diff --git a/lib/FormulaRepo.py b/lib/FormulaRepo.py
index 92b8142..5872677 100644
--- a/lib/FormulaRepo.py
+++ b/lib/FormulaRepo.py
@@ -65,19 +65,17 @@ class FormulaRepo():
     def check_tracking_info(self, version):
         # tracking a specific tag on the repo
         # check to make sure that the given tag name actually exists first
-        if not version in self.get_tags():
+        if not version in self.repo.tag('-l', version):
             print('%s is not an existing tag name for %s - please fix this.' % (version, self.repo_path))
             sys.exit(1)
 
         repo_tag = self.get_current_version()
-        print(version)
-        print(repo_tag)
         # check to make sure that the current tracked tag is, in fact, what we want
         if version != repo_tag:
             self.switch_version(version)
 
         # let the user know which tag we're using
-        print('For %s, we\'re using the \'%s\' tag.' % (self.repo_path, version))
+        #print('For %s, we\'re using the \'%s\' tag.' % (self.repo_path, version))
 
 
     # pull any new updates for the repo
diff --git a/lib/Utils.py b/lib/Utils.py
index bc7eaa7..c66811e 100644
--- a/lib/Utils.py
+++ b/lib/Utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Utils():
     @staticmethod
     def remove_ansi_from_list(l):
         for index, element in enumerate(l):
-            l[index] = Utils.remove_ansi(element)
+            l[index] = Utils.remove_ansi(element).strip()
 
         return l
+