diff --git a/internal/ports.go b/internal/ports.go
index 13a951a..3dfc52e 100644
--- a/internal/ports.go
+++ b/internal/ports.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func isPortActive(host string, port int) bool {
 func (r *RunConfig) portsFoundCount() int {
 	count := 0
 	for _, status := range r.hostPortsReady {
-		if status == true {
+		if status {
 			count += 1
 		}
 	}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (r *RunConfig) portsFoundCount() int {
 
 func (r *RunConfig) allPortsFound() bool {
 	for _, status := range r.hostPortsReady {
-		if status != true {
+		if !status {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (r *RunConfig) allPortsFound() bool {
 func (r *RunConfig) checkPorts() {
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	for hostPort, status := range r.hostPortsReady {
-		if status == true {
+		if status {
 			// already checked to be there, continue
 			continue
 		}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (r *RunConfig) checkPorts() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			if isPortActive(hostPort.host, hostPort.port) {
 				r.hostPortsReady[hostPort] = true
-				r.printDebugStatement(fmt.Sprintf("Found %s:%d to be available.\n", hostPort.host, hostPort.port))
+				r.printDebugStatement(fmt.Sprintf("Found %s:%d to be available.", hostPort.host, hostPort.port))
 			}
 		}(&wg, hostPort, r)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ports_test.go b/internal/ports_test.go
index 5ed1946..cb2e59f 100644
--- a/internal/ports_test.go
+++ b/internal/ports_test.go
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ const (
 )
 
 func TestExtractHostAndPortFromStringSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	host, port, err := extractHostAndPortFromString("localhost:1234")
+	host, port, err := extractHostAndPortFromString("127.0.0.1:1234")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, host, "localhost")
+	assert.Equal(t, host, "127.0.0.1")
 	assert.Equal(t, port, 1234)
 }
 
 func TestExtractHostAndPortFromStringFailureBadInput(t *testing.T) {
-	host, port, err := extractHostAndPortFromString("localhost")
+	host, port, err := extractHostAndPortFromString("127.0.0.1")
 	assert.Equal(t, err, ErrorHostPortBadFormat)
 	assert.Equal(t, host, "")
 	assert.Equal(t, port, 0)
 }
 
 func TestExtractHostAndPortFromStringFailureBadInt(t *testing.T) {
-	host, port, err := extractHostAndPortFromString("localhost:lol")
+	host, port, err := extractHostAndPortFromString("127.0.0.1:lol")
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, host, "")
 	assert.Equal(t, port, 0)
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ func TestExtractHostAndPortFromStringFailureBadInt(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestIsPortActiveFalse(t *testing.T) {
 	// potentially flaky test, expects nothing to be running on this port
-	assert.False(t, isPortActive("localhost", TestPort))
+	assert.False(t, isPortActive("127.0.0.1", TestPort))
 }
 
 func TestIsPortActiveTrue(t *testing.T) {
 	defer startWebServer(TestPort).Close()
-	assert.True(t, isPortActive("localhost", TestPort))
+	assert.True(t, isPortActive("127.0.0.1", TestPort))
 }
diff --git a/internal/run.go b/internal/run.go
index b291374..d733509 100644
--- a/internal/run.go
+++ b/internal/run.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func NewRunConfig(debug bool, portsToCheck cli.StringSlice, started time.Time, t
 		}
 	}
 	return &RunConfig{
+		debug:          debug,
 		hostPortsReady: portsOpen,
 		started:        started,
 		timeout:        time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second,
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func RunLoop(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	r.printDebugStatement(fmt.Sprintf("Starting ready checks (for up to %d seconds).\n", timeout))
+	r.printDebugStatement(fmt.Sprintf("Starting ready checks (for up to %d seconds).", timeout))
 	go func(r *RunConfig) {
 		for {
 			if r.allPortsFound() {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func RunLoop(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	go func(r *RunConfig) {
 		for {
 			time.Sleep(DebugLogInterval)
-			r.printDebugStatement(fmt.Sprintf("Still running ready checks (%d/%d)...\n", r.portsFoundCount(), len(r.hostPortsReady)))
+			r.printDebugStatement(fmt.Sprintf("Still running ready checks (%d/%d)...", r.portsFoundCount(), len(r.hostPortsReady)))
 		}
 	}(r)
 
diff --git a/internal/run_test.go b/internal/run_test.go
index 7aec971..6288244 100644
--- a/internal/run_test.go
+++ b/internal/run_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func TestRunLoopSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	err := app.Run([]string{
 		"--debugfalse",
 		"--timeout=1",
-		fmt.Sprintf("--host-ports=localhost:%d", TestPort),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--host-ports=127.0.0.1:%d", TestPort),
 		"run",
 	})
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestRunLoopPartialSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	err := app.Run([]string{
 		"--debugfalse",
 		"--timeout=1",
-		fmt.Sprintf("--host-ports=localhost:%d,localhost:%d", TestPort, TestPortFailure),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--host-ports=127.0.0.1:%d,127.0.0.1:%d", TestPort, TestPortFailure),
 		"run",
 	})
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestRunLoopFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	err := app.Run([]string{
 		"--debugfalse",
 		"--timeout=1",
-		fmt.Sprintf("--host-ports=localhost:%d", TestPortFailure),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--host-ports=127.0.0.1:%d", TestPortFailure),
 		"run",
 	})
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/test_utils.go b/internal/test_utils.go
index 0454782..2ecf4a8 100644
--- a/internal/test_utils.go
+++ b/internal/test_utils.go
@@ -2,21 +2,15 @@ package internal
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 )
 
 func startWebServer(port int) net.Listener {
-	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("localhost: %d", port))
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", port))
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error listening:", err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	return l
 }
-
-func setCommonContextTestValues(ctx *cli.Context) {
-	ctx.Set(TimeoutKey, "1")
-	ctx.Set(DebugKey, "false")
-}