diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 272fca17..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Run Benchmarks
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    env:
-      python-version: '3.10'
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ env.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ env.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-    - name: benchmark
-      env:
-        OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
-      run: |
-         python benchmark/benchmark_entrepreneur_gpt_with_undecisive_user.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cf851ef3..8e3d5484 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ jobs:
           PROXY: ${{ secrets.PROXY }}
           AGENT_MODE: ${{ secrets.AGENT_MODE }}
           AGENT_TYPE: ${{ secrets.AGENT_TYPE }}
+          PLAIN_OUTPUT: True
 
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml
index ff43666c..cacb58c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: test
         name: Run tests
         env:
+          PLAIN_OUTPUT: True
           CI: true
           OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
         run: |
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 0ee023b5..8e607c39 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
 from autogpt.config.config import Config
 from autogpt.llm.api_manager import ApiManager
+from autogpt.logs import TypingConsoleHandler
 from autogpt.workspace import Workspace
 
 pytest_plugins = [
@@ -43,3 +45,15 @@ def api_manager() -> ApiManager:
     if ApiManager in ApiManager._instances:
         del ApiManager._instances[ApiManager]
     return ApiManager()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def patch_emit(monkeypatch):
+    # convert plain_output to a boolean
+
+    if bool(os.environ.get("PLAIN_OUTPUT")):
+
+        def quick_emit(self, record: str):
+            print(self.format(record))
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(TypingConsoleHandler, "emit", quick_emit)