diff --git a/src/types/privatekubectl.ts b/src/types/privatekubectl.ts
index f7e8c047..4c12524a 100644
--- a/src/types/privatekubectl.ts
+++ b/src/types/privatekubectl.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class PrivateKubectl extends Kubectl {
       args.unshift('kubectl')
       let kubectlCmd = args.join(' ')
       let addFileFlag = false
-      let eo = <ExecOptions>{silent}
+      let eo = <ExecOptions>{silent: true}
 
       if (this.containsFilenames(kubectlCmd)) {
          // For private clusters, files will referenced solely by their basename
@@ -52,7 +52,26 @@ export class PrivateKubectl extends Kubectl {
       core.debug(
          `private cluster Kubectl run with invoke command: ${kubectlCmd}`
       )
-      return await getExecOutput('az', privateClusterArgs, eo)
+
+      const runOutput = await getExecOutput(
+         'az',
+         [...privateClusterArgs, '-o', 'json'],
+         eo
+      )
+      const runObj: {logs: string; exitCode: number} = JSON.parse(
+         runOutput.stdout
+      )
+      if (!silent) core.info(runObj.logs)
+      if (runObj.exitCode !== 0) {
+         throw Error(`failed private cluster Kubectl command: ${kubectlCmd}`)
+      }
+
+      const output: ExecOutput = {
+         exitCode: 0,
+         stdout: '',
+         stderr: ''
+      }
+      return output
    }
 
    private replaceFilnamesWithBasenames(kubectlCmd: string) {