diff --git a/jjb/voltha-e2e/voltha-2.8.yaml b/jjb/voltha-e2e/voltha-2.8.yaml
index 912e530..994a79d 100644
--- a/jjb/voltha-e2e/voltha-2.8.yaml
+++ b/jjb/voltha-e2e/voltha-2.8.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
           code-branch: 'voltha-2.8'
           extraHelmFlags: '--set kafka.externalAccess.enabled=true,kafka.externalAccess.service.type=NodePort,kafka.externalAccess.service.nodePorts[0]=30201,kafka.externalAccess.service.domain=127.0.0.1'
           time-trigger: "H H/23 * * *"
-          logLevel: 'INFO'
+          logLevel: 'DEBUG'
           testTargets: |
             - target: voltha-pm-data-single-kind-att
               workflow: att
diff --git a/vars/pgrep_port_forward.groovy b/vars/pgrep_port_forward.groovy
index 68c5e5a..0862aef 100644
--- a/vars/pgrep_port_forward.groovy
+++ b/vars/pgrep_port_forward.groovy
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         '--list-full',
         '--full',  // hmmm: conditional use (?)
         "'${proc}",
-    ]
+    ].join(' ')
 
     print("""
 ** -----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/vars/pkill_port_forward.groovy b/vars/pkill_port_forward.groovy
index 2acd90d..54644b2 100644
--- a/vars/pkill_port_forward.groovy
+++ b/vars/pkill_port_forward.groovy
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         '--list-full',
         '--full',  // hmmm: conditional use (?)
         "'${proc}",
-    ]
+    ].join(' ')
 
     if (args['banner']) {
         print("""