diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
index 82487d69b..7e510e3ad 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ update_docker_containers() {
   for i in "${TRUSTED_CONTAINERS[@]}"
   do
     if [ -z "$PROGRESS_CALLBACK" ]; then
-      echo "Downloading $i" 2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+      echo "Downloading $i" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
     else
       $PROGRESS_CALLBACK $i
     fi
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 998d27539..0e11276ea 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ main() {
     else
       update_registry
       set +e
-      update_docker_containers "soup" "" "" "$SOUP_LOG"
+      update_docker_containers 'soup' '' '' '/dev/stdout' 2>&1 | tee -a "$SOUP_LOG"
       set -e
     fi