diff --git a/core/block_processor.go b/core/block_processor.go
index 3ec3c585ff..54378b2b90 100644
--- a/core/block_processor.go
+++ b/core/block_processor.go
@@ -71,14 +71,10 @@ func (sm *BlockProcessor) TransitionState(statedb *state.StateDB, parent, block
 
 func (self *BlockProcessor) ApplyTransaction(coinbase *state.StateObject, statedb *state.StateDB, block *types.Block, tx *types.Transaction, usedGas *big.Int, transientProcess bool) (*types.Receipt, *big.Int, error) {
 	// If we are mining this block and validating we want to set the logs back to 0
-	//statedb.EmptyLogs()
 
 	cb := statedb.GetStateObject(coinbase.Address())
 	_, gas, err := ApplyMessage(NewEnv(statedb, self.bc, tx, block), tx, cb)
 	if err != nil && (IsNonceErr(err) || state.IsGasLimitErr(err) || IsInvalidTxErr(err)) {
-		// If the account is managed, remove the invalid nonce.
-		//from, _ := tx.From()
-		//self.bc.TxState().RemoveNonce(from, tx.Nonce())
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/vm/environment.go b/core/vm/environment.go
index 5c04e70225..c103049a23 100644
--- a/core/vm/environment.go
+++ b/core/vm/environment.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type StructLog struct {
 	Memory  []byte
 	Stack   []*big.Int
 	Storage map[common.Hash][]byte
+	Err     error
 }
 
 type Account interface {
diff --git a/core/vm/errors.go b/core/vm/errors.go
index fc3459de09..799eb67975 100644
--- a/core/vm/errors.go
+++ b/core/vm/errors.go
@@ -2,20 +2,14 @@ package vm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"math/big"
 )
 
-type OutOfGasError struct {
-	req, has *big.Int
-}
-
-func OOG(req, has *big.Int) OutOfGasError {
-	return OutOfGasError{req, has}
-}
+type OutOfGasError struct{}
 
 func (self OutOfGasError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("out of gas! require %v, have %v", self.req, self.has)
+	return "Out Of Gas"
 }
 
 func IsOOGErr(err error) bool {
diff --git a/core/vm/logger.go b/core/vm/logger.go
index 96d07dab5f..0e2a417ae4 100644
--- a/core/vm/logger.go
+++ b/core/vm/logger.go
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@ package vm
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"unicode/utf8"
+	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 )
 
 func StdErrFormat(logs []StructLog) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "VM Stats %d ops\n", len(logs))
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "VM STAT %d OPs\n", len(logs))
 	for _, log := range logs {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "PC %08d: %s GAS: %v COST: %v\n", log.Pc, log.Op, log.Gas, log.GasCost)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "PC %08d: %s GAS: %v COST: %v", log.Pc, log.Op, log.Gas, log.GasCost)
+		if log.Err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " ERROR: %v", log.Err)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
+
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "STACK =", len(log.Stack))
 
 		for i := len(log.Stack) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ func StdErrFormat(logs []StructLog) {
 			for _, r := range data {
 				if r == 0 {
 					str += "."
-				} else if utf8.ValidRune(rune(r)) {
+				} else if unicode.IsPrint(rune(r)) {
 					str += fmt.Sprintf("%s", string(r))
 				} else {
 					str += "?"
diff --git a/core/vm/vm.go b/core/vm/vm.go
index 4c0ab0f478..c5ad761f64 100644
--- a/core/vm/vm.go
+++ b/core/vm/vm.go
@@ -43,35 +43,7 @@ func (self *Vm) Run(context *Context, input []byte) (ret []byte, err error) {
 		code   = context.Code
 		value  = context.value
 		price  = context.Price
-	)
 
