diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index c913ef5a5f0..dc47af0aa1f 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@ elif [[ $SQL_CLIENT == 'mysql' ]]; then
 	export CONNECTION_NAME=$(cat $KOKORO_GFILE_DIR/secrets-mysql-connection-name.txt)
 fi
 
-# Download and run the proxy if testing a Cloud SQL sample
-if [[ -z "${SQL_CLIENT}" ]]; then
-	wget --quiet https://dl.google.com/cloudsql/cloud_sql_proxy.linux.amd64 -O cloud_sql_proxy
-	chmod +x cloud_sql_proxy	
-	if [[ $SQL_CLIENT == 'sqlserver' ]]; then
-		./cloud_sql_proxy -instances="${CONNECTION_NAME}"=tcp:1433 &>> cloud_sql_proxy.log &
-	else
-		sudo mkdir /cloudsql; sudo chmod 777 /cloudsql
-		./cloud_sql_proxy -dir=/cloudsql -instances="${CONNECTION_NAME}" &>> cloud_sql_proxy.log &
-	fi
-	echo -e "\nCloud SQL proxy started."
-fi
 
 # Configure Sendgrid variables
 export SENDGRID_SENDER="test@google.com"
@@ -103,6 +91,20 @@ export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/secrets-key.json
 gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file "$GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"
 gcloud config set project $GCLOUD_PROJECT
 
+# Download and run the proxy if testing a Cloud SQL sample
+set -x
+if [[ $SQL_CLIENT ]]; then
+	wget --quiet https://dl.google.com/cloudsql/cloud_sql_proxy.linux.amd64 -O cloud_sql_proxy
+	chmod +x cloud_sql_proxy	
+	if [[ $SQL_CLIENT == 'sqlserver' ]]; then
+		./cloud_sql_proxy -instances="${CONNECTION_NAME}"=tcp:1433 &>> cloud_sql_proxy.log &
+	else
+		mkdir /cloudsql; chmod 777 /cloudsql 
+		./cloud_sql_proxy -dir=/cloudsql -instances="${CONNECTION_NAME}" &>> cloud_sql_proxy.log &
+	fi
+fi
+set +x
+
 # If tests are running against master, configure Build Cop
 # to open issues on failures:
 if [[ $KOKORO_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_SUBDIR = *"release"* ]]; then