diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index c6bde3a..e065a78 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fi
 
 # `.cpp` files in src/lib will be automatically picked up and compiled into
 # dynamically linked libraries.
-echo "Building libs..."
+echo ">>> Building libs..."
 create_directory bin/lib
 for lib in $(find ./src/lib -name "*.cpp"); do
     COMPILE_COMMAND="$CXX_WITH_FLAGS -I ./include -fPIC -shared -o $(sed -e 's/^.\/src/.\/bin/;s/cpp$/so/' <<< $lib) $lib"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ wait
 # How to run a tool: specify the library path to use for the dynamic linker
 #   when running a program
 # Example: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=bin/lib bin/tools/dumpnbt
-echo "Building tools..."
+echo ">>> Building tools..."
 create_directory bin/tools
 # add compile commands to this array
 COMPILE_COMMANDS=(
diff --git a/scripts/clean.sh b/scripts/clean.sh
index 88b386f..e4f54de 100755
--- a/scripts/clean.sh
+++ b/scripts/clean.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # version 3 along with this program.
 # If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
 
+echo ">>> Cleaning build files..."
+
 source scripts/lib.sh
 
 remove ./bin
diff --git a/scripts/clean_dependencies.sh b/scripts/clean_dependencies.sh
index ccf9009..3832ae3 100755
--- a/scripts/clean_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/clean_dependencies.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 source scripts/lib.sh
 
-echo "Checking download cache for unneeded or corrupted files..."
+echo ">>> Checking download cache for unneeded or corrupted files..."
 for file in $(ls .download_cache); do
     #TODO: remove if unknown shasum
     if grep $file scripts/setup_project.sh >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ for file in $(ls .download_cache); do
         rm ".download_cache/$file"
     fi
 done
-echo ""
+echo "
+>>> Cleaning dependencies..."
 
 remove ./dependencies
 create_directory ./dependencies
diff --git a/scripts/setup_project.sh b/scripts/setup_project.sh
index b3a87b7..39ce6e4 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_project.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_project.sh
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ function download {
     fi
 }
 
-echo "Cleaning build files..."
 scripts/clean.sh
-echo "Cleaning dependencies..."
 scripts/clean_dependencies.sh
 
 set -e # failures are not acceptable here
@@ -82,20 +80,21 @@ create_directory dependencies/tmp
 download https://github.com/DuffsDevice/tiny-utf8/archive/refs/tags/v4.4.3.tar.gz dependencies/tmp/tiny-utf8.tar.gz 8e3f61651909c9f3105d3501932a96aa65733127fb6e7cf94cb1b0a2dff42c8f
 download https://github.com/fpagliughi/sockpp/archive/refs/tags/v0.7.1.tar.gz dependencies/tmp/sockpp.tar.gz 2e023528bebbd2ac083fc91fbe6d5c4158c3336bedbcff48f594f3b28f53b940
 
-echo -n "Extracting tiny-utf8... "
+echo -n ">>> Extracting tiny-utf8... "
 gzip -d dependencies/tmp/tiny-utf8.tar.gz
 tar -xf dependencies/tmp/tiny-utf8.tar -C dependencies
-echo "done."
+echo "done"
 
-echo -n "Extracting sockpp... "
+echo -n ">>> Extracting sockpp... "
 gzip -d dependencies/tmp/sockpp.tar.gz
 tar -xf dependencies/tmp/sockpp.tar -C dependencies
-echo "done."
-echo -n "Building sockpp... "
+echo "done"
+
+echo ">>> Building sockpp... "
 pushd dependencies/sockpp-0.7.1/ >/dev/null 2>&1
 cmake -Bbuild .
 cmake --build build
 popd >/dev/null 2>&1
-echo "done."
 
+echo ">>> Cleaning up..."
 remove dependencies/tmp
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index d66b92f..dd0e1ad 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ echo "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
 create_directory bin/test
 
-echo "Building tests..."
+echo ">>> Building tests..."
 
 # add compile commands to this array
 COMPILE_COMMANDS=(
@@ -45,9 +45,15 @@ done
 
 wait
 
-echo "Running tests..."
+echo ">>> Running tests..."
 
+# explicitly allow commands to fail at this stage
 set +e
+
 for test in $(ls bin/test); do
     bin/test/$test
 done
+
+for test in $(ls scripts/test); do
+    scripts/test/$test
+done
diff --git a/scripts/test/hexnet.sh b/scripts/test/hexnet.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c59a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/hexnet.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "################################################################################
+Testing hexnet
+################################################################################"
+
+echo "Test not yet implemented."
+#TODO: implement unit test after merging back with master