diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scijava/log/LogMessage.java b/src/main/java/org/scijava/log/LogMessage.java
index 6eee6e8cf..dadf6b395 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scijava/log/LogMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scijava/log/LogMessage.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public String toString() {
 		final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
 		final PrintWriter printer = new PrintWriter(sw);
 		printer.print("[" + LogLevel.prefix(level()) + "] ");
-		printer.println(text());
+		if(text() != null) printer.println(text());
 		if (throwable() != null) {
 			throwable().printStackTrace(printer);
 		}