diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-## [_Unreleased_](https://github.com/freckle/stackctl/compare/v1.4.3.0...main)
+## [_Unreleased_](https://github.com/freckle/stackctl/compare/v1.4.4.0...main)
+
+## [v1.4.4.0](https://github.com/freckle/stackctl/compare/v1.4.3.0...v1.4.4.0)
+
+- Add `awsSilently`
 
 ## [v1.4.3.0](https://github.com/freckle/stackctl/compare/v1.4.2.2...v1.4.3.0)
 
diff --git a/src/Stackctl/AWS/CloudFormation.hs b/src/Stackctl/AWS/CloudFormation.hs
--- a/src/Stackctl/AWS/CloudFormation.hs
+++ b/src/Stackctl/AWS/CloudFormation.hs
@@ -185,8 +185,10 @@
 awsCloudFormationDescribeStackMaybe stackName =
   -- AWS gives us a 400 if the stackName doesn't exist, rather than simply
   -- returning an empty list, so we need to do this through exceptions
-  handling_ _ValidationError (pure Nothing) $ do
-    Just <$> awsCloudFormationDescribeStack stackName
+  handling_ _ValidationError (pure Nothing)
+    $ awsSilently -- don't log said 400
+    $ Just
+    <$> awsCloudFormationDescribeStack stackName
 
 awsCloudFormationDescribeStackOutputs
   :: (MonadResource m, MonadReader env m, HasAwsEnv env)
diff --git a/src/Stackctl/AWS/Core.hs b/src/Stackctl/AWS/Core.hs
--- a/src/Stackctl/AWS/Core.hs
+++ b/src/Stackctl/AWS/Core.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     -- * Modifiers on 'AwsEnv'
   , awsWithin
   , awsTimeout
+  , awsSilently
 
     -- * 'Amazonka' extensions
   , AccountId (..)
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 import Control.Monad.Logger (defaultLoc, toLogStr)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (MonadResource)
 import Stackctl.AWS.Orphans ()
+import UnliftIO.Exception.Lens (handling)
 
 newtype AwsEnv = AwsEnv
   { unAwsEnv :: Env
@@ -172,8 +174,13 @@
 awsWithin r = local $ awsEnvL . unL . env_region .~ r
 
 awsTimeout :: (MonadReader env m, HasAwsEnv env) => Seconds -> m a -> m a
-awsTimeout t = local $ over (awsEnvL . unL) (globalTimeout t)
+awsTimeout t = local $ awsEnvL . unL %~ globalTimeout t
 
+awsSilently :: (MonadReader env m, HasAwsEnv env) => m a -> m a
+awsSilently = local $ awsEnvL . unL . env_logger .~ noop
+ where
+  noop _level _msg = pure ()
+
 newtype AccountId = AccountId
   { unAccountId :: Text
   }
@@ -185,7 +192,7 @@
 -- makes things more readable and easier to debug.
 handlingServiceError :: (MonadUnliftIO m, MonadLogger m) => m a -> m a
 handlingServiceError =
-  handleJust @_ @SomeException (^? _ServiceError) $ \e -> do
+  handling _ServiceError $ \e -> do
     logError
       $ "Exiting due to AWS Service error"
       :# [ "code" .= toText (e ^. serviceError_code)
diff --git a/stackctl.cabal b/stackctl.cabal
--- a/stackctl.cabal
+++ b/stackctl.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:   1.18
 name:            stackctl
-version:         1.4.3.0
+version:         1.4.4.0
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 copyright:       2022 Renaissance Learning Inc