diff --git a/bin/now-deploy b/bin/now-deploy
index 986d64a..09404e8 100755
--- a/bin/now-deploy
+++ b/bin/now-deploy
@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ const exit = (code) => {
 const debug = argv.debug;
 const clipboard = !argv['no-clipboard'];
 const forwardNpm = argv['forward-npm'];
-const force = argv.force;
+const forceNew = argv.force;
 const forceSync = argv.forceSync;
 const shouldLogin = argv.login;
 const apiUrl = argv.url || 'https://api.zeit.co';
-
+const isTTY = process.stdout.isTTY;
+const quiet = !isTTY;
 const config = cfg.read();
 const alwaysForwardNpm = config.forwardNpm;
 
@@ -137,12 +138,19 @@ if (argv.h || argv.help) {
 async function sync (token) {
   const start = Date.now();
 
-  console.log(`> Deploying "${path}"`);
+  if (!quiet) {
+    console.log(`> Deploying "${path}"`);
+  }
 
   const now = new Now(apiUrl, token, { debug });
 
   try {
-    await now.create(path, { forceNew: force, forceSync: forceSync, forwardNpm: alwaysForwardNpm || forwardNpm });
+    await now.create(path, {
+      forceNew,
+      forceSync,
+      forwardNpm: alwaysForwardNpm || forwardNpm,
+      quiet
+    });
   } catch (err) {
     handleError(err);
     process.exit(1);
@@ -151,22 +159,28 @@ async function sync (token) {
   const { url } = now;
   const elapsed = ms(new Date() - start);
 
-  if (clipboard) {
-    try {
-      await copy(url);
-      console.log(`${chalk.cyan('> Ready!')} ${chalk.bold(url)} (copied to clipboard) [${elapsed}]`);
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.log(`${chalk.cyan('> Ready!')} ${chalk.bold(url)} [${elapsed}]`);
+  if (isTTY) {
+    if (clipboard) {
+      try {
+        await copy(url);
+        console.log(`${chalk.cyan('> Ready!')} ${chalk.bold(url)} (copied to clipboard) [${elapsed}]`);
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.log(`${chalk.cyan('> Ready!')} ${chalk.bold(url)} [${elapsed}]`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.log(`> ${url} [${elapsed}]`);
     }
   } else {
-    console.log(`> ${url} [${elapsed}]`);
+    process.stdout.write(url);
   }
 
   const start_u = new Date();
   const complete = () => {
-    const elapsed_u = ms(new Date() - start_u);
-    console.log(`> Sync complete (${bytes(now.syncAmount)}) [${elapsed_u}] `);
-    console.log('> Initializing…');
+    if (!quiet) {
+      const elapsed_u = ms(new Date() - start_u);
+      console.log(`> Sync complete (${bytes(now.syncAmount)}) [${elapsed_u}] `);
+      console.log('> Initializing…');
+    }
 
     // close http2 agent
     now.close();
@@ -201,7 +215,9 @@ async function sync (token) {
       process.exit(1);
     });
   } else {
-    console.log(`> Initializing…`);
+    if (!quiet) {
+      console.log(`> Initializing…`);
+    }
 
     // close http2 agent
     now.close();
@@ -213,13 +229,14 @@ async function sync (token) {
 
 function printLogs (host) {
   // log build
-  const logger = new Logger(host);
+  const logger = new Logger(host, { debug, quiet });
   logger.on('error', () => {
-    console.log('> Connection error.');
     process.exit(1);
   });
   logger.on('close', () => {
-    console.log(`${chalk.cyan('> Deployment complete!')}`);
+    if (!quiet) {
+      console.log(`${chalk.cyan('> Deployment complete!')}`);
+    }
     process.exit(0);
   });
 }
diff --git a/lib/build-logger.js b/lib/build-logger.js
index a40f976..286e804 100644
--- a/lib/build-logger.js
+++ b/lib/build-logger.js
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ import EventEmitter from 'events';
 
 export default class Logger extends EventEmitter {
 
-  constructor (host) {
+  constructor (host, { debug = false, quiet = false } = {}) {
     super();
     this.host = host;
+    this.quiet = quiet;
 
