diff --git a/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py b/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py
index 2d23a9f..b16d1b4 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py
@@ -1429,8 +1429,7 @@
             # TODO: I very much do not want to have people passing in strings here. Do we really need the expression
             #       as a string? Does it get used by the TH?
             self.runner_hook.step_skipped(name=str(num), expression="")
-        else:
-            logging.info(f'**** Skipping: {num}')
+        logging.info(f'**** Skipping: {num}')
         self.step_skipped = True
 
     def skip_step(self, step):
@@ -1465,6 +1464,8 @@
             asserts.fail(f'Unexpected test step: {step} - steps not called in order, or step does not exist')
 
         current_step = steps[self.current_step_index]
+        self.print_step(step, current_step.description, endpoint)
+
         if self.runner_hook:
             # If we've reached the next step with no assertion and the step wasn't skipped, it passed
             if not self.step_skipped and self.current_step_index != 0:
@@ -1477,11 +1478,7 @@
             # TODO: it seems like the step start should take a number and a name
             name = f'{step} : {current_step.description}'
 
-            self.print_step(step, current_step.description, endpoint)
             self.runner_hook.step_start(name=name, endpoint=current_step.endpoint)
-        else:
-            self.print_step(step, current_step.description)
-
         self.step_start_time = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
         self.current_step_index += 1
         self.step_skipped = False