diff --git a/tests/test_bake_project.py b/tests/test_bake_project.py
index 97c7c1f7..686a1cc5 100644
--- a/tests/test_bake_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_bake_project.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
+import datetime, time
 
 from pytest_cookies.plugin import Cookies, Result
 import pytest
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ def baked_project(cookies: Cookies, request) -> Result:
         extra_context={
             "project_slug": "DummyProject",
             "project_name": "dummy-project",
+            "author_email": "you@example.com",
             "default_docker_registry": "test.test.com",
             "docker_base": request.param,
         }
@@ -43,17 +46,27 @@ def baked_project(cookies: Cookies, request) -> Result:
     assert result.exit_code == 0
     return result
 
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "commands_on_baked_project",
     (
-        "ls -la .; make help",
+        # "ls -la .; make help",
         # TODO: cannot use `source` to activate venvs ... not sure how to proceed here. Suggestions?
-        ## "make devenv; source .venv/bin/activate && make build info-build test",
+        # No need whatsoever, venv only needed for cookiecutter - once it is build, can use "make build" directly
+        "make build",
     ),
 )
 def test_make_workflows(baked_project: Result, commands_on_baked_project: str):
     working_dir = baked_project.project_path
-    subprocess.run(
-        ["/bin/bash", "-c", commands_on_baked_project], cwd=working_dir, check=True
+    results = subprocess.run(
+        ["/bin/bash", "-c", commands_on_baked_project], cwd=working_dir, 
+        # check=True, 
+        capture_output=True,
     )
+            
+    if results.returncode != 0:
+        current_time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d.%H%M%S%d"); time.sleep(1) # make sure not two test w same name
+        output_std_dir = current_dir.parent / "tmp" / "stderr"
+        os.makedirs(output_std_dir, exist_ok=True)
+        with open(output_std_dir / f"stderr_{current_time}.txt", "w+") as f:
+            print(results.stderr.decode(), file=f)
+        raise RuntimeError("Subprocess did not run correctly")