     // readyState
     this.building = false;
 
     this.socket = io(`https://io.now.sh?host=${host}`);
-    this.socket.once('error', this.onError.bind(this));
+    this.socket.once('error', this.onSocketError.bind(this));
     this.socket.on('state', this.onState.bind(this));
     this.socket.on('logs', this.onLog.bind(this));
     this.socket.on('backend', this.onComplete.bind(this));
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ export default class Logger extends EventEmitter {
     if (!state.id) {
       console.error('> Deployment not found');
       this.emit('error');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (state.error) {
+      console.error('> Deployment error');
+      this.emit('error');
+      return;
     }
 
     if (state.backend) {
@@ -39,10 +47,14 @@ export default class Logger extends EventEmitter {
 
   onLog (log) {
     if (!this.building) {
-      console.log('> Building');
+      if (!this.quiet) {
+        console.log('> Building');
+      }
       this.building = true;
     }
 
+    if (this.quiet) return;
+
     if ('command' === log.type) {
       console.log(`${chalk.gray('>')} ▲ ${log.data}`);
       this.lines.reset();
@@ -72,7 +84,9 @@ export default class Logger extends EventEmitter {
     this.emit('close');
   }
 
-  onError () {
+  onSocketError () {
+    this.removeAllListeners();
+    console.error('> Connection error');
     this.emit('error');
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/check-update.js b/lib/check-update.js
index ecdba9b..f64afc9 100644
--- a/lib/check-update.js
+++ b/lib/check-update.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import ms from 'ms';
 import pkg from '../../package'; // relative to `build/` :\
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
+import compare from 'semver-compare';
 
 const isTTY = process.stdout.isTTY;
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ function check ({ debug = false }) {
         const { latest } = data['dist-tags'];
         const current = pkg.version;
 
-        if (latest !== pkg.version) {
+        if (1 === compare(latest, pkg.version)) {
           if (debug) console.log(`> [debug] Needs update. Current ${current}, latest ${latest}`);
           resolve({
             latest,
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 4db8747..844954f 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
     this._onRetry = this._onRetry.bind(this);
   }
 
-  async create (path, { forceNew, forceSync, forwardNpm }) {
+  async create (path, { forceNew, forceSync, forwardNpm, quiet = false }) {
     this._path = path;
 
     try {
@@ -168,20 +168,22 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
       });
 
       if (sizeExceeded) {
-        console.log(`> \u001b[31mWarning!\u001b[39m ${sizeExceeded} of the files ` +
+        console.error(`> \u001b[31mWarning!\u001b[39m ${sizeExceeded} of the files ` +
           'exceeded the limit for your plan.\n' +
           `> See ${chalk.underline('https://zeit.co/account')} to upgrade.`);
       }
     }
 
-    if (engines && engines.node) {
-      if (missingVersion) {
-        console.log(`> Using Node.js ${chalk.bold(deployment.nodeVersion)} (default)`);
+    if (!quiet) {
+      if (engines && engines.node) {
+        if (missingVersion) {
+          console.log(`> Using Node.js ${chalk.bold(deployment.nodeVersion)} (default)`);
+        } else {
+          console.log(`> Using Node.js ${chalk.bold(deployment.nodeVersion)} (requested: ${chalk.dim(`\`${engines.node}\``)})`);
+        }
       } else {
-        console.log(`> Using Node.js ${chalk.bold(deployment.nodeVersion)} (requested: ${chalk.dim(`\`${engines.node}\``)})`);
+        console.log(`> Using Node.js ${chalk.bold(deployment.nodeVersion)} (default)`);
       }
-    } else {
-      console.log(`> Using Node.js ${chalk.bold(deployment.nodeVersion)} (default)`);
     }
 
     this._id = deployment.deploymentId;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e2e281..b9c8c65 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "node-fetch": "1.5.3",
     "progress": "1.1.8",
     "resumer": "0.0.0",
+    "semver-compare": "1.0.0",
     "socket.io-client": "1.4.6",
     "spdy": "3.3.3",
     "split-array": "1.0.1",