diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.sh b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.sh
index a8e34509a..e7562b431 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.sh
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.sh
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ LOCKFILE=/tmp/pkg_upgrade.progress
 : > ${LOCKFILE}
 
 echo "***GOT REQUEST TO SYNC***" >> ${LOCKFILE}
-. /usr/local/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.subr.sh
+. /usr/local/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.subr.sh > /dev/null
 echo '***DONE***' >> ${LOCKFILE}
diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.subr.sh b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.subr.sh
index b9992cd48..3871de4fd 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.subr.sh
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/sync.subr.sh
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@ for PACKAGE in $(/usr/local/sbin/pluginctl -g system.firmware.plugins | \
 
 			# plugins must pass a version check on up-to-date core package
 			if [ "$(pkg version -t ${COREVER} ${REPOVER})" = "<" ]; then
-				echo "Installation out of date. The update to ${COREPKG}-${REPOVER} is required." >> ${LOCKFILE} 2>&1
+				echo "Installation out of date. The update to ${COREPKG}-${REPOVER} is required." | ${TEE} ${LOCKFILE}
 				break
 			fi
 
 			MUSTCHECK=
 		fi
 
-		pkg install -y ${PACKAGE} >> ${LOCKFILE} 2>&1
-		/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/firmware/register.php install ${PACKAGE} >> ${LOCKFILE} 2>&1
+		(pkg install -y ${PACKAGE} 2>&1) | ${TEE} ${LOCKFILE}
+		(/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/firmware/register.php install ${PACKAGE} 2>&1) | ${TEE} ${LOCKFILE}
 	fi
 done
 
 if [ -z "${MUSTCHECK}" ]; then
-	pkg autoremove -y >> ${LOCKFILE} 2>&1
+	(pkg autoremove -y 2>&1) | ${TEE} ${LOCKFILE}
 fi