diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py
index 1243e5987b..f835a7dee8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ class Connection(object):
     def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, sudo_user, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh'):
         ''' run a command on the remote host '''
 
+        if executable == "":
+            executable = constants.DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE
+
         if self.runner.sudo or sudoable and sudo_user:
             cmd, prompt = utils.make_sudo_cmd(sudo_user, executable, cmd)
 
diff --git a/library/utilities/accelerate b/library/utilities/accelerate
index cccc4793b0..3987e4ac1d 100644
--- a/library/utilities/accelerate
+++ b/library/utilities/accelerate
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
         if 'executable' not in data:
             return dict(failed=True, msg='internal error: executable is required')
 
-        log("executing: %s" % data['cmd'])
+        #log("executing: %s" % data['cmd'])
         rc, stdout, stderr = self.server.module.run_command(data['cmd'], executable=data['executable'], close_fds=True)
         if stdout is None:
             stdout = ''
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
             log("failed to put the file: %s" % tb)
             return dict(failed=True, stdout="Could not write the file")
         finally:
-            log("wrote %d bytes" % bytes)
+            #log("wrote %d bytes" % bytes)
             out_fd.close()
 
         if final_path: