diff --git a/DRAMSys/tests/unit/unit_test.py b/DRAMSys/tests/unit/unit_test.py
index b2d64341..c0b485ba 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/tests/unit/unit_test.py
+++ b/DRAMSys/tests/unit/unit_test.py
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ from mem_util import *
 
 
 devnull = None
+# If you want to change the standard output and/or standard error output do
+# that in the Top-level script environment (the '__main__' at the very bottom
+# of this file.
+out = None
+errout = None
 
 rootdir = '../../..'
 tempfile.tempdir = os.getcwd() + '/' + rootdir
@@ -59,9 +64,9 @@ def build_project():
     os.makedirs(builddir)
     os.chdir(builddir)
     qmakeprojfile = '../DRAMSys/dram.vp.system.pro'
-    subprocess.call(['qmake', qmakeprojfile], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
+    subprocess.call(['qmake', qmakeprojfile], stdout=out, stderr=errout)
     makejobs = '-j' + str(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
-    ret = subprocess.call(['make', makejobs], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)
+    ret = subprocess.call(['make', makejobs], stdout=out, stderr=errout)
     return ret
 
 
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ class TestOutput(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_run_without_arguments(self):
         """ running dramSys without arguments returns 0 """
         os.chdir(simdir)
-        self.assertEqual(subprocess.call(['./dramSys'], stdout=devnull), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(subprocess.call(['./dramSys'], stdout=out), 0)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         shutil.rmtree(builddir)
@@ -100,4 +105,8 @@ class TestDummy(unittest.TestCase):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     with open(os.devnull, 'wb') as devnull:
+        out = devnull
+        errout = devnull
+        # out = sys.stdout
+        # errout = sys.stderr
         unittest.main()