diff --git a/cmd/mockServer/main.go b/cmd/mockServer/main.go
index fb83d5e..5c4a570 100644
--- a/cmd/mockServer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mockServer/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import (
 	"flag"
 
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/30x/apid"
 	"github.com/30x/apid/factory"
 	"github.com/30x/apidApigeeSync"
@@ -10,6 +12,9 @@
 
 // runs a mock server standalone
 func main() {
+	// create new flag to avoid displaying all the Ginkgo flags
+	flag := flag.NewFlagSet(os.Args[0], flag.ExitOnError)
+
 	reliable := *flag.Bool("reliable", true, "if false, server will often send 500 errors [true]")
 
 	numDevs := *flag.Int("numDevs", 2, "number of developers in snapshot [2]")
@@ -19,12 +24,13 @@
 	numDeps := *flag.Int("numDeps", 2, "number of deployments in snapshot [2]")
 	upDepEach := *flag.Duration("upDepEach", 0, "update (replace) a deployment each duration [0s]")
 
-	flag.Parse()
+	flag.Parse(os.Args[1:])
 
 	apid.Initialize(factory.DefaultServicesFactory())
 
 	log := apid.Log()
 	log.Debug("initializing...")
+	apidApigeeSync.SetLogger(log)
 
 	config := apid.Config()
 	config.SetDefault("api_port", "9001")
diff --git a/mock_server.go b/mock_server.go
index 812512c..3cd78d0 100644
--- a/mock_server.go
+++ b/mock_server.go
@@ -175,19 +175,19 @@
 		developer := m.createDeveloperWithProductAndApp()
 		snapshotTableRows = append(snapshotTableRows, developer)
 	}
-	log.Infof("created %d developers\n", m.params.NumDevelopers)
+	log.Infof("created %d developers", m.params.NumDevelopers)
 
 	// generate snapshot deployments
 	for i := 0; i < m.params.NumDeployments; i++ {
 		deployment := m.createDeployment()
 		snapshotTableRows = append(snapshotTableRows, deployment)
 	}
-	log.Infof("created %d deployments\n", m.params.NumDeployments)
+	log.Infof("created %d deployments", m.params.NumDeployments)
 
 	m.snapshotTables[m.params.Scope] = m.concatTableRowMaps(snapshotTableRows...)
 
 	if m.params.NumDevelopers < 10 && m.params.NumDeployments < 10 {
-		log.Debugf("snapshotTables: %v\n", m.snapshotTables[m.params.Scope])
+		log.Debugf("snapshotTables: %v", m.snapshotTables[m.params.Scope])
 	}
 }