diff --git a/tagging/docker_runner.py b/tagging/docker_runner.py
index b6edb03b..9b0302cb 100644
--- a/tagging/docker_runner.py
+++ b/tagging/docker_runner.py
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ class DockerRunner:
             logger.info(f"Container {self.container.name} removed")
 
 
-def run_simple_command(container, cmd):
+def run_simple_command(container, cmd, print_result=True):
     logger.info(f"Running cmd: '{cmd}' on container: {container}")
     out = container.exec_run(cmd)
     assert out.exit_code == 0, f"Command: {cmd} failed"
     result = out.output.decode("utf-8").strip()
-    logger.info(f"Command result: {result}")
+    if print_result:
+        logger.info(f"Command result: {result}")
     return result
diff --git a/tagging/taggers.py b/tagging/taggers.py
index 03351025..f57282fb 100644
--- a/tagging/taggers.py
+++ b/tagging/taggers.py
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def _get_program_version(container, program):
-    return run_simple_command(container, f"{program} --version")
+    return run_simple_command(container, cmd=f"{program} --version")
 
 
 def _get_env_variable(container, variable):
-    env = run_simple_command(container, "env").split()
+    env = run_simple_command(container, cmd="env", print_result=False).split()
     for env_entry in env:
         if env_entry.startswith(variable):
             return env_entry[len(variable) + 1:]