diff --git a/nix/mariadb-up-mac.nix b/nix/mariadb-up-mac.nix
--- a/nix/mariadb-up-mac.nix
+++ b/nix/mariadb-up-mac.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     text = ''
       MARIADB_DIR=''${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/MariaDB
       # 'exec' allows for us to replace bash process with MariaDB
+
+      echo "View MariaDB Logs: tail -f $MARIADB_DIR/logs" >&2
+      echo "Kill MariaDB server: pkill mariadbd" >&2
+
       exec ${mariadb}/bin/mariadbd \
         --socket "$MARIADB_DIR"/mysql.sock \
         --datadir "$MARIADB_DIR" \
@@ -66,8 +70,10 @@
       "${mariadb-entrypoint}/bin/mariadb-init" \
       "$MARIADB_PIDFILE"
 
-    echo "Waiting for MariaDB to come up"
-    while [[ ! -S "$MYSQL_UNIX_PORT" ]]; do sleep 1; done
+    if [[ ! -S "$MYSQL_UNIX_PORT" ]]; then
+      echo "Waiting for MariaDB to come up"
+      while [[ ! -S "$MYSQL_UNIX_PORT" ]]; do sleep 1; done
+    fi
 
     # Initialize comm user, database, and secrets file for MariaDB
     # Connecting through socket doesn't require a password
@@ -98,9 +104,6 @@
       "${gnused}/bin/sed" -i -e "s|PASS|$PASS|g" "$KEYSERVER_DB_CONFIG"
     fi
 
-    echo "View MariaDB Logs: tail -f $MARIADB_DATA_HOME/logs" >&2
-    echo "Kill MariaDB server: pkill mariadbd" >&2
-
     # Explicitly exit this script so the parent shell can determine
     # when it's safe to return control of terminal to user
     exit 0
diff --git a/nix/redis-up-mac.nix b/nix/redis-up-mac.nix
--- a/nix/redis-up-mac.nix
+++ b/nix/redis-up-mac.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
     text = ''
       REDIS_CACHE_DIR=''${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/Library/Caches}/Redis
       mkdir -p "$REDIS_CACHE_DIR"
+
+      echo "View Redis Logs: tail -f $REDIS_CACHE_DIR/logs" >&2
+      echo "Kill Redis server: pkill redis" >&2
+
       # 'exec' allows for us to replace bash process with MariaDB
       exec ${redis}/bin/redis-server \
         &> "$REDIS_CACHE_DIR"/logs
@@ -34,9 +38,6 @@
       "${redis-entrypoint}/bin/redis-init" \
       "$REDIS_PIDFILE"
 
-    echo "View Redis Logs: tail -f $REDIS_CACHE_DIR/logs" >&2
-    echo "Kill Redis server: pkill redis" >&2
-
     # Explicitly exit this script so the parent shell can determine
     # when it's safe to return control of terminal to user
     exit 0