diff --git a/test/acs-engine-test/main.go b/test/acs-engine-test/main.go
index 429930f7cc..16fb6ed38e 100644
--- a/test/acs-engine-test/main.go
+++ b/test/acs-engine-test/main.go
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ func (m *TestManager) Run() error {
 							FailureCount: 1,
 						}
 
-						result, _ := promote.RunPromoteToFailure(sa, promToFailInfo)
+						result, err := promote.RunPromoteToFailure(sa, promToFailInfo)
+						if err != nil {
+							fmt.Printf("Got error from RunPromoteToFailure: %#v\n", err)
+						}
 						if result == true {
 							success[index] = false
 						} else {
@@ -190,6 +193,12 @@ func (m *TestManager) Run() error {
 
 				}
 
+				if success[index] {
+					fmt.Printf("Promote to Fail passed: SUCCESS [%s] [%s]\n", errorInfo.Step, testName)
+				} else {
+					fmt.Printf("Promote to Fail did not pass: ERROR [%s] [%s]\n", errorInfo.Step, testName)
+				}
+
 			} else {
 				for attempt := 0; attempt < retries; attempt++ {
 					errorInfo := m.testRun(dep, index, attempt, timeout)
@@ -361,6 +370,8 @@ func (m *TestManager) testRun(d config.Deployment, index, attempt int, timeout t
 
 func isPromoteToFailureStep(step string) bool {
 	switch step {
+	case stepDeployTemplate:
+		return true
 	case stepValidate:
 		return true
 	case stepPostDeploy:
diff --git a/test/acs-engine-test/promote/promote.go b/test/acs-engine-test/promote/promote.go
index 4774ecc26b..9749ff3ebd 100644
--- a/test/acs-engine-test/promote/promote.go
+++ b/test/acs-engine-test/promote/promote.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func RunPromoteToFailure(sa StorageAccount, testRunPromToFail DigitalSignalFilte
 
 	fmt.Printf("Existing Failure Count : %v\n\n", existingFailureCount)
 	newFailureCount := existingFailureCount.(float64) + testRunPromToFail.FailureCount
+	fmt.Printf("Incremented Failure Count to : %v\n\n", newFailureCount)
 	if err = updateEntity(entity, newFailureCount, testRunPromToFail.FailureStr); err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}