diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/cli.test.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/cli.test.ts
index 72b44ed1e822..8c8b44805858 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/cli.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/cli.test.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@ import { version } from "../package.json";
 import { keys, runC3 } from "./helpers";
 
 describe("E2E: Basic C3 functionality", () => {
-	let tmpDirPath: string;
-	let projectPath: string;
+	const tmpDirPath = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "c3-tests")));
+	const projectPath = join(tmpDirPath, "basic-tests");
 
 	beforeEach(() => {
-		tmpDirPath = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "c3-tests")));
-
-		projectPath = join(tmpDirPath, "basic-tests");
 		rmSync(projectPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
 	});
 
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts
index 932db627d403..ea54175a166b 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/helpers.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const runC3 = async ({
 	promptHandlers = [],
 }: RunnerConfig) => {
 	const proc = spawn("node", ["./dist/cli.js", ...argv]);
-	const output: string[] = [];
+	const stdout: string[] = [];
 	const stderr: string[] = [];
 
 	await new Promise((resolve, rejects) => {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const runC3 = async ({
 			const currentDialog = promptHandlers[0];
 
 			lines.forEach((line) => {
-				output.push(line);
+				stdout.push(line);
 
 				if (currentDialog && currentDialog.matcher.test(line)) {
 					currentDialog.input.forEach((keystroke) => {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const runC3 = async ({
 	});
 
 	return {
-		output: output.join("\n").trim(),
-		stderr: stderr.join("\n").trim(),
+		output: stdout.join("\n").trim(),
+		errors: stderr.join("\n").trim(),
 	};
 };
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts
index 9838f7e57088..b4b6382b136e 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ Areas for future improvement:
 */
 
 describe("E2E: Web frameworks", () => {
-	let tmpDirPath: string;
-	let projectPath: string;
+	const tmpDirPath = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "c3-tests")));
+	const projectPath = join(tmpDirPath, "pages-tests");
 
 	beforeEach(() => {
-		tmpDirPath = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "c3-tests")));
-
-		projectPath = join(tmpDirPath, "pages-tests");
 		rmSync(projectPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
 	});
 
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/workers.test.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/workers.test.ts
index 1ab802f241d4..e359d3383e17 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/workers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/workers.test.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ Areas for future improvement:
 */
 
 describe("E2E: Workers templates", () => {
-	let tmpDirPath: string;
-	let projectPath: string;
+	const tmpDirPath = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "workers-tests")));
+	const projectPath = join(tmpDirPath, "pages-tests");
 
 	beforeEach(() => {
-		tmpDirPath = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "workers-tests")));
-
-		projectPath = join(tmpDirPath, "pages-tests");
 		rmSync(projectPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
 	});
 
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts
index 633bec8a5198..535b1ba8584c 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const runCommand = async (
 
 			let output = ``;
 
-			if (opts?.captureOutput ?? opts.silent) {
+			if (opts.captureOutput ?? opts.silent) {
 				cmd.stdout?.on("data", (data) => {
 					output += data;
 				});