diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 291c3c067a..605a464df1 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
       "type": "node",
       "request": "launch",
       "name": "Launch E2E",
-      "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
-      "runtimeArgs": ["run", "test:e2e", "read_many_files"],
+      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/integration-tests/run-tests.js",
+      "args": ["--verbose", "--keep-output", "list_directory"],
       "skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"],
-      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "env": {
+        "GEMINI_SANDBOX": "false"
+      }
     },
     {
       "name": "Attach",
diff --git a/integration-tests/list_directory.test.js b/integration-tests/list_directory.test.js
index 3190e48228..af7aae78e8 100644
--- a/integration-tests/list_directory.test.js
+++ b/integration-tests/list_directory.test.js
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ test('should be able to list a directory', async (t) => {
   rig.mkdir('subdir');
   rig.sync();
 
-  const prompt = `Can you list the files in the current directory`;
-  const result = await rig.run(prompt);
+  const prompt = `Can you list the files in the current directory. Display them in the style of 'ls'`;
+  const result = rig.run(prompt);
 
   const lines = result.split('\n').filter((line) => line.trim() !== '');
-  assert.equal(lines.length, 2);
-  assert.ok(lines.includes('file1.txt'));
-  assert.ok(lines.includes('subdir'));
+  assert.ok(lines.some((line) => line.includes('file1.txt')));
+  assert.ok(lines.some((line) => line.includes('subdir')));
 });
diff --git a/integration-tests/run-tests.js b/integration-tests/run-tests.js
index 1e8ccad9a1..848b9293fc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/run-tests.js
+++ b/integration-tests/run-tests.js
@@ -72,35 +72,56 @@ async function main() {
       `------------- Running test file: ${testFileName} ------------------------------`,
     );
 
-    const child = spawn('node', ['--test', testFile], {
+    const nodeArgs = ['--test'];
+    if (verbose) {
+      nodeArgs.push('--test-reporter=spec');
+    }
+    nodeArgs.push(testFile);
+
+    const child = spawn('node', nodeArgs, {
       stdio: 'pipe',
       env: {
         ...process.env,
         GEMINI_CLI_INTEGRATION_TEST: 'true',
         INTEGRATION_TEST_FILE_DIR: testFileDir,
         KEEP_OUTPUT: keepOutput.toString(),
+        VERBOSE: verbose.toString(),
         TEST_FILE_NAME: testFileName,
       },
     });
 
-    if (verbose) {
-      child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-      child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
-    }
-
+    let outputStream;
     if (keepOutput) {
       const outputFile = join(testFileDir, 'output.log');
-      const outputStream = createWriteStream(outputFile);
-      child.stdout.pipe(outputStream);
-      child.stderr.pipe(outputStream);
+      outputStream = createWriteStream(outputFile);
       console.log(`Output for ${testFileName} written to: ${outputFile}`);
-    } else if (!verbose) {
-      child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-      child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
     }
 
+    child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      if (verbose) {
+        process.stdout.write(data);
+      }
+      if (outputStream) {
+        outputStream.write(data);
+      }
+    });
+
+    child.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+      if (verbose) {
+        process.stderr.write(data);
+      }
+      if (outputStream) {
+        outputStream.write(data);
+      }
+    });
+
     const exitCode = await new Promise((resolve) => {
-      child.on('close', resolve);
+      child.on('close', (code) => {
+        if (outputStream) {
+          outputStream.end();
+        }
+        resolve(code);
+      });
     });
 
     if (exitCode !== 0) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/test-helper.js b/integration-tests/test-helper.js
index 7acdc7aa7d..7ee3db8745 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test-helper.js
+++ b/integration-tests/test-helper.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class TestRig {
 
     const output = execSync(command, execOptions);
 
-    if (env.KEEP_OUTPUT === 'true') {
+    if (env.KEEP_OUTPUT === 'true' || env.VERBOSE === 'true') {
       const testId = `${env.TEST_FILE_NAME.replace(
         '.test.js',
         '',
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class TestRig {
 
   readFile(fileName) {
     const content = readFileSync(join(this.testDir, fileName), 'utf-8');
-    if (env.KEEP_OUTPUT === 'true') {
+    if (env.KEEP_OUTPUT === 'true' || env.VERBOSE === 'true') {
       const testId = `${env.TEST_FILE_NAME.replace(
         '.test.js',
         '',