-	// User defer pattern to check for an error and, based on the error being nil or not, use all gas and return.
-	defer func() {
-		if self.After != nil {
-			self.After(context, err)
-		}
-
-		if err != nil {
-
-			// In case of a VM exception (known exceptions) all gas consumed (panics NOT included).
-			context.UseGas(context.Gas)
-
-			ret = context.Return(nil)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	if context.CodeAddr != nil {
-		if p := Precompiled[context.CodeAddr.Str()]; p != nil {
-			return self.RunPrecompiled(p, input, context)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Don't bother with the execution if there's no code.
-	if len(code) == 0 {
-		return context.Return(nil), nil
-	}
-
-	var (
 		op       OpCode                  // current opcode
 		codehash = crypto.Sha3Hash(code) // codehash is used when doing jump dest caching
 		mem      = NewMemory()           // bound memory
@@ -93,8 +65,38 @@ func (self *Vm) Run(context *Context, input []byte) (ret []byte, err error) {
 
 			return nil
 		}
+
+		newMemSize *big.Int
+		cost       *big.Int
 	)
 
+	// User defer pattern to check for an error and, based on the error being nil or not, use all gas and return.
+	defer func() {
+		if self.After != nil {
+			self.After(context, err)
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			self.log(pc, op, context.Gas, cost, mem, stack, context, err)
+
+			// In case of a VM exception (known exceptions) all gas consumed (panics NOT included).
+			context.UseGas(context.Gas)
+
+			ret = context.Return(nil)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if context.CodeAddr != nil {
+		if p := Precompiled[context.CodeAddr.Str()]; p != nil {
+			return self.RunPrecompiled(p, input, context)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Don't bother with the execution if there's no code.
+	if len(code) == 0 {
+		return context.Return(nil), nil
+	}
+
 	for {
 		// The base for all big integer arithmetic
 		base := new(big.Int)
@@ -103,24 +105,23 @@ func (self *Vm) Run(context *Context, input []byte) (ret []byte, err error) {
 		op = context.GetOp(pc)
 
 		// calculate the new memory size and gas price for the current executing opcode
-		newMemSize, gas, err := self.calculateGasAndSize(context, caller, op, statedb, mem, stack)
+		newMemSize, cost, err = self.calculateGasAndSize(context, caller, op, statedb, mem, stack)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		self.log(pc, op, context.Gas, gas, mem, stack, context)
-
 		// Use the calculated gas. When insufficient gas is present, use all gas and return an
 		// Out Of Gas error
-		if !context.UseGas(gas) {
-			tmp := new(big.Int).Set(context.Gas)
+		if !context.UseGas(cost) {
 
 			context.UseGas(context.Gas)
 
-			return context.Return(nil), OOG(gas, tmp)
+			return context.Return(nil), OutOfGasError{}
 		}
 		// Resize the memory calculated previously
 		mem.Resize(newMemSize.Uint64())
+		// Add a log message
+		self.log(pc, op, context.Gas, cost, mem, stack, context, nil)
 
 		switch op {
 		case ADD:
@@ -783,15 +784,13 @@ func (self *Vm) RunPrecompiled(p *PrecompiledAccount, input []byte, context *Con
 
 		return context.Return(ret), nil
 	} else {
-		tmp := new(big.Int).Set(context.Gas)
-
-		return nil, OOG(gas, tmp)
+		return nil, OutOfGasError{}
 	}
 }
 
 // log emits a log event to the environment for each opcode encountered. This is not to be confused with the
 // LOG* opcode.
-func (self *Vm) log(pc uint64, op OpCode, gas, cost *big.Int, memory *Memory, stack *stack, context *Context) {
+func (self *Vm) log(pc uint64, op OpCode, gas, cost *big.Int, memory *Memory, stack *stack, context *Context, err error) {
 	if Debug {
 		mem := make([]byte, len(memory.Data()))
 		copy(mem, memory.Data())
@@ -804,7 +803,7 @@ func (self *Vm) log(pc uint64, op OpCode, gas, cost *big.Int, memory *Memory, st
 			storage[common.BytesToHash(k)] = v
 		})
 
-		self.env.AddStructLog(StructLog{pc, op, new(big.Int).Set(gas), cost, mem, stck, storage})
+		self.env.AddStructLog(StructLog{pc, op, new(big.Int).Set(gas), cost, mem, stck, storage, err})
 	}
 }