diff --git a/tools/deployment/clean.sh b/tools/deployment/clean.sh
index e780753ea..989ebb181 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/clean.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/clean.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ iso_list=$(sudo virsh vol-list --pool default | awk '{print $1}'| grep -i 'ubunt
 vm_list=$(sudo virsh list --all | grep -E $vm_types | awk '{print $2}')
 net_list=$(sudo virsh net-list --all | awk '{print $1}'| grep -i air)
 
-for vm in $vm_list; do sudo virsh destroy $vm; sudo virsh undefine $vm --nvram --remove-all-storage; done
 for vol in $vol_list; do sudo virsh vol-delete $vol --pool airship; done
 for iso in $iso_list; do sudo virsh vol-delete $iso --pool default; done
 for net in $net_list; do sudo virsh net-destroy $net; sudo virsh net-undefine $net; done
+for vm in $vm_list; do sudo virsh destroy $vm; sudo virsh undefine $vm --nvram --remove-all-storage; done
 
 # TODO (raliev) the following commands can be overwritten in this way once we have proper label on all related containers/images
 # docker rmi -f $(docker ls -q --all --filter "label=org.opencontainers.image.authors=airship-discuss@lists.airshipit.org, irc://#airshipit@freenode")
diff --git a/tools/gate/20_run_gate_runner.sh b/tools/gate/20_run_gate_runner.sh
index 03e861624..ee9b369a7 100755
--- a/tools/gate/20_run_gate_runner.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/20_run_gate_runner.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ PLAYBOOK_CONFIG=${PLAYBOOK_CONFIG:-"${TMP_DIR}/config.yaml"}
 export AIRSHIPCTL_WS=${AIRSHIPCTL_WS:-$PWD}
 export AIRSHIP_CONFIG_PHASE_REPO_URL=${AIRSHIP_CONFIG_PHASE_REPO_URL:-$PWD}
 
-sudo --preserve-env=AIRSHIPCTL_WS ansible-playbook -i "$ANSIBLE_HOSTS" \
+sudo --preserve-env=AIRSHIPCTL_WS ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=debug ansible-playbook -i "$ANSIBLE_HOSTS" \
 	playbooks/airshipctl-gate-runner.yaml \
-	-e @"$PLAYBOOK_CONFIG"
+	-e @"$PLAYBOOK_CONFIG" -v