diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index c45d56b..bff7d61 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ FIGlet = "3064a664-84fe-4d92-92c7-ed492f3d8fae"
 Graphs = "86223c79-3864-5bf0-83f7-82e725a168b6"
 JLD2 = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
-Logging = "56ddb016-857b-54e1-b83d-db4d58db5568"
 MetaGraphs = "626554b9-1ddb-594c-aa3c-2596fe9399a5"
 Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
@@ -35,7 +34,9 @@ julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]
 Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
+IOCapture = "b5f81e59-6552-4d32-b1f0-c071b021bf89"
+Logging = "56ddb016-857b-54e1-b83d-db4d58db5568"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 
 [targets]
-test = ["Test", "Documenter"]
+test = ["Test", "Documenter", "IOCapture", "Logging"]
diff --git a/test/assert_p1_symmetry.jl b/test/assert_p1_symmetry.jl
index 0076407..077979f 100644
--- a/test/assert_p1_symmetry.jl
+++ b/test/assert_p1_symmetry.jl
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 module symmetry_test
 
-using Xtals
-using Test
+using IOCapture, Test, Xtals
 
 # Test set for making sure simulations meet certain rules
 #   i.e. frameworks musts be in P1 symmetry to be used in GCMC or Henry
 #   coefficient test
 @testset "P1 Symmetry Tests" begin
-    non_P1_framework = Crystal("symmetry_test_structure.cif", convert_to_p1=false)
-    # Test that an assertion is thrown when trying to replicate a non-P1
-    #   structure
-    @test_throws ErrorException replicate(non_P1_framework, (2, 2, 2))
-    @test_throws ErrorException replicate(non_P1_framework, (1, 1, 1))
-
+    IOCapture.capture() do
+        non_P1_framework = Crystal("symmetry_test_structure.cif", convert_to_p1=false)
+        # Test that an assertion is thrown when trying to replicate a non-P1
+        #   structure
+        @test_throws ErrorException replicate(non_P1_framework, (2, 2, 2))
+        @test_throws ErrorException replicate(non_P1_framework, (1, 1, 1))
+    end
 end
 end
diff --git a/test/bonds.jl b/test/bonds.jl
index 2929a88..c2b7b26 100644
--- a/test/bonds.jl
+++ b/test/bonds.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module Bonds_test
 
 using Xtals, Graphs, Test, MetaGraphs, LinearAlgebra
+import IOCapture.capture
 
 irmof1 = Crystal("IRMOF-1.cif")
 cof102 = Crystal("cof-102.cif")
@@ -147,7 +148,9 @@ end
     
     @test length(rc[:bonding_rules]) == (n + 1)
     
-    println([r for r ∈ bonding_rules if :C == r.species_j][1])
+    capture() do
+        println([r for r ∈ bonding_rules if :C == r.species_j][1])
+    end
     
     @test true
 
@@ -165,7 +168,9 @@ end
 @testset "etc" begin
     temp_vtk_path = tempname()
     xtal = Crystal("SBMOF-1.cif")
-    write_bond_information(xtal, temp_vtk_path, center_at_origin=true)
+    capture() do
+        write_bond_information(xtal, temp_vtk_path, center_at_origin=true)
+    end
 
     @test isfile(temp_vtk_path * ".vtk")
 
@@ -174,8 +179,10 @@ end
     write_xyz(xtal, tempname())
     all_bonds_temppath = tempname()
     no_pb_temppath = tempname()
-    write_bond_information(xtal, all_bonds_temppath)
-    write_bond_information(xtal, no_pb_temppath, bond_filter=:cross_boundary=>p->!p)
+    capture() do
+        write_bond_information(xtal, all_bonds_temppath)
+        write_bond_information(xtal, no_pb_temppath, bond_filter=:cross_boundary=>p->!p)
+    end
 
     @test all(isfile.([all_bonds_temppath, no_pb_temppath] .* ".vtk"))
 end
diff --git a/test/box.jl b/test/box.jl
index 875fc9a..213ec97 100644
--- a/test/box.jl
+++ b/test/box.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 module Box_Test
 
