diff --git a/home-manager/roles/laptop.nix b/home-manager/roles/laptop.nix
index bdf316e1..34b8f620 100644
--- a/home-manager/roles/laptop.nix
+++ b/home-manager/roles/laptop.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in {
         say "Building ~/.modes for apollo"
         nixPath <- myNixPath "${configPath}"
         setEnv "WITH_SECRETS" "false"
-        nix_build nixPath (params ++ remoteBuildParams)
+        nix_build nixPath (params ++ remoteBuildParams) &!> StdOut |> nom
         setEnv "WITH_SECRETS" "true"
         nix_build nixPath params
         activate_mode
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ in {
         nixPath <- myNixPath "${configPath}"
         mode <- getMode
         say [i|Quick switching to mode #{mode} ...|]
-        home_manager (nixPath <> ["switch", "-A", [i|apollo-#{mode}|]])
+        home_manager (nixPath <> ["switch", "-A", [i|apollo-#{mode}|]]) &!> StdOut |> nom
         update_modes
     '';
     selectMode = pkgs.writeHaskellScript {
diff --git a/lib/update-system.nix b/lib/update-system.nix
index 1c062253..3a1d2b45 100644
--- a/lib/update-system.nix
+++ b/lib/update-system.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ in {
         paths <- myNixPath "${configPath}"
         args <- getArgs
         setEnv "WITH_SECRETS" "false"
-        nix_build (paths ++ buildSystemParams ++ ["--no-out-link"] ++ remoteBuildParams ++ fmap toString args)
+        nix_build (paths ++ buildSystemParams ++ ["--no-out-link"] ++ remoteBuildParams ++ fmap toString args) &!> StdOut |> nom
         setEnv "WITH_SECRETS" "true"
-        nixos_rebuild (paths ++ ["switch"] ++ fmap toString args)
+        nixos_rebuild (paths ++ ["switch"] ++ fmap toString args) &!> StdOut |> nom
   '';
 }