diff --git a/src/vw/Plate/scan_test_blobs.py b/src/vw/Plate/scan_test_blobs.py
index da54f48ee..63688fecf 100755
--- a/src/vw/Plate/scan_test_blobs.py
+++ b/src/vw/Plate/scan_test_blobs.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def scan_blob(blobfile):
     return output
 
 def record_output(output):
-    print output
+    sys.stdout.write( output )
     sys.stdout.flush()