-using Xtals
-using LinearAlgebra
-using Test
+using LinearAlgebra, Test, Xtals
+import IOCapture.capture
 
 @testset "Box Tests" begin
     box = Box(11.6, 5.5, 22.9, 90.0 * π / 180, 100.8 * π / 180.0, 90.0 * π / 180.0)
@@ -96,11 +95,15 @@ using Test
 
      xtal = Crystal("SBMOF-1.cif")
      vtk_temp = tempname() * ".vtk"
-     write_vtk(xtal.box, vtk_temp, verbose=true)
+     capture() do
+      write_vtk(xtal.box, vtk_temp, verbose=true)
+     end
      @test isfile(vtk_temp)
 
      # effective test of Base.show(io::IO, box::Box)
-     println(xtal.box)
+     capture() do
+      println(xtal.box)
+     end
      @test true
 end
 end
diff --git a/test/crystal.jl b/test/crystal.jl
index 6df5a15..4a26018 100644
--- a/test/crystal.jl
+++ b/test/crystal.jl
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 module Crystal_Test
 
-using Xtals
-using LinearAlgebra
-using Test
-using MetaGraphs, Graphs
-using AtomsBase
+using AtomsBase, Graphs, LinearAlgebra, MetaGraphs, Test, Xtals
+import IOCapture.capture
 
 # for test only
 # if the multi sets are equal, then when you remove duplicates,
@@ -126,7 +123,9 @@ end
     @test true
 
     # test verbose printing in empirical_formula
-    empirical_formula(sbmof1, verbose=true)
+    capture() do
+        empirical_formula(sbmof1, verbose=true)
+    end
     @test true ##! can this be redirected to a string variable for comparison (and to suppress CLI output during testing?)
 end
 
diff --git a/test/misc.jl b/test/misc.jl
index 3050075..c8f2d65 100644
--- a/test/misc.jl
+++ b/test/misc.jl
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 module Misc_Test
 
 using Xtals, Test, DataFrames, Graphs, CSV
+import IOCapture.capture
 
 @testset "Misc Tests" begin
     xtal = Crystal("SBMOF-1.cif")
     infer_bonds!(xtal, true)
-    @test_throws String view_crystal(xtal) # this function really can't be tested programmatically...
+    capture() do
+        @test_throws String view_crystal(xtal) # this function really can't be tested programmatically...
+    end
 
     am = rc[:atomic_masses]
     @test isapprox(am[:H], 1.00794, atol=0.001)
diff --git a/test/paths.jl b/test/paths.jl
index 28c0def..96e4c63 100644
--- a/test/paths.jl
+++ b/test/paths.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module Path_Test
 
-using Xtals
-using Test
+using IOCapture, Test, Xtals
 
 @testset "Path Tests" begin
     @test rc[:atomic_masses][:He] == 4.0026
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 2516898..d1be604 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,28 +1,30 @@
 testfiles = [
-    "crystal.jl",
-    "bonds.jl",
-    "misc.jl",
-    "matter.jl",
-    "distance.jl",
-    "box.jl",
-    "assert_p1_symmetry.jl",
+    "crystal.jl"
+    "bonds.jl"
+    "misc.jl"
+    "matter.jl"
+    "distance.jl"
+    "box.jl"
+    "assert_p1_symmetry.jl"
     "paths.jl"
     ]
 
-@assert VERSION.major == 1
-@assert VERSION.minor ≥ 6
+@assert (VERSION.major == 1) && (VERSION.minor ≥ 6) "Minimum Julia version not met."
+
+using Documenter, IOCapture, Logging, Test, Xtals
 
-using Test, Documenter, Xtals, Graphs, MetaGraphs
 Xtals.banner()
 
 for testfile ∈ testfiles
     @info "Running test/$testfile"
-    @time include(testfile)
+    with_logger(NullLogger()) do
+        include(testfile)
+    end
 end
 
 # run doctests unless disabled via environment variable
 if "doctest" ∉ keys(ENV) || ENV["doctest"] ≠ "false"
-    @time doctest(Xtals)
+    doctest(Xtals)
 end
 
 @info "Done."