diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleTransferListener.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleTransferListener.kt
index 90db0abf..ea6afb53 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleTransferListener.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ConsoleTransferListener.kt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class ConsoleTransferListener @JvmOverloads constructor(out: PrintStream? = null
 
         if (event.exception !is MetadataNotFoundException) {
             if (KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL > 2) {
-                event.exception.printStackTrace(out)
+                Exceptions.printStackTrace(event.exception)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class ConsoleTransferListener @JvmOverloads constructor(out: PrintStream? = null
     }
 
     override fun transferCorrupted(event: TransferEvent?) {
-        event!!.exception.printStackTrace(out)
+        Exceptions.printStackTrace(event!!.exception)
     }
 
     protected fun toKB(bytes: Long): Long {
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/Exceptions.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/Exceptions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37fcda39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/Exceptions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether
+
+object Exceptions {
+    fun printStackTrace(t: Throwable) {
+        t.printStackTrace(System.out)
+
+//        println("PRINT STACK TRACE FOR $t")
+//        t.printStackTrace(System.out)
+//        println(t.message)
+//        t.stackTrace.forEach {
+//            println("   " + it)
+//        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ManualRepositorySystemFactory.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ManualRepositorySystemFactory.kt
index fc21c0de..7f019533 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ManualRepositorySystemFactory.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/ManualRepositorySystemFactory.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ object ManualRepositorySystemFactory {
 
         locator.setErrorHandler(object : DefaultServiceLocator.ErrorHandler() {
             override fun serviceCreationFailed(type: Class<*>, impl: Class<*>, exception: Throwable) {
-                exception.printStackTrace()
+                Exceptions.printStackTrace(exception)
             }
         })
 
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/GithubApi2.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/GithubApi2.kt
index 6745e88d..62ee08dd 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/GithubApi2.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/GithubApi2.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.KobaltException
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.DocUrl
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.KobaltSettings
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.Http
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Exceptions
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName
 import com.google.inject.Inject
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class GithubApi2 @Inject constructor(
                     }
                 } catch(e: Exception) {
                     kobaltLog(1, "Couldn't retrieve releases from github: " + e.message)
-                    e.printStackTrace()
+                    Exceptions.printStackTrace(e)
 //                    val error = parseRetrofitError(e)
 //                    val details = if (error.errors != null) {
 //                        error.errors[0]
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 5a439357..3aa80c3e 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.Args
 import com.beust.kobalt.AsciiArt
 import com.beust.kobalt.KobaltException
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Exceptions
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 
@@ -81,7 +82,9 @@ class Logger(val dev: Boolean) {
 
         println(AsciiArt.errorColor(getPattern("E", shortMessage, longMessage, tag)))
         if (KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL > 1) {
-            e?.printStackTrace()
+            val t = e as Throwable
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(t)
+//            e?.printStackTrace()
         }
     }
 
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ class Logger(val dev: Boolean) {
         val fullMessage = "***** WARNING " + (e?.message ?: message)
         println(AsciiArt.Companion.warnColor(getPattern("W", fullMessage, fullMessage, tag)))
         if (KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL > 1) {
-            e?.printStackTrace()
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(e!!)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/GetDependencyGraphHandler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/GetDependencyGraphHandler.kt
index 9b066a1e..498baf1d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/GetDependencyGraphHandler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/GetDependencyGraphHandler.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.ProjectFinder
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.build.BuildFile
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.eventbus.ArtifactDownloadedEvent
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Exceptions
 import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus
 import com.google.common.eventbus.Subscribe
 import com.google.gson.Gson
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class GetDependencyGraphHandler : WebSocketListener {
     }
 
     override fun onWebSocketError(cause: Throwable?) {
-        cause?.printStackTrace()
+        Exceptions.printStackTrace(cause)
         throw UnsupportedOperationException()
     }
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class GetDependencyGraphHandler : WebSocketListener {
                         }
                     }, useGraph = true)
                 } catch(ex: Throwable) {
-                    ex.printStackTrace()
+                    Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex)
                     val errorMessage = ex.stackTrace.map { it.toString() }.joinToString("\n<p>")
                     DependencyData.GetDependenciesData(errorMessage = errorMessage)
                 } finally {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt
index e4788867..dd4720c2 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltClient.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.MainModule
 import com.beust.kobalt.homeDir
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.KobaltSettings
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Exceptions
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.kobaltLog
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.warn
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class KobaltWebSocketClient : Runnable {
             }
 
             override fun onFailure(ex: IOException, response: Response?) {
-                ex.printStackTrace()
+                Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex)
                 error("WebSocket failure: ${ex.message} response: $response")
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltServer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltServer.kt
index 4fe9b023..b61c809f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltServer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/KobaltServer.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.beust.kobalt.app.remote
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Project
 import com.beust.kobalt.homeDir
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Exceptions
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.kobaltLog
 import com.google.inject.Inject
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ class KobaltServer @Inject constructor(@Assisted val force: Boolean, @Assisted @
 //                WasabiServer(initCallback, cleanUpCallback).run(port)
             }
         } catch(ex: Exception) {
-            ex.printStackTrace()
+            Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex)
         } finally {
 //            deleteServerFile()
         }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt
index 435e2ef7..dccea702 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.app.Templates
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.build.BuildFile
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.eventbus.ArtifactDownloadedEvent
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Exceptions
 import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap
 import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus
 import com.google.common.eventbus.Subscribe
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class GetDependenciesHandler : WebSocketListener {
     }
 
     override fun onWebSocketError(cause: Throwable?) {
-        cause?.printStackTrace()
+        Exceptions.printStackTrace(cause)
         throw UnsupportedOperationException()
     }