diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 6940171..41a8825 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ nvm_source() {
 
 nvm_download() {
   if nvm_has "curl"; then
-    curl $*
+    curl -q $*
   elif nvm_has "wget"; then
     # Emulate curl with wget
     ARGS=$(echo "$*" | command sed -e 's/--progress-bar /--progress=bar /' \
diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index dee8628..9ee539f 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ nvm_is_alias() {
 nvm_get_latest() {
   local NVM_LATEST_URL
   if nvm_has "curl"; then
-    NVM_LATEST_URL="$(curl -w "%{url_effective}\n" -L -s -S http://latest.nvm.sh -o /dev/null)"
+    NVM_LATEST_URL="$(curl -q -w "%{url_effective}\n" -L -s -S http://latest.nvm.sh -o /dev/null)"
   elif nvm_has "wget"; then
     NVM_LATEST_URL="$(wget http://latest.nvm.sh --server-response -O /dev/null 2>&1 | awk '/^  Location: /{DEST=$2} END{ print DEST }')"
   else
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ nvm_get_latest() {
 
 nvm_download() {
   if nvm_has "curl"; then
-    curl $*
+    curl -q $*
   elif nvm_has "wget"; then
     # Emulate curl with wget
     ARGS=$(echo "$*" | command sed -e 's/--progress-bar /--progress=bar /' \
diff --git a/test/slow/nvm_get_latest/nvm_get_latest b/test/slow/nvm_get_latest/nvm_get_latest
index f010e2c..3348fd5 100755
--- a/test/slow/nvm_get_latest/nvm_get_latest
+++ b/test/slow/nvm_get_latest/nvm_get_latest
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ cleanup() {
 
 EXPECTED_VERSION="v12.3.456"
 URL="https://github.com/creationix/nvm/releases/tag/$EXPECTED_VERSION"
-EXPECTED_CURL_ARGS="-w %{url_effective}\n -L -s -S http://latest.nvm.sh -o /dev/null"
+EXPECTED_CURL_ARGS="-q -w %{url_effective}\n -L -s -S http://latest.nvm.sh -o /dev/null"
 EXPECTED_WGET_ARGS="http://latest.nvm.sh --server-response -O /dev/null"
 
 curl() {
   if [ "_$*" != "_$EXPECTED_CURL_ARGS" ]; then
-    echo 2>& "expected args ($EXPECTED_CURL_ARGS), got ($*)"
+    echo >&2 "expected args ($EXPECTED_CURL_ARGS), got ($*)"
     return 1
   else
     echo $URL
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ curl() {
 }
 wget() {
   if [ "_$*" != "_$EXPECTED_WGET_ARGS" ]; then
-    echo 2>& "expected args ($EXPECTED_WGET_ARGS), got ($*)"
+    echo >&2 "expected args ($EXPECTED_WGET_ARGS), got ($*)"
     return 1
   else
     local WGET_CONTENTS
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Saving to: ‘/dev/null’
 "
     "$WGET_CONTENTS" | while read line
     do
-      2>& echo "$line"
+      >&2 echo "$line"
     done
   fi
 }