diff --git a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/cosmos.ts b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/cosmos.ts
index 5c7b64b3f8..435e470804 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/cosmos.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/cosmos.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import fs from "fs/promises";
 import { Listr } from "listr2";
 import { tmpdir } from "os";
 import path from "path";
-import util from "util";
 
 import { cloneRepo } from "./git";
 import { zodTryParseJSON } from "../../utils/sanitize";
 import {
   execPromise,
+  killProcess,
   mustGetAttr,
   replaceInFile,
   sleep,
@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ export const startCosmosLocalnet = async (
     home?: string;
   },
 ) => {
+  let height = opts?.height;
+  if (!height) {
+    height = BigInt(0);
+  }
+  console.log("🧱 Starting localnet at height " + height);
   let home = opts?.home;
   if (!home) {
     home = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "cosmos-home-"));
     // run teritorid init --chain-id=testing testing --home=$HOME/.teritorid
     const initCmd = `${binaryPath} init testing --chain-id testing --home ${home}`;
-    console.log("> " + initCmd);
+    console.log("⚙️  " + initCmd);
     await execPromise(initCmd);
 
     await replaceInFile(
@@ -38,51 +43,49 @@ export const startCosmosLocalnet = async (
 
     // run teritorid keys add validator --keyring-backend=test --home=$HOME/.teritorid
     const addValidatorCmd = `${binaryPath} keys add validator --keyring-backend=test --home ${home}`;
-    console.log("> " + addValidatorCmd);
+    console.log("⚙️  " + addValidatorCmd);
     await execPromise(addValidatorCmd);
     // run teritorid add-genesis-account $(teritorid keys show validator -a --keyring-backend=test --home=$HOME/.teritorid) 100000000000utori,100000000000stake --home=$HOME/.teritorid
     const addGenesisAccountCmd = `${binaryPath} add-genesis-account $(${binaryPath} keys show validator -a --keyring-backend=test --home ${home}) 100000000000000000utori,100000000000000000stake --home ${home}`;
-    console.log("> " + addGenesisAccountCmd);
+    console.log("⚙️  " + addGenesisAccountCmd);
     await execPromise(addGenesisAccountCmd);
     // run teritorid keys add testnet-adm --keyring-backend=test --home=$HOME/.teritorid
     const addTestnetAdmCmd = `${binaryPath} keys add testnet-adm --keyring-backend=test --home ${home}`;
-    console.log("> " + addTestnetAdmCmd);
+    console.log("⚙️  " + addTestnetAdmCmd);
     await execPromise(addTestnetAdmCmd);
     // run teritorid add-genesis-account $(teritorid keys show validator -a --keyring-backend=test --home=$HOME/.teritorid) 100000000000utori,100000000000stake --home=$HOME/.teritorid
     const addTestnetAdmGenesisAccountCmd = `${binaryPath} add-genesis-account $(${binaryPath} keys show testnet-adm -a --keyring-backend=test --home ${home}) 100000000000000000utori,100000000000000000stake --home ${home}`;
-    console.log("> " + addTestnetAdmGenesisAccountCmd);
+    console.log("⚙️  " + addTestnetAdmGenesisAccountCmd);
     await execPromise(addTestnetAdmGenesisAccountCmd);
     // run teritorid gentx validator 500000000stake --keyring-backend=test --home=$HOME/.teritorid --chain-id=testing
     const gentxCmd = `${binaryPath} gentx validator 500000000stake --keyring-backend=test --home ${home} --chain-id=testing`;
-    console.log("> " + gentxCmd);
+    console.log("⚙️  " + gentxCmd);
     await execPromise(gentxCmd);
     // run teritorid collect-gentxs --home=$HOME/.teritorid
     const collectGentxsCmd = `${binaryPath} collect-gentxs --home ${home}`;
-    console.log("> " + collectGentxsCmd);
+    console.log("⚙️  " + collectGentxsCmd);
     await execPromise(collectGentxsCmd);
   }
   const cmd = `${binaryPath} start --home ${home}`;
-  console.log("> " + cmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
 
-  const result = util.promisify(child_process.exec)(cmd, {
+  const result = execPromise(cmd, {
     encoding: "utf-8",
   });
-  let height = opts?.height;
-  if (!height) {
-    height = BigInt(0);
-  }
   await waitForHeight(26657, height + BigInt(1));
+  console.log("🧱 Started localnet at height " + height);
   return {
     home,
     validatorWalletName: "validator",
     result,
     process: result.child,
+    kill: () => killProcess(result.child, result),
   };
 };
 
 const waitForHeight = async (port: number, targetHeight: bigint) => {
   const statusCmd = `curl -s http://localhost:${port}/status`;
-  console.log("> " + statusCmd);
+  console.log("⏳ Waiting for height " + targetHeight);
   while (true) {
     try {
       const result = await execPromise(statusCmd);
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ const waitForHeight = async (port: number, targetHeight: bigint) => {
     } catch {}
     await sleep(1000);
   }
+  console.log("Reached height " + targetHeight);
 };
 
