diff --git a/dist/npmci.config.js b/dist/npmci.config.js
index 9d06e3f..09b26be 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.config.js
+++ b/dist/npmci.config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const q = require("q");
 const plugins = require("./npmci.plugins");
 const paths = require("./npmci.paths");
 exports.getConfig = () => {
-    console.log('getting config');
     let done = q.defer();
     let npmciNpmextra = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra(paths.cwd);
     let defaultConfig = {
@@ -13,4 +12,4 @@ exports.getConfig = () => {
     done.resolve(npmciConfig);
     return done.promise;
 };
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diff --git a/dist/npmci.install.js b/dist/npmci.install.js
index 6ca9470..692deb0 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.install.js
+++ b/dist/npmci.install.js
@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@ exports.install = (versionArg) => {
     configModule.getConfig()
         .then(config => {
         for (let npmTool of config.globalNpmTools) {
-            plugins.beautylog.info(`globally installing ${npmTool} from npm`);
-            npmci_bash_1.bash(`npm install -q -g ${npmTool}`);
+            let whichOutput = npmci_bash_1.bash(`which ${npmTool}`);
+            let toolAvailable = !(/not found/.test(whichOutput));
+            if (toolAvailable) {
+                plugins.beautylog.log(`Tool ${npmTool} is available`);
+            }
+            else {
+                plugins.beautylog.info(`globally installing ${npmTool} from npm`);
+                npmci_bash_1.bash(`npm install -q -g ${npmTool}`);
+            }
         }
         done.resolve();
     });
     return done.promise;
 };
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diff --git a/ts/npmci.bash.ts b/ts/npmci.bash.ts
index 7fcfbdb..41251ee 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.bash.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.bash.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let checkNvm = () => {
 }
 checkNvm()
 
-export let bash = (commandArg: string, retryArg = 2, bareArg = false) => {
+export let bash = (commandArg: string, retryArg = 2, bareArg = false): string => {
     let exitCode: number
     let stdOut: string
     let execResult
diff --git a/ts/npmci.config.ts b/ts/npmci.config.ts
index 72ab66e..9681198 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.config.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.config.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export interface INpmciOptions {
 }
 
 export let getConfig = () => {
-    console.log('getting config')
     let done = q.defer<INpmciOptions>()
     let npmciNpmextra = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra(paths.cwd)
     let defaultConfig: INpmciOptions = {
diff --git a/ts/npmci.install.ts b/ts/npmci.install.ts
index 4ec98bb..8eda8fb 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.install.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.install.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ export let install = (versionArg) => {
     configModule.getConfig()
         .then(config => {
             for (let npmTool of config.globalNpmTools) {
-                plugins.beautylog.info(`globally installing ${npmTool} from npm`)
-                bash(`npm install -q -g ${npmTool}`)
+                let whichOutput = bash(`which ${npmTool}`)
+                let toolAvailable: boolean = !(/not found/.test(whichOutput))
+                if (toolAvailable) {
+                    plugins.beautylog.log(`Tool ${npmTool} is available`)
+                } else {
+                    plugins.beautylog.info(`globally installing ${npmTool} from npm`)
+                    bash(`npm install -q -g ${npmTool}`)
+                }
             }
             done.resolve()
         })