diff --git a/enos/modules/vault_cluster/scripts/enable_audit_logging.sh b/enos/modules/vault_cluster/scripts/enable_audit_logging.sh
index 8e087fac7c..2ec35a4eab 100644
--- a/enos/modules/vault_cluster/scripts/enable_audit_logging.sh
+++ b/enos/modules/vault_cluster/scripts/enable_audit_logging.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-#!/bin/env sh
+#!/bin/env bash
 # Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
-
-
 set -eux
 
-LOG_DIR="$(dirname "$LOG_FILE_PATH")"
-
-# Run nc to listen to port 9090
-nc -l 9090 &
+# Run nc to listen to port 9090 for the socket audit log
+nohup nc -l 9090 &>/dev/null </dev/null &
 
 $VAULT_BIN_PATH audit enable file file_path="$LOG_FILE_PATH"
 $VAULT_BIN_PATH audit enable syslog tag="vault" facility="AUTH"
diff --git a/enos/modules/vault_cluster/templates/install-packages.sh b/enos/modules/vault_cluster/templates/install-packages.sh
index acdd14234b..a87e3d8fa4 100755
--- a/enos/modules/vault_cluster/templates/install-packages.sh
+++ b/enos/modules/vault_cluster/templates/install-packages.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
 
   cd /tmp
   retry 5 sudo apt update
-  retry 5 sudo apt install -y "$${packages[@]}"
+  retry 5 sudo apt install -y $${packages[@]}
 else
   cd /tmp
   retry 7 sudo yum -y install $${packages[@]}