diff --git a/build/automation.py.in b/build/automation.py.in
index c291ac5ff0e..78ccc5d451e 100644
--- a/build/automation.py.in
+++ b/build/automation.py.in
@@ -792,13 +792,13 @@ user_pref("camino.use_system_proxy_settings", false); // Camino-only, harmless t
 
       (line, didTimeout) = self.readWithTimeout(logsource, timeout)
       while line != "" and not didTimeout:
+        self.log.info(line.rstrip().decode("UTF-8", "ignore"))
         if logger:
           logger.log(line)
         if "TEST-START" in line and "|" in line:
           self.lastTestSeen = line.split("|")[1].strip()
         if stackFixerFunction:
           line = stackFixerFunction(line)
-        self.log.info(line.rstrip().decode("UTF-8", "ignore"))
         if not debuggerInfo and "TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL" in line and "Test timed out" in line:
           if self.haveDumpedScreen:
             self.log.info("Not taking screenshot here: see the one that was previously logged")
diff --git a/testing/mochitest/runtests.py b/testing/mochitest/runtests.py
index 2b324bf77f9..4e464bf6e91 100644
--- a/testing/mochitest/runtests.py
+++ b/testing/mochitest/runtests.py
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ class Mochitest(object):
       self.automation.log.info("INFO | runtests.py | Received keyboard interrupt.\n");
       status = -1
     except:
-      self.automation.log.info("INFO | runtests.py | Received unexpected exception while running application '%s'\n" % (sys.exc_info()[1]))
+      self.automation.log.exception("INFO | runtests.py | Received unexpected exception while running application\n")
       status = 1
 
     if options.vmwareRecording: