diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 91909cad1c9..d32c37a9a18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ test: check-env build
 	mvn --quiet --batch-mode --fail-at-end clean verify \
     -Dfile.encoding="UTF-8" \
     -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn \
-    -Dmaven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile=true \
+    -Dmaven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile=false \
     -Dbigtable.projectID="${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT}" \
     -Dbigtable.instanceID=instance
 
diff --git a/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/CreateConnectionIT.java b/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/CreateConnectionIT.java
index 0012d2c7910..233ea3af24e 100644
--- a/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/CreateConnectionIT.java
+++ b/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/CreateConnectionIT.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+/* Test for creating BigQuery connection */
 public class CreateConnectionIT {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(CreateConnectionIT.class.getName());
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ public void tearDown() throws IOException {
   @Test
   public void testCreateConnection() throws IOException {
     String instanceId = String.format("%s:%s:%s", PROJECT_ID, REGION, MY_SQL_INSTANCE);
+    System.out.println("CreateConnectionIT instanceId: " + instanceId);
     CloudSqlCredential cloudSqlCredential =
         CloudSqlCredential.newBuilder().setUsername(DB_USER).setPassword(DB_PWD).build();
     CloudSqlProperties cloudSqlProperties =
diff --git a/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/GetConnectionIT.java b/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/GetConnectionIT.java
index 49dcf6386a8..1335806f7a5 100644
--- a/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/GetConnectionIT.java
+++ b/bigquery/bigqueryconnection/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigqueryconnection/GetConnectionIT.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public void setUp() throws IOException {
     // create a temporary connection
     connectionId = "GET_CONNECTION_TEST_" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
     String instanceId = String.format("%s:%s:%s", PROJECT_ID, REGION, MY_SQL_INSTANCE);
+    System.out.println("GetConnectionIT instanceId: " + instanceId);
     CloudSqlCredential cloudSqlCredential =
         CloudSqlCredential.newBuilder().setUsername(DB_USER).setPassword(DB_PWD).build();
     CloudSqlProperties cloudSqlProperties =