 export const upgradeCosmosLocalnet = async (
@@ -105,9 +109,11 @@ export const upgradeCosmosLocalnet = async (
   validatorWalletName: string,
   home: string,
 ) => {
+  console.log("⬆️  Upgrading chain to " + newVersion);
+
   // get height
   const statusCmd = `curl -s http://localhost:26657/status`;
-  console.log("> " + statusCmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + statusCmd);
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   const status = JSON.parse(
     (await execPromise(statusCmd, { encoding: "utf-8" })).stdout,
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ export const upgradeCosmosLocalnet = async (
     --chain-id=testing --home=$HOME/.teritorid --yes -b block --deposit="100000000stake"
   */
   const cmd = `${oldBinaryPath} tx gov submit-proposal software-upgrade "${newVersion}" --upgrade-height=${height} --title="Upgrade to ${newVersion}" --description="Upgrade to ${newVersion}" --from=${validatorWalletName} --keyring-backend=test --chain-id=testing --home=${home} --yes -b block --deposit="500000000stake" --node http://127.0.0.1:26657 -o json`;
-  console.log("> " + cmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
   const { stdout: out } = await execPromise(cmd, { encoding: "utf-8" });
   const outObj = zodTryParseJSON(zodTxResult, out);
   if (!outObj) {
@@ -134,14 +140,14 @@ export const upgradeCosmosLocalnet = async (
     --home $HOME/.teritorid -b block -y --keyring-backend test
   */
   const voteCmd = `${oldBinaryPath} tx gov vote ${proposalId} yes --from ${validatorWalletName} --chain-id testing --home ${home} -b block -y --keyring-backend test  --node http://127.0.0.1:26657`;
-  console.log("> " + voteCmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + voteCmd);
   await execPromise(voteCmd);
 
   await waitForHeight(26657, height);
 
   // check proposal status
   const proposalCmd = `${oldBinaryPath} query gov proposal ${proposalId} --chain-id testing --home ${home} -o json --node http://127.0.0.1:26657`;
-  console.log("> " + proposalCmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + proposalCmd);
   const { stdout: proposalOut } = await execPromise(proposalCmd, {
     encoding: "utf-8",
   });
@@ -154,6 +160,8 @@ export const upgradeCosmosLocalnet = async (
     throw new Error("Proposal not passed");
   }
 
+  console.log("🆙 Upgraded chain to " + newVersion);
+
   return height;
 };
 
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@ export const buildCosmos = async (
   binaryName: string,
 ): Promise<string> => {
   const cmd = `cd ${repoPath} && make build`;
-  // console.log("> " + cmd);
+  // console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
   await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     child_process.exec(cmd, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/git.ts b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/git.ts
index a8d45e1c1e..01b4d3d93a 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/git.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/git.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const cloneRepo = async (
 ): Promise<string> => {
   const repoPath = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "git-repo-"));
   const cmd = `git clone ${repoURL} ${repoPath} && cd ${repoPath} && git checkout ${ref}`;
-  // console.log("> " + cmd);
+  // console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
   await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     child_process.exec(cmd, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/simpleTest204.ts b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/simpleTest204.ts
index 8ef4235744..301f482c89 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/simpleTest204.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/simpleTest204.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from "fs/promises";
 
 import { buildBinaries, startCosmosLocalnet } from "./cosmos";
 import { teritoriLocalnetNetwork } from "../../networks/teritori-localnet";
+import { killProcess } from "../lib";
 import { deployTeritoriEcosystem } from "../network-setup/deployLib";
 
 const repoURL = "https://github.com/TERITORI/teritori-chain.git";
@@ -24,8 +25,7 @@ const main = async () => {
   );
 
   // stop
-  v204Process.kill();
-  await v204Result;
+  killProcess(v204Process, v204Result);
 
   await fs.rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
 };
diff --git a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest120to204.ts b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest120to204.ts
index 648319958b..9a47152adc 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest120to204.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest120to204.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ const main = async () => {
 
   const {
     home,
-    result: v120Result,
-    process: v120Process,
     validatorWalletName,
+    kill: killv120,
   } = await startCosmosLocalnet(binaries["v1.2.0"]);
 
   await deployTeritoriEcosystem(
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@ const main = async () => {
     validatorWalletName,
     home,
   );
-  v120Process.kill();
-  await v120Result;
+  await killv120();
 
   upgradeHeight = await runUpgrade(
     binaries["v1.3.0"],
@@ -73,11 +71,10 @@ const main = async () => {
     `minimum-gas-prices = "0stake"`,
   );
 
-  const { process: v204Process, result: v204Result } =
-    await startCosmosLocalnet(binaries["v2.0.4"], {
-      home,
-      height: upgradeHeight,
-    });
+  const { kill: killv204 } = await startCosmosLocalnet(binaries["v2.0.4"], {
+    home,
+    height: upgradeHeight,
+  });
 
   // test cosmwasm
   await deployTeritoriEcosystem(
@@ -86,8 +83,7 @@ const main = async () => {
     "testnet-adm",
   );
 
