diff --git a/packages/cli/src/base.ts b/packages/cli/src/base.ts
index 7d199e4ef..0871a637a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/base.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/base.ts
@@ -122,10 +122,14 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
   }
 
   async getKit() {
-    if (!this._kit) {
-      this._kit = newKitFromWeb3(await this.getWeb3())
+    // return now if kit already has been built instead of doing all that parsing and awaiting
+    // because this.getKit is called when closing down the command by not returning early this.parse would be called and weird logs occure
+    if (this._kit) {
+      return this._kit
     }
 
+    this._kit = newKitFromWeb3(await this.getWeb3())
+
     const res = await this.parse()
     if (res.flags && res.flags.privateKey && !res.flags.useLedger && !res.flags.useAKV) {
       this._kit.connection.addAccount(res.flags.privateKey)
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/governance/propose.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/governance/propose.test.ts
index a346e9069..5dd66382a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/governance/propose.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/governance/propose.test.ts
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ testWithGanache('governance:propose cmd', (web3: Web3) => {
     ).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
       `"Couldn't build call for transaction: {"contract":"0x552b9AA0eEe500c60f09456e49FBc1096322714C","function":"approve(address,uint256)","args":["0xFa3df877F98ac5ecd87456a7AcCaa948462412f0","10000000000000000000000000"],"value":"0"}"`
     )
-  }, 8000)
+  }, 20000)
 
   test('succeeds when proposal contains transactions for contracts verified on celoScan', async () => {
     const transactionsToBeSaved = JSON.stringify(transactionsForContractsVerifiedOnCeloScan)
@@ -410,5 +410,5 @@ testWithGanache('governance:propose cmd', (web3: Web3) => {
       '--descriptionURL',
       'https://example.com',
     ])
-  }, 8000)
+  }, 20000)
 })