diff --git a/AppKit/Themes/CommonJS/blendtask.j b/AppKit/Themes/CommonJS/blendtask.j
index 6e65a657f..2abb46fd2 100644
--- a/AppKit/Themes/CommonJS/blendtask.j
+++ b/AppKit/Themes/CommonJS/blendtask.j
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 @import <AppKit/_CPCibObjectData.j>
 @import <BlendKit/BlendKit.j>
 
-debugger;
-console.log("require: " + require);
 var /* FILE = require("file"), */
     TERM = require("objj-runtime").term,
     task = require("objj-jake").task,
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ BlendTask.prototype.defineThemeDescriptorTasks = function()
                 var localKeyedThemes = keyedThemes;
                 var localThemesTaskName = themesTaskName;
                 
-                console.log("starting themedescriptors: " + themeDescriptorPath);
                 objj_importFile(path.resolve(themeDescriptorPath), YES, function() {
                     if (--tdLeft === 0) {
                         [BKThemeDescriptor allThemeDescriptorClasses].forEach(function(aClass)
@@ -130,7 +127,6 @@ BlendTask.prototype.defineThemeDescriptorTasks = function()
 
                             localKeyedThemes.push([aClass themeName] + ".keyedtheme");
                         });
-                        console.log("themesTaskName: " + localThemesTaskName);
                         task (localThemesTaskName, function()
                         {
                             [BKThemeDescriptor allThemeDescriptorClasses].forEach(function(aClass)
diff --git a/CommonJS/Jakefile b/CommonJS/Jakefile
index a2ddf7fe2..f631739d6 100644
--- a/CommonJS/Jakefile
+++ b/CommonJS/Jakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-console.log("at the top of CommonJS/Jakefile");
-
 require("../common.jake");
 
 // var FILE = require("file");
diff --git a/Foundation/Jakefile b/Foundation/Jakefile
index 7f76a8bb4..cebe96d22 100644
--- a/Foundation/Jakefile
+++ b/Foundation/Jakefile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const path = require("path");
 
 foundationTask = framework ("Foundation", function(foundationTask)
 {
-    console.log("in foundationTask");
     foundationTask.setBuildIntermediatesPath(path.join($BUILD_DIR, "Foundation.build", $CONFIGURATION))
     foundationTask.setBuildPath($BUILD_CONFIGURATION_DIR);
 
@@ -72,6 +71,3 @@ filedir ($BUILD_CJS_FOUNDATION, ["Foundation"], function()
 task ("build", ["Foundation", $BUILD_CJS_FOUNDATION]);
 
 CLOBBER.include($BUILD_CJS_FOUNDATION);
-
-console.log("at the end of Foundation/jakefile");
-
diff --git a/Jakefile b/Jakefile
index 878c0732d..da6837260 100644
--- a/Jakefile
+++ b/Jakefile
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ var subprojects = ["Objective-J", "CommonJS", "Foundation", "AppKit", "Tools"];
 {
     task (aTaskName, function()
     {
-        console.log("i build task action");
         subjake(subprojects, aTaskName);
-        console.log("ut ur build task action");
     });
 });
 
diff --git a/Objective-J/CFBundle.js b/Objective-J/CFBundle.js
index c1c93d3d7..f99d12876 100644
--- a/Objective-J/CFBundle.js
+++ b/Objective-J/CFBundle.js
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ function finishBundleLoadingWithError(/*CFBundle*/ aBundle, /*Event*/ anError)
 
 function loadExecutableAndResources(/*Bundle*/ aBundle, /*BOOL*/ shouldExecute)
 {
-    console.log("loadExecutableAndResources");
     if (!aBundle.mostEligibleEnvironment())
         return failure();
 
diff --git a/Objective-J/Jakefile b/Objective-J/Jakefile
index 3835b15a8..f978c2508 100644
--- a/Objective-J/Jakefile
+++ b/Objective-J/Jakefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
-console.log("i jakefilen för obj-j");
 require("../common.jake");
 
 // Make sure we can use new functions in an in old javascript engines like Rhino
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ $BROWSER_FILES      = new FileList($BROWSER_FILE).include($OBJECTIVEJ_FILES);
 
 filedir($BUILD_BROWSER_FILE, $BROWSER_FILES, function(aTask)
 {
-    console.log("in task $BUILD_BROWSER_FILE");
     gcc($BROWSER_FILE,
         $BUILD_BROWSER_FILE,
         environmentFlags("Browser", "ObjJ").concat($INCLUDE_FLAGS, $DEBUG_FLAGS, ["-Wno-unused-but-set-variable"]), $CONFIGURATION !== "Debug");
@@ -179,5 +177,3 @@ function gcc(inputFilePath, outputFilePath, flags, compress)
 }
 
 task("build", [$BUILD_BROWSER_FILE, $BUILD_LICENSE, $BUILD_CJS_OBJECTIVE_J_FRAMEWORK]);
-
-console.log("at the bottom of Objective-J/jakefile");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common.jake b/common.jake
index 81ca71ea7..fcc482251 100644
--- a/common.jake
+++ b/common.jake
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const child_process = require('child_process');
 const path = require('path');
 const jake = require("objj-jake");
+const { stream } = require('objj-runtime/lib/term');
 
 requiresSudo = false;
 
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ global.FIXME_fileDependency = function(destinationPath, sourcePath)
 // used in serializedENV()
 function additionalPackages()
 {
-    console.log("in additionalPackages");
     var builtObjectiveJPackage = path.join(path.resolve($BUILD_CONFIGURATION_DIR), "CommonJS", "objective-j");
     var builtCappuccinoPackage = path.join(path.resolve($BUILD_CONFIGURATION_DIR), "CommonJS", "cappuccino");
 
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ global.mv = function(/*String*/ from, /*String*/ to)
 
 function systemSync(command) 
 {   
-    console.log("i systemSync");
-    console.log("command: " + command)
+    //console.log("command: " + command)
     try {
         child_process.execSync(command, {stdio: 'inherit'});
         return 0;
@@ -347,9 +346,9 @@ global.setPackageMetadata = function(packagePath)
     pkg["cappuccino-timestamp"] = new Date().getTime();
     pkg["version"] = getCappuccinoVersion();
 
-    console.log("    Version:   \0purple(" + pkg["version"] + "\0)");
-    console.log("    Revision:  \0purple(" + pkg["cappuccino-revision"] + "\0)");
-    console.log("    Timestamp: \0purple(" + pkg["cappuccino-timestamp"] + "\0)");
+    stream.print("    Version:   \0purple(" + pkg["version"] + "\0)");
+    stream.print("    Revision:  \0purple(" + pkg["cappuccino-revision"] + "\0)");
+    stream.print("    Timestamp: \0purple(" + pkg["cappuccino-timestamp"] + "\0)");
 
     fs.writeFileSync(packagePath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 4), 'utf8');
 };
@@ -444,10 +443,9 @@ global.installCopy = function(sourcePath, useSudo)
 
 global.spawnJake = function(/*String*/ aTaskName)
 {
-    console.log("i spawnJake");
     //if (systemSync(serializedENV() + " " + "npx --node-options='--inspect-brk' objj-jake" + " " + aTaskName))
     if (systemSync(serializedENV() + " " + "npx objj-jake" + " " + aTaskName))
-        console.log("exited in spawnJake with code 1");
+        console.log("exited in spawnJake with error");
         process.exit(1);    //rake abort if ($? != 0)
 };
 
@@ -556,7 +554,6 @@ task ("release", function()
 
 task ("debug", function()
 {
-    console.log("in debug mode");
     process.env["CONFIG"] = "Debug";
     spawnJake("build");
 });