diff --git a/Mage/Console.php b/Mage/Console.php
index 067c616..cedd190 100644
--- a/Mage/Console.php
+++ b/Mage/Console.php
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ class Mage_Console
     {
         self::log('---------------------------------');
         self::log('---- Executing: $ ' . $command);
-        
-        ob_start();
+
         $return = 1;
         $log = array();
         exec($command . ' 2>&1', $log, $return);
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Releases.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Releases.php
index a39c341..d4ec3c6 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Releases.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Releases.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Mage_Task_BuiltIn_Deployment_Releases
                      . ' && '
                      . 'ln -sf ' . $currentCopy . ' ' . $symlink
                      . ' && '
-                     . 'chown -h ' . $userGroup . ' ' . $symlink;
+                     . 'chown -h ' . $userGroup . ' ' . $symlink; 
             $result = $this->_runRemoteCommand($command);
             return $result;
 
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Scm/Clone.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Scm/Clone.php
index 55384e7..46c4b35 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Scm/Clone.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Scm/Clone.php
@@ -29,11 +29,16 @@ class Mage_Task_BuiltIn_Scm_Clone
         $this->_runLocalCommand('mkdir -p ' . $this->_source['temporal']);
         switch ($this->_source['type']) {
             case 'git':
-                $command = 'cd ' . $this->_source['temporal']
-                         . ' && '
-                         . 'git clone ' . $this->_source['repository'] . ' . '
-                         . ' && '
+                // Clone Repo
+                $command = 'cd ' . $this->_source['temporal'] . ' ; '
+                         . 'git clone ' . $this->_source['repository'] . ' . ';
+                $result = $this->_runLocalCommand($command);
+
+                // Checkout Branch
+                $command = 'cd ' . $this->_source['temporal'] . ' ; '
                          . 'git checkout ' . $this->_source['from'];
+                $result = $result && $this->_runLocalCommand($command);
+
                 $this->_config->setFrom($this->_source['temporal']);
                 break;
 
@@ -41,8 +46,6 @@ class Mage_Task_BuiltIn_Scm_Clone
                 return false;
                 break;
         }
-
-        $result = $this->_runLocalCommand($command);
         
         return $result;
     }
diff --git a/Mage/Task/TaskAbstract.php b/Mage/Task/TaskAbstract.php
index 77d3e78..d9f91ad 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/TaskAbstract.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/TaskAbstract.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ abstract class Mage_Task_TaskAbstract
             $releasesDirectory = '';
         }
         
-        $localCommand = 'ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no '
+        $localCommand = 'ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no '
                       . $this->_config->deployment('user') . '@' . $this->_config->getHost() . ' '
                       . '"cd ' . rtrim($this->_config->deployment('to'), '/') . $releasesDirectory . ' && '
                       . $command . '"';