diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 6049173..7a1bb38 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/gomicro/forge/confile"
-	clifmt "github.com/gomicro/forge/fmt"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -18,28 +17,28 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("verbose", false, "show more verbose output")
 	err := viper.BindPFlag("verbose", RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("verbose"))
 	if err != nil {
-		clifmt.Printf("Error setting up: %v\n", err.Error())
+		fmt.Printf("Error setting up: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("solo", false, "run a step solo, without its pre or post steps")
 	err = viper.BindPFlag("solo", RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("solo"))
 	if err != nil {
-		clifmt.Printf("Error setting up: %v\n", err.Error())
+		fmt.Printf("Error setting up: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("no-pre", false, "skip running pre steps")
 	err = viper.BindPFlag("no-pre", RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("no-pre"))
 	if err != nil {
-		clifmt.Printf("Error setting up: %v\n", err.Error())
+		fmt.Printf("Error setting up: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("no-post", false, "skip running post steps")
 	err = viper.BindPFlag("no-post", RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("no-post"))
 	if err != nil {
-		clifmt.Printf("Error setting up: %v\n", err.Error())
+		fmt.Printf("Error setting up: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:              `Forge is a CLI tool for executing, in a consistent manner, scripts and commands for building and maintaining projects.`,
 	Args:              cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 	RunE:              rootFunc,
-	SilenceErrors:     true,
 	ValidArgsFunction: validArgsFunc,
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 // This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
 func Execute() {
 	if err := RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		clifmt.Printf("Failed to execute: %v\n", err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 70f52bd..1dfe4a0 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/gomicro/forge/fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func versionFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if Version == "" {
-		fmt.Printf("Forge version dev-local")
+		fmt.Printf("Forge version dev-local\n")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("Forge version %v", Version)
+		fmt.Printf("Forge version %v\n", Version)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fmt/fmt.go b/fmt/fmt.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3842a93..0000000
--- a/fmt/fmt.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package fmt
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-)
-
-// Printf handles all general log messages for commands
-func Printf(f string, args ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf(f, args...))
-}
-
-// Verbosef handles all log messages noted as verbose and does not show unless
-// the verbose flag has been provided to the command
-func Verbosef(f string, args ...interface{}) {
-	if viper.GetBool("verbose") {
-		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf(f, args...))
-	}
-}