diff --git a/utils/venv-manager.py b/utils/venv-manager.py
index fbf01e6..5f484f5 100644
--- a/utils/venv-manager.py
+++ b/utils/venv-manager.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def get_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def run_logged_subprocess(command: Union[str, list], timeout: int = 10, shell: bool = False) -> list:
+def run_logged_subprocess(command: Union[str, list], timeout: int = 10, shell: bool = True) -> tuple:
     """Executes a shell command using subprocess with logging.
 
     stderr is redirected to stdout and stdout is pipped to logger.
@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ def run_logged_subprocess(command: Union[str, list], timeout: int = 10, shell: b
     Example:
         Running a successful command:
             run_logged_subprocess(command=["git", "commit", "-m", "'Commit message.'"])
-            Returns: {"returncode": 0, "output": []}
+            Returns: (0, "")
 
         Running an unsuccessful shell command with a 20 second timeout:
             run_logged_subprocess(command="cd test/", timeout=20, shell=True)
-            Returns: {"returncode": 1, "output": ["cd: test: No such file or directory"]}
+            Returns: (1, "cd: test: No such file or directory\n")
 
     Args:
         command (Union): The command to run. If shell=False, pass a list with the first item being the command and the subsequent items being arguments.  If shell=True, pass a string as you would type it into a shell.
         timeout (int): The number of seconds to wait for a program before killing it
 
     Returns:
-        dict: Containing subprocess return code and output.
+        tuple: With the first value being the return code and second being the combined stdout+stderr
     """
     logger.debug(f"Entering subprocess for '{command}'")
     with subprocess.Popen(command,\
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def run_logged_subprocess(command: Union[str, list], timeout: int = 10, shell: b
                 logger.debug(f"Subprocess for '{command}' completed successfuly")
         finally:
             logger.debug(f"Exiting subprocess for '{command}'")
-            return {"returncode": logged_shell_process.returncode, "output": process_output_lines}
+            return (logged_shell_process.returncode, process_output_stream)