diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
index 9a0b8d22b..0708398b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ jobs:
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/requirements*txt
+            launch.py
       - name: Run tests
         run: python launch.py --tests test --no-half --disable-opt-split-attention --use-cpu all --skip-torch-cuda-test
+        env:
+          PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: "1"
+          PIP_PROGRESS_BAR: "off"
+          TORCH_INDEX_URL: https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          WEBUI_LAUNCH_LIVE_OUTPUT: "1"
       - name: Upload main app stdout-stderr
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: always()
diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index cfc0cffa2..670af87c1 100644
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ stored_commit_hash = None
 stored_git_tag = None
 dir_repos = "repositories"
 
+# Whether to default to printing command output
+default_command_live = (os.environ.get('WEBUI_LAUNCH_LIVE_OUTPUT') == "1")
+
 if 'GRADIO_ANALYTICS_ENABLED' not in os.environ:
     os.environ['GRADIO_ANALYTICS_ENABLED'] = 'False'
 
@@ -85,32 +88,36 @@ def git_tag():
     return stored_git_tag
 
 
-def run(command, desc=None, errdesc=None, custom_env=None, live=False):
+def run(command, desc=None, errdesc=None, custom_env=None, live: bool = default_command_live) -> str:
     if desc is not None:
         print(desc)
 
-    if live:
-        result = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, env=os.environ if custom_env is None else custom_env)
-        if result.returncode != 0:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"""{errdesc or 'Error running command'}.
-Command: {command}
-Error code: {result.returncode}""")
+    run_kwargs = {
+        "args": command,
+        "shell": True,
+        "env": os.environ if custom_env is None else custom_env,
+        "encoding": 'utf8',
+        "errors": 'ignore',
+    }
 
-        return ""
+    if not live:
+        run_kwargs["stdout"] = run_kwargs["stderr"] = subprocess.PIPE
 
-    result = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True, env=os.environ if custom_env is None else custom_env)
+    result = subprocess.run(**run_kwargs)
 
     if result.returncode != 0:
+        error_bits = [
+            f"{errdesc or 'Error running command'}.",
+            f"Command: {command}",
+            f"Error code: {result.returncode}",
+        ]
+        if result.stdout:
+            error_bits.append(f"stdout: {result.stdout}")
+        if result.stderr:
+            error_bits.append(f"stderr: {result.stderr}")
+        raise RuntimeError("\n".join(error_bits))
 
-        message = f"""{errdesc or 'Error running command'}.
-Command: {command}
-Error code: {result.returncode}
-stdout: {result.stdout.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore") if len(result.stdout)>0 else '<empty>'}
-stderr: {result.stderr.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore") if len(result.stderr)>0 else '<empty>'}
-"""
-        raise RuntimeError(message)
-
-    return result.stdout.decode(encoding="utf8", errors="ignore")
+    return (result.stdout or "")
 
 
 def check_run(command):
@@ -135,7 +142,7 @@ def run_python(code, desc=None, errdesc=None):
     return run(f'"{python}" -c "{code}"', desc, errdesc)
 
 
-def run_pip(command, desc=None, live=False):
+def run_pip(command, desc=None, live=default_command_live):
     if args.skip_install:
         return
 
@@ -237,13 +244,14 @@ def run_extensions_installers(settings_file):
 
 
 def prepare_environment():
-    torch_command = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', "pip install torch==2.0.1 torchvision==0.15.2 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118")
+    torch_index_url = os.environ.get('TORCH_INDEX_URL', "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118")
+    torch_command = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', f"pip install torch==2.0.1 torchvision==0.15.2 --extra-index-url {torch_index_url}")
     requirements_file = os.environ.get('REQS_FILE', "requirements_versions.txt")
 
     xformers_package = os.environ.get('XFORMERS_PACKAGE', 'xformers==0.0.17')
-    gfpgan_package = os.environ.get('GFPGAN_PACKAGE', "git+https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN.git@8d2447a2d918f8eba5a4a01463fd48e45126a379")
-    clip_package = os.environ.get('CLIP_PACKAGE', "git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git@d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1")
-    openclip_package = os.environ.get('OPENCLIP_PACKAGE', "git+https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip.git@bb6e834e9c70d9c27d0dc3ecedeebeaeb1ffad6b")
+    gfpgan_package = os.environ.get('GFPGAN_PACKAGE', "https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/archive/8d2447a2d918f8eba5a4a01463fd48e45126a379.zip")
+    clip_package = os.environ.get('CLIP_PACKAGE', "https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip")
+    openclip_package = os.environ.get('OPENCLIP_PACKAGE', "https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip/archive/bb6e834e9c70d9c27d0dc3ecedeebeaeb1ffad6b.zip")
 
     stable_diffusion_repo = os.environ.get('STABLE_DIFFUSION_REPO', "https://github.com/Stability-AI/stablediffusion.git")
     taming_transformers_repo = os.environ.get('TAMING_TRANSFORMERS_REPO', "https://github.com/CompVis/taming-transformers.git")