diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6db6dd34b..fe297cdf7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,5 +48,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c // indirect
 )
-
-//replace github.com/c4dt/dela-apps => ../dela-apps
diff --git a/scripts/local_forms.sh b/scripts/local_forms.sh
index ad29d77b3..abeea5a72 100755
--- a/scripts/local_forms.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_forms.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ echo "Form with ID $FORMID has been set up"
 
 echo "Adding $SCIPER_ADMIN to voters"
 tmpfile=$(mktemp)
-echo -n "$SCIPER_ADMIN" > "$tmpfile"
-(cd web/backend && npx ts-node src/cli.ts addVoters --election-id $FORMID --scipers-file "$tmpfile" )
+echo -n "$SCIPER_ADMIN" >"$tmpfile"
+(cd web/backend && npx ts-node src/cli.ts addVoters --election-id $FORMID --scipers-file "$tmpfile")
 echo "Restarting backend to take into account voters"
 "$SCRIPT_DIR/run_local.sh" backend
 . "$SCRIPT_DIR/local_login.sh"
diff --git a/scripts/local_login.sh b/scripts/local_login.sh
index 6ab1435a8..415194126 100755
--- a/scripts/local_login.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_login.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)
 . "$SCRIPT_DIR/local_vars.sh"
 
 if ! [[ -f cookies.txt ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/local_proxies.sh b/scripts/local_proxies.sh
index 12d78b298..093a2b9d6 100755
--- a/scripts/local_proxies.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_proxies.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)
 . "$SCRIPT_DIR/local_login.sh"
 
-echo "adding proxies";
+echo "adding proxies"
 
 for node in $( seq 0 3 ); do
   NodeAddr="localhost:$(( 2000 + node * 2))"
diff --git a/scripts/run_local.sh b/scripts/run_local.sh
index 529315bb3..e43b8bcde 100755
--- a/scripts/run_local.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_local.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [[ $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) != $(pwd) ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)
 . "$SCRIPT_DIR/local_vars.sh"
 
 asdf_shell() {
@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@ mkdir -p nodes
 
 function build_dela() {
   echo "Building dela-node"
-  if ! [[ -d dela/ ]]; then
-    git clone https://github.com/c4dt/dela.git
-  fi
   export GOBIN=$(pwd)/bin
   PATH="$PATH":"$GOBIN"
   if ! [[ -f $GOBIN/crypto ]]; then
-    (cd dela/cli/crypto && go install)
+    go install github.com/c4dt/dela/cli/crypto
   fi
   if ! [[ -f $GOBIN/dvoting ]]; then
     go install ./cli/dvoting
@@ -60,6 +57,7 @@ function keypair() {
 
 function kill_nodes() {
   pkill dvoting || true
+  sleep 1
   rm -rf nodes/node*
 }