diff --git a/deployment/check/basic/nixosTest.nix b/deployment/check/basic/nixosTest.nix
index 40d8f286..660c9d5b 100644
--- a/deployment/check/basic/nixosTest.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/basic/nixosTest.nix
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ testers.runNixOSTest (
         deployer.succeed("${lib.getExe tf} -chdir='${tfEnv}/launch' validate")
 
       with subtest("Run the deployment"):
-        deployer.succeed("PATH=${BIN_PATH} ${lib.getExe tf} -chdir='${tfEnv}/launch' apply --auto-approve -lock=false -parallelism=1 -var-file='${tfVars}'")
+        deployer.succeed("PATH=${BIN_PATH} ${lib.getExe tf} -chdir='${tfEnv}/launch' apply --auto-approve -lock=false -parallelism=1 -var-file='${tfVars}' >&2")
 
       with subtest("Check the deployment"):
         hello.succeed("hello 1>&2")