diff --git a/kitty_tests/main.py b/kitty_tests/main.py
index d468264ed..7113295b5 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/main.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/main.py
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import time
 import unittest
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import lru_cache
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from threading import Thread
 from typing import (
     Any,
     Callable,
@@ -141,18 +143,52 @@ def go_exe() -> str:
     return shutil.which('go') or ''
 
 
-def run_go(packages: Set[str], names: str) -> 'subprocess.Popen[bytes]':
+class GoProc(Thread):
+
+    def __init__(self, cmd: List[str]):
+        super().__init__(name='GoProc')
+        from kitty.constants import kitty_exe
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['KITTY_PATH_TO_KITTY_EXE'] = kitty_exe()
+        self.stdout = b''
+        self.start_time = time.monotonic()
+        self.proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=env)
+        self.start()
+
+    @property
+    def runtime(self):
+        return self.end_time - self.start_time
+
+    @property
+    def returncode(self):
+        return self.proc.returncode
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        self.stdout, _ = self.proc.communicate()
+        self.proc.stdout.close()
+
+    def wait(self, timeout=None) -> None:
+        try:
+            self.join(timeout)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            self.proc.terminate()
+            if self.proc.wait(0.1) is None:
+                self.proc.kill()
+        self.join()
+        self.end_time = time.monotonic()
+        return self.stdout.decode('utf-8', 'replace'), self.proc.returncode
+
+
+def run_go(packages: Set[str], names: str) -> GoProc:
     go = go_exe()
     go_pkg_args = [f'kitty/{x}' for x in packages]
     cmd = [go, 'test', '-v']
     for name in names:
         cmd.extend(('-run', name))
     cmd += go_pkg_args
-    env = os.environ.copy()
-    from kitty.constants import kitty_exe
-    env['KITTY_PATH_TO_KITTY_EXE'] = kitty_exe()
     print(shlex.join(cmd), flush=True)
-    return subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=env)
+    return GoProc(cmd)
+
 
 
 def reduce_go_pkgs(module: str, names: Sequence[str]) -> Set[str]:
@@ -169,22 +205,18 @@ def reduce_go_pkgs(module: str, names: Sequence[str]) -> Set[str]:
     return go_packages
 
 
-def run_python_tests(args: Any, go_proc: 'Optional[subprocess.Popen[bytes]]' = None) -> None:
+def run_python_tests(args: Any, go_proc: 'Optional[GoProc]' = None) -> None:
     tests = find_all_tests()
 
     def print_go() -> None:
-        try:
-            go_proc.wait()
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            go_proc.terminate()
-            if go_proc.wait(0.1) is None:
-                go_proc.kill()
-
+        stdout, rc = go_proc.wait()
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
-        print(go_proc.stdout.read().decode('utf-8', 'replace'), end='', flush=True)
-        go_proc.stdout.close()
-        return go_proc.wait()
+        if go_proc.returncode == 0 and tests._tests:
+            print(f'All Go tests succeeded, ran in {go_proc.runtime:.1f} seconds', flush=True)
+        else:
+            print(stdout, end='', flush=True)
+        return rc
 
     if args.module:
         tests = filter_tests_by_module(tests, args.module)
@@ -197,7 +229,10 @@ def print_go() -> None:
         tests = filter_tests_by_name(tests, *args.name)
         if not tests._tests and not go_proc:
             raise SystemExit('No test named %s found' % args.name)
-    python_tests_ok = run_cli(tests, args.verbosity)
+    if tests._tests:
+        python_tests_ok = run_cli(tests, args.verbosity)
+    else:
+        python_tests_ok = True
     exit_code = 0 if python_tests_ok else 1
     if go_proc:
         print_go()
@@ -230,7 +265,7 @@ def run_tests(report_env: bool = False) -> None:
         type_check()
     go_pkgs = reduce_go_pkgs(args.module, args.name)
     if go_pkgs:
-        go_proc: 'Optional[subprocess.Popen[bytes]]' = run_go(go_pkgs, args.name)
+        go_proc: 'Optional[GoProc]' = run_go(go_pkgs, args.name)
     else:
         go_proc = None
     with env_for_python_tests(report_env):