diff --git a/npm/install.js b/npm/install.js
index 5ec84203b8b8..1dcf5aff0afe 100755
--- a/npm/install.js
+++ b/npm/install.js
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ if (installedVersion === version && fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, paths[pla
 }
 
 // downloads if not cached
-download({version: version, platform: process.env.npm_config_platform, arch: process.env.npm_config_arch, strictSSL: process.env.npm_config_strict_ssl === 'true'}, extractFile)
+download({
+  version: version,
+  platform: process.env.npm_config_platform,
+  arch: process.env.npm_config_arch,
+  strictSSL: process.env.npm_config_strict_ssl === 'true',
+  quiet: process.env.npm_config_loglevel === 'silent',
+}, extractFile)
 
 // unzips and makes path.txt point at the correct executable
 function extractFile (err, zipPath) {
diff --git a/npm/package.json b/npm/package.json
index f0ef1742dd86..29bbe3410515 100644
--- a/npm/package.json
+++ b/npm/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "cache-clean": "rm -rf ~/.electron && rm -rf dist",
     "postinstall": "node install.js",
-    "pretest": "npm run cache-clean && node install.js",
-    "test": "standard && tape test/*.js"
+    "pretest": "npm run cache-clean && npm --silent run postinstall",
+    "test": "tape test/*.js && standard"
   },
   "bin": {
     "electron": "cli.js"