diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/main.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/main.js
index 38bb8ff..0e895b3 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/main.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export async function main(args) {
   process.on("uncaughtException", (error) => {
     ui.writeError(`Safe-chain: Uncaught exception: ${error.message}`);
     ui.writeVerbose(`Stack trace: ${error.stack}`);
+    ui.writeBufferedLogsAndStopBuffering();
     process.exit(1);
   });
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export async function main(args) {
     if (reason instanceof Error) {
       ui.writeVerbose(`Stack trace: ${reason.stack}`);
     }
+    ui.writeBufferedLogsAndStopBuffering();
     process.exit(1);
   });
 
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ export async function main(args) {
     return packageManagerResult.status;
   } catch (/** @type any */ error) {
     ui.writeError("Failed to check for malicious packages:", error.message);
+    ui.writeBufferedLogsAndStopBuffering();
 
     // Returning the exit code back to the caller allows the promise
     //  to be awaited in the bin files and return the correct exit code
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
index e9f05c7..83bc03e 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import fsSync from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import ini from "ini";
+import { spawn } from "child_process";
 
 /**
  * Checks if this pip invocation should bypass safe-chain and spawn directly.
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import ini from "ini";
  * @param {string[]} args - The arguments
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
-function shouldBypassSafeChain(command, args) {
+export function shouldBypassSafeChain(command, args) {
   if (command === PYTHON_COMMAND || command === PYTHON3_COMMAND) {
     // Check if args start with -m pip
     if (args.length >= 2 && args[0] === "-m" && (args[1] === PIP_COMMAND || args[1] === PIP3_COMMAND)) {
@@ -77,14 +78,16 @@ export async function runPip(command, args) {
   if (shouldBypassSafeChain(command, args)) {
     ui.writeVerbose(`Safe-chain: Bypassing safe-chain for non-pip invocation: ${command} ${args.join(" ")}`);
     // Spawn the ORIGINAL command with ORIGINAL args
-    const { spawn } = await import("child_process");
     return new Promise((_resolve) => {
       const proc = spawn(command, args, { stdio: "inherit" });
       proc.on("exit", (/** @type {number | null} */ code) => {
+        ui.writeVerbose(`${command} ${args.join(" ")} exited with status ${code}`);
+        ui.writeBufferedLogsAndStopBuffering();
         process.exit(code ?? 0);
       });
       proc.on("error", (/** @type {Error} */ err) => {
         ui.writeError(`Error executing command: ${err.message}`);
+        ui.writeBufferedLogsAndStopBuffering();
         process.exit(1);
       });
     });
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.spec.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.spec.js
index cf121f6..0707333 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.spec.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.spec.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import ini from "ini";
 
 describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
   let runPip;
+  let shouldBypassSafeChain;
   let capturedArgs = null;
   let customEnv = null;
   let capturedConfigContent = null; // Capture config file content before cleanup
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
 
     const mod = await import("./runPipCommand.js");
     runPip = mod.runPip;
+    shouldBypassSafeChain = mod.shouldBypassSafeChain;
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -66,14 +68,14 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["config", "set", "global.index-url", "https://test.pypi.org/simple"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
     assert.ok(capturedArgs, "safeSpawn should have been called");
-    
+
     // PIP_CONFIG_FILE should NOT be set for config commands
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.PIP_CONFIG_FILE,
       undefined,
       "PIP_CONFIG_FILE should NOT be set for pip config commands"
     );
-    
+
     // But CA environment variables should still be set
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE,
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["config", "get", "global.index-url"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
     assert.ok(capturedArgs, "safeSpawn should have been called");
-    
+
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.PIP_CONFIG_FILE,
       undefined,
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["config", "list"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
     assert.ok(capturedArgs, "safeSpawn should have been called");
-    
+
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.PIP_CONFIG_FILE,
       undefined,
@@ -120,13 +122,13 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["cache", "dir"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
     assert.ok(capturedArgs, "safeSpawn should have been called");
-    
+
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.PIP_CONFIG_FILE,
       undefined,
       "PIP_CONFIG_FILE should NOT be set for pip cache commands"
     );
-    
+
     // CA env vars should still be set
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.SSL_CERT_FILE,
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["debug"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
     assert.ok(capturedArgs, "safeSpawn should have been called");
-    
+
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.PIP_CONFIG_FILE,
       undefined,
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["completion", "--bash"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
     assert.ok(capturedArgs, "safeSpawn should have been called");
-    
+
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.PIP_CONFIG_FILE,
       undefined,
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
 
     assert.ok(capturedArgs, "safeSpawn should have been called");
-    
+
     // Check environment variables are set
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE,
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     // For default PyPI, we still set env vars; pip CLI --cert takes precedence
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["install", "requests"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
-    
+
     // Environment variables still set (pip CLI --cert takes precedence)
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE,
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
   it("should preserve HTTPS_PROXY from proxy merge", async () => {
     const res = await runPip("pip3", ["install", "requests"]);
     assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0);
-    
+
     assert.strictEqual(
       capturedArgs.options.env.HTTPS_PROXY,
       "http://localhost:8080",
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     await fs.writeFile(cfgPath, initialIni, "utf-8");
 
     customEnv = { PIP_CONFIG_FILE: cfgPath };
-    
+
     // Capture stdout/stderr
     let output = "";
     const originalWrite = process.stdout.write;
@@ -397,4 +399,21 @@ describe("runPipCommand environment variable handling", () => {
     assert.ok(output.includes("proxy found in PIP_CONFIG_FILE"), "Should warn about proxy overwrite in output");
     customEnv = null;
   });
+
+  it("should bypass safe-chain for python correctly", async () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python", []), true);
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python3", []), true);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python", ["--version"]), true);
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python3", ["--version"]), true);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python", ["-m", "http.server"]), true);
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python3", ["-m", "http.server"]), true);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python", ["-m", "pip"]), false);
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python3", ["-m", "pip"]), false);
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python", ["-m", "pip3"]), false);
+    assert.strictEqual(shouldBypassSafeChain("python3", ["-m", "pip3"]), false);
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/e2e/DockerTestContainer.js b/test/e2e/DockerTestContainer.js
index ec1af3c..95a467c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/DockerTestContainer.js
+++ b/test/e2e/DockerTestContainer.js
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ export class DockerTestContainer {
       ].join(" ");
 
       execSync(
-        `docker build -t ${imageName} -f ${dockerFile} ${contextPath} ${buildArgs}`,
+        `docker build --progress=plain -t ${imageName} -f ${dockerFile} ${contextPath} ${buildArgs}`,
         {
-          stdio: "ignore",
+          stdio: "pipe",
+          maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // Default is 1MB, increase to 10MB to account for large build logs
         }
       );
     } catch (error) {
+      // Only print the build logs if the build fails
+      if (error.stdout) console.log(error.stdout.toString());
+      if (error.stderr) console.error(error.stderr.toString());
       throw new Error(`Failed to build Docker image: ${error.message}`);
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/e2e/Dockerfile b/test/e2e/Dockerfile
index c8d9c9c..bc7ffc2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/e2e/Dockerfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y fish && \
     touch /root/.config/fish/config.fish
 
 # Install Volta and Node.js
-RUN curl https://get.volta.sh | bash
+RUN curl -fsSL https://get.volta.sh | bash
 RUN volta install node@${NODE_VERSION}
 RUN volta install npm@${NPM_VERSION}
 RUN volta install yarn@${YARN_VERSION}