-  v204Process.kill();
-  await v204Result;
+  await killv204();
 
   await fs.rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
 };
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ const runUpgrade = async (
   version: string,
   validatorWalletName: string,
 ) => {
-  const { result, process } = await startCosmosLocalnet(binaryPath, {
+  const { kill } = await startCosmosLocalnet(binaryPath, {
     home,
     height,
   });
@@ -109,8 +105,7 @@ const runUpgrade = async (
     validatorWalletName,
     home,
   );
-  process.kill();
-  await result;
+  await kill();
   return upgradeHeight;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest142to204.ts b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest142to204.ts
index 474d87fa3a..23e8a86e72 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest142to204.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/integration-testing/upgradeTest142to204.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ const main = async () => {
 
   const {
     home,
-    result: v142Result,
-    process: v142Process,
+    kill: killv142,
     validatorWalletName,
   } = await startCosmosLocalnet(binaries["v1.4.2"]);
 
@@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ const main = async () => {
     validatorWalletName,
     home,
   );
-  v142Process.kill();
-  await v142Result;
+  await killv142();
 
   await replaceInFile(
     path.join(home, "config/app.toml"),
@@ -47,13 +45,10 @@ const main = async () => {
   );
 
   // start next version
-  const { result, process: v204Process } = await startCosmosLocalnet(
-    binaries["v2.0.4"],
-    {
-      home,
-      height: upgradeHeight,
-    },
-  );
+  const { kill: killv204 } = await startCosmosLocalnet(binaries["v2.0.4"], {
+    home,
+    height: upgradeHeight,
+  });
 
   // test cosmwasm
   await deployTeritoriEcosystem(
@@ -63,8 +58,7 @@ const main = async () => {
   );
 
   // stop
-  v204Process.kill();
-  await result;
+  await killv204();
 
   await fs.rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
 };
diff --git a/packages/scripts/lib.ts b/packages/scripts/lib.ts
index a7c8a7e72f..6173a0b785 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/lib.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/lib.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NodeHttpTransport } from "@improbable-eng/grpc-web-node-http-transport";
-import child_process from "child_process";
+import child_process, { ChildProcess, PromiseWithChild } from "child_process";
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 import util from "util";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -109,3 +109,24 @@ export const replaceInFile = async (
 };
 
 export const execPromise = util.promisify(child_process.exec);
+
+export const killProcess = async (
+  p: ChildProcess,
+  r: PromiseWithChild<{
+    stdout: string;
+    stderr: string;
+  }>,
+  timeout?: number,
+) => {
+  console.log("🔪 Killing process");
+  const innerKillProcess = async () => {
+    p.kill();
+    await r;
+  };
+  const startTimeout = async () => {
+    await sleep(timeout || 5000);
+    throw new Error("Timed out waiting for process to terminate");
+  };
+  await Promise.race([startTimeout(), innerKillProcess()]);
+  console.log("🔪 Process terminated");
+};
diff --git a/packages/scripts/network-setup/deployLib.ts b/packages/scripts/network-setup/deployLib.ts
index a7987144ac..18fe8fdd28 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/network-setup/deployLib.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/network-setup/deployLib.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ const instantiateNameService = async (
   } --node ${injectRPCPort(
     network.rpcEndpoint,
   )} --yes --keyring-backend test -o json --home ${opts.home}`;
-  console.log("> " + cmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
   let { stdout: out } = await retry(5, async () => {
     return await execPromise(cmd, {
       encoding: "utf-8",
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ const instantiateContract = async (
   )} --yes --keyring-backend test -o json --label ${sqh(
     label,
   )} --admin ${admin} --home ${opts.home}`;
-  console.log("> " + cmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
   let { stdout: out } = await retry(
     5,
     async () =>
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ const storeWASM = async (
   } --node ${injectRPCPort(
     network.rpcEndpoint,
   )} --yes --keyring-backend test -o json --home ${opts.home}`;
-  console.log("> " + cmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
   let { stdout: out } = await retry(5, async () => {
     return await execPromise(cmd, {
       encoding: "utf-8",
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ const getTx = async (networkId: string, txhash: string, timeout?: number) => {
     await sleep(timeout || 20000);
     return undefined;
   };
+  console.log("⏳ Waiting for tx '" + txhash + "'");
   const tx = await Promise.race([startTimeout(), innerGetTx()]);
   if (!tx) {
     throw new Error("Timed out waiting for tx '" + txhash + "'");
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ const getTx = async (networkId: string, txhash: string, timeout?: number) => {
         JSON.stringify(tx, null, 2),
     );
   }
+  console.log("Tx '" + txhash + "' found");
   return tx;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/scripts/network-setup/restoreContract.ts b/packages/scripts/network-setup/restoreContract.ts
index 61ab1a60ab..078539fcbc 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/network-setup/restoreContract.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/network-setup/restoreContract.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const main = async () => {
   } --node ${injectRPCPort(destinationNetwork.rpcEndpoint)} -o json${
     keyringBackend ? ` --keyring-backend ${keyringBackend}` : ""
   }`;
-  console.log("> " + cmd);
+  console.log("⚙️  " + cmd);
   const out = child_process.execSync(cmd, {
     stdio: ["inherit", "pipe", "inherit"],
     encoding: "utf-8",