}
+
+func (t *testLogger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	t.t.Log(string(p))
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func openTestDB(t *testing.T) *gorm.DB {
+	db, err := gorm.Open("sqlite3", ":memory:")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error opening test DB: %s", err.Error()))
+	}
+
+	createTables(db)
+	if db.Error != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error creating test DB tables: %s", db.Error.Error()))
+	}
+
+	// Log using t.Log so that output only shows up if the test fails
+	db.SetLogger(&testLogger{t: t})
+	db.LogMode(true)
+
+	return db
+}
+
 type IntegrationRequests struct {
 	r  *gin.Engine
 	db *gorm.DB
@@ -20,8 +52,7 @@ type IntegrationRequests struct {
 func (req *IntegrationRequests) New(t *testing.T) {
 	req.t = t
 
-	*debug = false
-	req.db = openTestDB()
+	req.db = openTestDB(t)
 
 	// Until we have a better solution for first-user onboarding, manually
 	// create an admin
@@ -30,7 +61,7 @@ func (req *IntegrationRequests) New(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Error opening DB: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	req.r = CreateServer(req.db)
+	req.r = CreateServer(req.db, &testLogger{t: t})
 }
 
 func (req *IntegrationRequests) Login(username, password string, sessionOut *string) {
diff --git a/users.go b/users.go
index a6d01a3ca..091510be9 100644
--- a/users.go
+++ b/users.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ func NewUser(db *gorm.DB, username, password, email string, admin, needsPassword
 // supplied password with the stored password salt
 func (u *User) ValidatePassword(password string) error {
 	saltAndPass := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", password, u.Salt))
-	logrus.Info(string(saltAndPass))
 	return bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword(u.Password, saltAndPass)
 }
 
diff --git a/users_test.go b/users_test.go
index 874d2f253..61a1d4a68 100644
--- a/users_test.go
+++ b/users_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestNewUser(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", true, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestNewUser(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestValidatePassword(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", true, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestValidatePassword(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMakeAdmin(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", false, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestMakeAdmin(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUpdatingUser(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", false, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestUpdatingUser(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeletingUser(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", false, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestDeletingUser(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSetPassword(t *testing.T) {
-	db := openTestDB()
+	db := openTestDB(t)
 
 	user, err := NewUser(db, "marpaia", "foobar", "mike@kolide.co", false, false)
 	if err != nil {