diff --git a/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py b/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py
index 14cc14c..e79129d 100644
--- a/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py
+++ b/src/main/python/ddadevops/infrastructure/infrastructure.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, run, CalledProcessError
+from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE, run, CalledProcessError
 from pathlib import Path
 from sys import stdout
 from os import chmod, environ
@@ -87,11 +87,18 @@ class ExecutionApi:
         if dry_run:
             print(command)
         else:
-            # output = check_output(command, encoding="UTF-8", shell=shell)
-            output = run(
-                command, encoding="UTF-8", shell=shell, stdout=PIPE, check=check
-            ).stdout
-            output = output.rstrip()
+            try:
+                output = run(
+                    command,
+                    shell=shell,
+                    check=check,
+                    stdout=PIPE,
+                    stderr=STDOUT,
+                    text=True).stdout
+                output = output.rstrip()
+            except CalledProcessError as exc:
+                print("Command failed with code: ", exc.returncode, " and message:", exc.stderr)
+                raise exc
         return output
 
     # TODO: check for exception handling
@@ -107,22 +114,6 @@ class ExecutionApi:
             process.stdout.close()
             process.wait()
 
-    # TODO: move this enhancement to execute
-    def execute_handled(self, command: str, dry_run=False, shell=True, check=True):
-        if dry_run:
-            print(command)
-        else:
-            try:
-                run(
-                    command,
-                    shell=shell,
-                    check=check,
-                    stderr=PIPE,
-                    text=True)
-            except CalledProcessError as exc:
-                print("Command failed with code: ", exc.returncode, " and message:", exc.stderr)
-                raise exc
-
 
 class EnvironmentApi:
     def get(self, key):