diff --git a/soil/web.sh b/soil/web.sh
index ffdfc1481..d5cb27b6d 100755
--- a/soil/web.sh
+++ b/soil/web.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ cleanup-status-api() {
 
   local dir=$SOIL_HOST_DIR/uuu/status-api/github
 
-  pushd $dir
+  pushd $dir > /dev/null
   case $dry_run in
     false)
       # delete all but the last 30
@@ -136,12 +136,14 @@ cleanup-status-api() {
     true)
       # TODO: fix spew
       #ls | head -n -30
-      ls | head 
+      echo 'Last 10 status entries'
+      echo
+      ls | tail
       ;;
     *)
       log 'Expected true or false for dry_run'
   esac
-  popd
+  popd > /dev/null
 }
 
 event-job-done() {