diff --git a/scripts/test_integration_edge.sh b/scripts/test_integration_edge.sh
index 50ae6dd..93a5424 100755
--- a/scripts/test_integration_edge.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_integration_edge.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ docmd ${TOPDIR}/scripts/n2n-ctl edges --raw
 #   - uptime
 
 docmd ${TOPDIR}/scripts/n2n-ctl verbose
-docmd ${TOPDIR}/scripts/n2n-ctl --write verbose 1 2>&1
+docmd ${TOPDIR}/scripts/n2n-ctl --write verbose 1 2>/dev/null
+echo $?
 docmd ${TOPDIR}/scripts/n2n-ctl -k $AUTH --write verbose 1
 
 # looks strange, but we are querying the state of the "stop" verb
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_edge.sh.expected b/tests/test_integration_edge.sh.expected
index 8e13193..f8a009f 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_edge.sh.expected
+++ b/tests/test_integration_edge.sh.expected
@@ -42,21 +42,8 @@
 ]
 
 ###
-Traceback (most recent call last):
-  File "/home/hamish/r/n2n/./scripts/n2n-ctl", line 258, in <module>
-    main()
-  File "/home/hamish/r/n2n/./scripts/n2n-ctl", line 249, in main
-    result = func(rpc, args)
-  File "/home/hamish/r/n2n/./scripts/n2n-ctl", line 205, in subcmd_default
-    rows = rpc.write(cmdline)
-  File "/home/hamish/r/n2n/./scripts/n2n-ctl", line 106, in write
-    return self._call('w', cmdline)
-  File "/home/hamish/r/n2n/./scripts/n2n-ctl", line 100, in _call
-    return self._rx(tagstr)
-  File "/home/hamish/r/n2n/./scripts/n2n-ctl", line 53, in _rx
-    raise ValueError('Error: {}'.format(data['error']))
-ValueError: Error: badauth
 
+0
 ###
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     {