diff --git a/catalyst-uploader.go b/catalyst-uploader.go
index 465b3fb..629771f 100644
--- a/catalyst-uploader.go
+++ b/catalyst-uploader.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func run() int {
+	err := flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	// cmd line args
 	describe := flag.Bool("j", false, "Describe supported storage services in JSON format and exit")
 	timeout := flag.Duration("t", 30*time.Second, "Upload timeout")
@@ -46,17 +50,19 @@ func run() int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	err := core.Upload(os.Stdin, uri, WaitBetweenWrites, *timeout)
+	err = core.Upload(os.Stdin, uri, WaitBetweenWrites, *timeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("Uploader failed for %s: %s", uri, err)
 		return 1
 	}
 
 	// success, write uploaded file details to stdout
-	err = json.NewEncoder(stdout).Encode(map[string]string{"uri": uri})
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatal(err)
-		return 1
+	if glog.V(5) {
+		err = json.NewEncoder(stdout).Encode(map[string]string{"uri": uri})
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Fatal(err)
+			return 1
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0
diff --git a/catalyst-uploader_test.go b/catalyst-uploader_test.go
index 7104bbd..52b7367 100644
--- a/catalyst-uploader_test.go
+++ b/catalyst-uploader_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestFsHandlerE2E(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.Remove(outFileName)
 
 	// run
-	uploader := exec.Command("go", "run", "catalyst-uploader.go", outFileName)
+	uploader := exec.Command("go", "run", "catalyst-uploader.go", "-v", "5", outFileName)
 	uploader.Stdin = stdinReader
 	stdoutRes, err := uploader.Output()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eadf0d5..c023463 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/golang/glog v1.1.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
-	github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.3
+	github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 16547a4..25168f0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1433,6 +1433,8 @@ github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.2 h1:5pOUrOmkkGbbcWnpCt2yrSD6cD85G4GcpO4B25NpM
 github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.2/go.mod h1:qs31y68b3PQPmSr8nR8l5WQiIWI623z6pqOccqebjos=
 github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.3 h1:Je2P+ovDIIlFWtlns5v+MmHtdIytsAJS6+XyeZ8sFJI=
 github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.3/go.mod h1:qs31y68b3PQPmSr8nR8l5WQiIWI623z6pqOccqebjos=
+github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.4 h1:Otl8VkGA5FdNQMTTN/yh0V72vhSbSQevUTL67AXz6kU=
+github.com/livepeer/go-tools v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qs31y68b3PQPmSr8nR8l5WQiIWI623z6pqOccqebjos=
 github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go v0.19.3/go.mod h1:ADXpNbTQjq1hIzCpB+y/k5iz4n4z4IwqoLb94Kh5Hu8=
 github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go v0.28.1/go.mod h1:oGz5DKK41cJt5+773+BSO9BXDsREY4HLf7+0odGAPO0=
 github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go v0.29.1/go.mod h1:CTcNfLYJS2UuRNB+zcNlgvkjBhxX6Hm3WUxxAQx2mgE=