diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_loadData_bruker.R b/tests/testthat/test_loadData_bruker.R
index 1b06d36..d0731e9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_loadData_bruker.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_loadData_bruker.R
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ test_that("data can be loaded and processed from Bruker Flex",
               format(Sys.time(), "%H:%M:%OS")
             }
             setwd(dirname(common::file.find(pattern = "req.txt")))
-            cat("Working directory is ", getwd(), "\n")
 
             # download test data and unzip
             cat(timeNow(), "downloading Bruker Flex test data...\n")
             curl::curl_download("https://figshare.com/ndownloader/files/46156791", "testdata_bruker.zip")
-            cat(timeNow(), "unzip Bruker test data...\n")
             unzip("testdata_bruker.zip")
 
             # overwrite settings
@@ -23,25 +21,19 @@ test_that("data can be loaded and processed from Bruker Flex",
 
             library(shinytest2)
             options(shiny.testmode = TRUE)
-            cat(timeNow(), "Starting app...\n")
+
             app <- AppDriver$new(app_dir = getwd(),
                                  name = "M2ara_bruker load test",
                                  seed = 42,
                                  timeout = 4.5*1e5)
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "loading spectra...\n")
             app$click("load")
             Sys.sleep(120)
-            cat(timeNow(), "processing...\n")
             app$click("process")
-            cat(timeNow(), "done!\n")
             exp <-app$get_values(export = TRUE)
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "running tests...\n")
-            expect_equal(exp$export$isSpectrumList, TRUE)
+            show_failureexpect_equal(exp$export$isSpectrumList, TRUE)
             expect_equal(exp$export$numSpec, 88)
-
-            cat(timeNow(), "Sucess! Cleaning up...\n")
             fs::dir_delete("Curve")
             fs::file_delete("settings.csv")
             fs::file_delete("testdata_bruker.zip")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_loadData_mzML.R b/tests/testthat/test_loadData_mzML.R
index d659b4f..ca47924 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_loadData_mzML.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_loadData_mzML.R
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ test_that("data can be loaded and processed from mzML",
               format(Sys.time(), "%H:%M:%OS")
             }
             setwd(dirname(common::file.find(pattern = "req.txt")))
-            cat("Working directory is ", getwd(), "\n")
 
             # download test data and unzip
-            cat(timeNow(), "downloading mzML test data...\n")
             curl::curl_download("https://figshare.com/ndownloader/files/46156788", "testdata_mzML.zip")
-            cat(timeNow(), "unzip mzML test data...\n")
             unzip("testdata_mzML.zip")
 
             # overwrite settings
@@ -23,45 +20,33 @@ test_that("data can be loaded and processed from mzML",
 
             library(shinytest2)
             options(shiny.testmode = TRUE)
-            cat(timeNow(), "Starting app...\n")
             app <- AppDriver$new(app_dir = getwd(),
                                  name = "M2ara_mzML load test",
                                  seed = 42,
                                  timeout = 2.4*1e5)
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "loading spectra...\n")
             app$click("load")
-            cat(timeNow(), "processing...\n")
             app$click("process")
             Sys.sleep(30)
-            cat(timeNow(), "done!\n")
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "performing pca...\n")
             app$click("doPca")
             Sys.sleep(3)
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "performing clustering...\n")
             app$click("doClust")
             Sys.sleep(5)
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "extracting values...\n")
             exp <- app$get_values(export = TRUE)
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "check loading sucess\n")
             expect_equal(exp$export$isSpectrumList, TRUE)
             expect_equal(exp$export$numSpec, 144)
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "check processing sucess\n")
             expect_equal(exp$export$infoState, "processed")
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "check PCA sucess\n")
             expect_true(is_tibble(exp$export$pca$scores))
             expect_true(is_tibble(exp$export$pca$loadings))
 
-            cat(timeNow(), "check clustering sucess\n")
             expect_true(latrend::is.lcModels(exp$export$clust))
             expect_true(is_tibble(extractLaClusters(exp$export$clust)))
-            cat(timeNow(), "Cleaning up...\n")
             fs::file_delete("settings.csv")
             fs::dir_delete("mzML")
             fs::file_delete("testdata_mzML.zip")