diff --git a/tests/feedsRun b/tests/feedsRun
index 5cf41f88c633af15d19ce980ec429669d57d0f7b..6cf9bc4bf51696477e06963dfc201d246a00e0bf 100755
--- a/tests/feedsRun
+++ b/tests/feedsRun
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-fslpython ./test_create_remove_wrapper.py ${FSLDIR}
\ No newline at end of file
+set -e
+
+fslpython ./test_create_remove_wrapper.py ${FSLDIR}
+fslpython ./test_make_install.py
+fslpython ./test_create_remove_wrapper.py
+fslpython ./test_update_fsl_package.py
diff --git a/tests/test_create_remove_wrapper.py b/tests/test_create_remove_wrapper.py
index 5ee92a74e649d07e77ca86e24835872d02a8fb98..b2abcce67909f821c1001aab885852158c79e403 100755
--- a/tests/test_create_remove_wrapper.py
+++ b/tests/test_create_remove_wrapper.py
@@ -314,8 +314,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         REMOVE_WRAPPER = op.join(SBIN_DIR, 'removeFSLWrapper')
 
     thismod = sys.modules[__name__]
-    for test in dir(thismod):
-        if test.startswith('test_'):
-            test = getattr(thismod, test)
+    for testname in dir(thismod):
+        if testname.startswith('test_'):
+            test = getattr(thismod, testname)
             if callable(test):
+                print(f'Running test {testname}')
                 test()
diff --git a/tests/test_make_install.py b/tests/test_make_install.py
index 81dbeee51043e1468522bdd6eda57597f65c1a45..a82bf51d8e2fd50b1daa17b38f4a5121e7b1ffee 100644
--- a/tests/test_make_install.py
+++ b/tests/test_make_install.py
@@ -3,12 +3,31 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import shlex
 import os.path as op
 import subprocess as sp
 import tempfile
 
+
 def test_make_install():
+    basedir = op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '..')
     env = os.environ.copy()
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+
         env['FSLDEVDIR'] = td
-        sp.run(('make', 'install'), env=env, check=True)
+        cmd = f'make -C "{basedir}" install'
+
+        print(f'running FSLDEVDIR={td} {cmd}')
+
+        sp.run(shlex.split(cmd), env=env, check=True)
+
+        for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(td):
+            dirpath = dirpath.replace(td, '${FSLDEVDIR}')
+            print(dirpath)
+            for filename in filenames:
+                print('  ', filename)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_make_install()
diff --git a/tests/test_update_fsl_package.py b/tests/test_update_fsl_package.py
index d3818eb44f64158f88b3a51d38ca8d14215dab4a..65a8a6e937f708d9a1be6289afee9a23b785b7d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_update_fsl_package.py
+++ b/tests/test_update_fsl_package.py
@@ -3,18 +3,32 @@
 
 import os
 import os.path as op
-import tempfile
+import shlex
 import subprocess as sp
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+
+def sprun(cmd):
+    print(f'Running: {cmd}')
+    sp.run(shlex.split(cmd), check=True)
+
+
+def test_update_fsl_package(prefix):
+    cmd    = op.join(prefix, 'share', 'fsl', 'sbin', 'update_fsl_package')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y -a -d -e --verbose --dry_run')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y -a -d    --verbose --dry_run')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y -a    -e --verbose --dry_run')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y -a       --verbose --dry_run')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y    -d    --verbose --dry_run fsleyes')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y    -d    --verbose --dry_run fsl-base')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y          --verbose --dry_run fsleyes')
+    sprun(f'{cmd} -y          --verbose --dry_run fsl-base')
 
 
-def test_update_fsl_package():
-    fsldir = os.environ['FSLDIR']
-    cmd = op.join(fsldir, 'share', 'fsl', 'sbin', 'update_fsl_package')
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y -a -d -e --verbose --dry_run',          check=True)
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y -a -d    --verbose --dry_run',          check=True)
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y -a    -e --verbose --dry_run',          check=True)
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y -a       --verbose --dry_run',          check=True)
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y    -d    --verbose --dry_run fsleyes',  check=True)
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y    -d    --verbose --dry_run fsl-base', check=True)
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y          --verbose --dry_run fsleyes',  check=True)
-    sp.run(f'{cmd} -y          --verbose --dry_run fsl-base', check=True)
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        prefix = sys.argv[1]
+    else:
+        prefix = op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '..')
+    test_update_fsl_package(prefix)