diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 4263495..9c143c9 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ function runSteamCMDspinner(){
     printf "Executing"
     printf " %q" "$steamcmdroot/$steamcmdexec" +@NoPromptForPassword 1 +login ${steamlogin:-anonymous} "$@" +quit
     printf "\n"
-    if command >&3; then
-      runSteamCMD "$@" | tee /dev/fd/3
+    if (command >&3) 2>/dev/null; then
+      runSteamCMD "$@" > >(tee /dev/fd/3)
     else
       runSteamCMD "$@"
     fi
@@ -1383,7 +1383,8 @@ doDownloadMod(){
 
   while true; do
     echo -n "Downloading mod $modid"
-    local output=$(runSteamCMDspinnerSubst 5 +workshop_download_item $mod_appid $modid)
+    local output
+    output=$(runSteamCMDspinnerSubst 5 +workshop_download_item $mod_appid $modid)
     result=$?
     if [ $result -eq 0 ]; then
       modsrcdir="$(echo "$output" | sed -n 's@^Success. Downloaded item [0-9][0-9]* to "\([^"]*\)" .*@\1@p')"