diff --git a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts
index d4979ff..d7a446c 100644
--- a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts
+++ b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ChildProcess, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { chmodSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { chmodSync, createWriteStream } from 'node:fs';
 import {
   BinNotFoundError,
   BinStartError,
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ export class PocketIcServer {
 
     if (options.showRuntimeLogs) {
       serverProcess.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
+    } else {
+      serverProcess.stdout.pipe(createWriteStream('/dev/null'));
     }
 
     if (options.showCanisterLogs) {
-      serverProcess.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
+      serverProcess.stderr.pipe(createWriteStream('/dev/null'));
     }
 
     serverProcess.on('error', error => {