diff --git a/bin/mergedevbranch b/bin/mergedevbranch
index d005850dd..48342274e 100755
--- a/bin/mergedevbranch
+++ b/bin/mergedevbranch
@@ -193,9 +193,13 @@ G=$(svn st | cut -c 1-7 | grep -oh 'G' | head -n 1)
 ##cd -
 
 echo -e "\nRunning tests"
-time ietf/manage.py test --settings=settings_sqlitetest || die "Tests failed.\nThe commit script is ../cicmd/commit-${rev}-merge.sh"
+time { ietf/manage.py test --settings=settings_sqlitetest	\
+	|| die "Tests failed.\nThe commit script is ../cicmd/commit-${rev}-merge.sh"; } 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 | bin/count
 echo ""
 
+read -p "Continue with email sending? [Y/n] "
+[ "$REPLY" = "Y" -o  "$REPLY" = "y" -o  "$REPLY" = "" ] || exit
+
 note "Sending email to changeset author: <$who>"
 mail -s "Merged datatracker branch personal/$branch@$rev to trunk" $who -c henrik@levkowetz.com <<-EOF
 Hi,