diff --git a/salt/stig/files/so-stig b/salt/stig/files/so-stig
index 964bb7879..7e4799ad8 100644
--- a/salt/stig/files/so-stig
+++ b/salt/stig/files/so-stig
@@ -24,18 +24,19 @@ logCmd() {
 
 apply_stigs(){
     if [ ! -f $stig_log/pre-oscap-report.html ]; then
-        echo "Running an OSCAP eval before modifying system for the first time"
         oscap xccdf eval --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_stig --results $stig_log/pre-oscap-results.xml --report $stig_log/pre-oscap-report.html /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-ol9-ds.xml
     fi
-    echo "Manually applying STIGs not remediated by OSCAP"
-    echo "Setting Ctrl-Alt-Del action to none OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_disable_ctrlaltdel_burstaction"
+
+    echo -e "\nRunning custom OSCAP profile to remediate applicable STIGs\n"
+    logCmd "oscap xccdf eval --remediate --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_stig --results $stig_log/results.xml $stig_conf/sos-oscap.xml"
+
+    # Setting Ctrl-Alt-Del action to none OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_disable_ctrlaltdel_burstaction
     if ! grep -q "^CtrlAltDelBurstAction=none$" /etc/systemd/system.conf; then
         sed -i 's/#CtrlAltDelBurstAction=reboot-force/CtrlAltDelBurstAction=none/g' /etc/systemd/system.conf
         logCmd "grep CtrlAltDelBurstAction /etc/systemd/system.conf"
     fi
 
-
-    echo "Setting ctrl-alt-del.target to masked or /dev/null OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_disable_ctrlaltdel_reboot"
+    # Setting ctrl-alt-del.target to masked or /dev/null OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_disable_ctrlaltdel_reboot
     if systemctl is-enabled ctrl-alt-del.target | grep -q masked; then
         echo "ctrl-alt-del.target is already masked"
     else
@@ -43,11 +44,11 @@ apply_stigs(){
         logCmd "ln -sf /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/ctrl-alt-del.target"
     fi
 
-    echo "Remove nullok from password-auth & system-auth OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_no_empty_passwords"
+    # Remove nullok from password-auth & system-auth OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_no_empty_passwords
     sed -i 's/ nullok//g' /etc/pam.d/password-auth
     sed -i 's/ nullok//g' /etc/pam.d/system-auth
 
-    echo "Setting PermitEmptyPasswords no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sshd_disable_empty_passwords"
+    # Setting PermitEmptyPasswords no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config OSCAP rule id: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_sshd_disable_empty_passwords
     if grep -q "^#PermitEmptyPasswords no$" /etc/ssh/sshd_config; then
         sed -i 's/#PermitEmptyPasswords no/PermitEmptyPasswords no/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
         logCmd "grep PermitEmptyPasswords /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ apply_stigs(){
         logCmd "echo 'PermitEmptyPasswords no' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
     fi
 
-    echo "Setting PermitUserEnvironment no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config STIG rule id: SV-248650r877377"
+    # Setting PermitUserEnvironment no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config STIG rule id: SV-248650r877377
     if grep -q "^#PermitUserEnvironment no$" /etc/ssh/sshd_config; then
         sed -i 's/#PermitUserEnvironment no/PermitUserEnvironment no/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
         logCmd "grep PermitUserEnvironment /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
@@ -63,11 +64,9 @@ apply_stigs(){
         logCmd "echo 'PermitUserEnvironment no' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
     fi
 
-    echo "Running custom OSCAP profile to remediate applicable STIGs"
-    logCmd "oscap xccdf eval --remediate --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_stig --results $stig_log/results.xml $stig_conf/sos-oscap.xml"
 
     echo "Running OSCAP scan to verify application of STIGs"
-    oscap xccdf eval --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_stig --results $stig_log/post-oscap-results.xml --report $stig_log/post-oscap-report.html /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-ol9-ds.xml
+    oscap xccdf eval --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_stig --results $stig_log/post-oscap-results.xml --report $stig_log/post-oscap-report.html /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-ol9-ds.xml > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 if is_feature_enabled "stig" >/dev/null 2>&1; then