diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
index 11d2d6366..82487d69b 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 $i" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 
+      echo "Downloading $i" 2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
     else
       $PROGRESS_CALLBACK $i
     fi