diff --git a/smoke_testing/smoke_utils.py b/smoke_testing/smoke_utils.py
index 528193a7..3a3fda9f 100644
--- a/smoke_testing/smoke_utils.py
+++ b/smoke_testing/smoke_utils.py
@@ -1,34 +1,14 @@
-import platform
-from os import path
 from sys import stderr
-
-
-def get_build_dir():
-    current_platform = platform.system()
-    build_dir = "build/"
-
-    if current_platform == "Windows": build_dir += "windows-latest"
-    elif current_platform == "Linux": build_dir += "ubuntu-latest"
-    elif current_platform == "Darwin": build_dir += "macos-latest"
-    else: raise OSError(f"Platform {current_platform} is not supported!")
-
-    return build_dir
-
-
-def get_package_name():
-    return "kubescape"
-
-
-def get_bin_cli():
-    return path.abspath(path.join(get_build_dir(), get_package_name()))
-
-
-def check_status(status, msg):
-    if status != 0:
-        stderr.write(msg)
-        exit(status)
+import subprocess
 
 
 def get_exec_from_args(args: list):
     return args[1]
 
+
+def run_command(command):
+    try:
+        return str(subprocess.check_output(command))
+    except Exception as e:
+        return e
+
diff --git a/smoke_testing/test_command.py b/smoke_testing/test_command.py
index 43277e5f..20be67ea 100644
--- a/smoke_testing/test_command.py
+++ b/smoke_testing/test_command.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import subprocess
 import smoke_utils
 import sys
 
@@ -6,7 +5,7 @@ import sys
 def test_command(command: list):
     print(f"Testing \"{' '.join(command[1:])}\" command")
 
-    msg = str(subprocess.check_output(command))
+    msg = smoke_utils.run_command(command)
     assert "unknown command" not in msg, f"{command[1:]} is missing: {msg}"
     assert "invalid parameter" not in msg, f"{command[1:]} is invalid: {msg}"
 
diff --git a/smoke_testing/test_version.py b/smoke_testing/test_version.py
index 689e3934..2092abeb 100644
--- a/smoke_testing/test_version.py
+++ b/smoke_testing/test_version.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import smoke_utils
 import sys
 
 
-def run(kubescape_exec:str):
+def run(kubescape_exec: str):
     print("Testing version")
 
     ver = os.getenv("RELEASE")
-    msg = str(subprocess.check_output([kubescape_exec, "version"]))
+    msg = smoke_utils.run_command(command=[kubescape_exec, "version"])
     assert ver in msg, f"expected version: {ver}, found: {msg}"
 
     print("Done testing version")