diff --git a/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/cli/LauncherCommandTests.java b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/cli/LauncherCommandTests.java
index 3afaddf..130ed9c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/cli/LauncherCommandTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/cli/LauncherCommandTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.launcher.cli;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -31,12 +32,14 @@ public class LauncherCommandTests {
 	public OutputCapture output = new OutputCapture();
 	
 	@Test
+	@Ignore("See DeployerThreadTests for similar functionality")
 	public void testCreateClassLoaderAndListDeployables() throws Exception {
 		new LauncherCommand().run("--list");
 		assertThat(output.toString(), containsString("configserver"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore("See DeployerThreadTests for similar functionality")
 	public void testNonOptionArgsPassedDown() throws Exception {
 		new LauncherCommand().run("--list", "--", "--spring.profiles.active=test");
 		assertThat(output.toString(), containsString("foo"));
diff --git a/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThread.java b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThread.java
index 9ad751e..6c9f42b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThread.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThread.java
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ public class DeployerThread extends Thread {
 	}
 
 	private void quiet() {
-		LogbackLoggingSystem.get(ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader()).setLogLevel("ROOT",
-				LogLevel.OFF);
+		try {
+			LogbackLoggingSystem.get(ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader()).setLogLevel("ROOT",
+					LogLevel.OFF);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Unable to turn of ROOT logger for quiet()", e);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void list() {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThreadTests.java b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThreadTests.java
index de2c2c5..f360666 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThreadTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/launcher/deployer/DeployerThreadTests.java
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@ public class DeployerThreadTests {
 		assertThat(output.toString(), containsString("configserver"));
 	}
 
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNonOptionArgsPassedDown() throws Exception {
+		new DeployerThread(DeployerThread.class.getClassLoader(), "--launcher.list=true", "--spring.profiles.active=test").run();
+		assertThat(output.toString(), containsString("foo"));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/test/resources/cloud-test.yml b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/test/resources/cloud-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c68477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-launcher/spring-cloud-launcher-deployer/src/test/resources/cloud-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+spring:
+  cloud:
+    launcher:
+      deployables:
+        foo:
+          coordinates: com.example:foo:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+          port: 8000
+          waitUntilStarted: true
+          order: -200