diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageCollectorUtil.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageCollectorUtil.java
index e8680af6328..2b78931bfe1 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageCollectorUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageCollectorUtil.java
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class MessageCollectorUtil {
     public static void reportException(@NotNull MessageCollector messageCollector, @NotNull Throwable exception) {
-        messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, MessageRenderer.PLAIN.renderException(exception),
+        messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, OutputMessageUtil.renderException(exception),
                                 CompilerMessageLocation.NO_LOCATION);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageRenderer.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageRenderer.java
index 27de65a980e..bcb395bff8c 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageRenderer.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/MessageRenderer.java
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ public interface MessageRenderer {
             return StringUtil.escapeXml(str);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public String renderException(@NotNull Throwable e) {
-            return render(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, PLAIN.renderException(e), CompilerMessageLocation.NO_LOCATION);
-        }
-
         @Override
         public String renderConclusion() {
             return "</MESSAGES>";
@@ -75,14 +70,6 @@ public interface MessageRenderer {
             return severity + ": " + position + message;
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public String renderException(@NotNull Throwable e) {
-            StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
-            //noinspection IOResourceOpenedButNotSafelyClosed
-            e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(out));
-            return out.toString();
-        }
-
         @Override
         public String renderConclusion() {
             return "";
@@ -91,6 +78,5 @@ public interface MessageRenderer {
 
     String renderPreamble();
     String render(@NotNull CompilerMessageSeverity severity, @NotNull String message, @NotNull CompilerMessageLocation location);
-    String renderException(@NotNull Throwable e);
     String renderConclusion();
 }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/OutputMessageUtil.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/OutputMessageUtil.java
index 580f2e00932..7d18c0d5cc1 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/OutputMessageUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/messages/OutputMessageUtil.java
@@ -22,12 +22,21 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 public class OutputMessageUtil {
     private static final String SOURCE_FILES_PREFIX = "Sources:";
     private static final String OUTPUT_FILES_PREFIX = "Output:";
 
+    @NotNull
+    public static String renderException(@NotNull Throwable e) {
+        StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
+        e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(out));
+        return out.toString();
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     public static String formatOutputMessage(Collection<File> sourceFiles, File outputFile) {
         return OUTPUT_FILES_PREFIX + "\n" + outputFile.getPath() + "\n" +
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java
index 04c564a38de..6ecd7b56ef6 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import kotlin.modules.ModuleBuilder;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageCollectorUtil;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageRenderer;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.OutputMessageUtil;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class ModuleXmlParser {
             MessageCollectorUtil.reportException(messageCollector, e);
         }
         catch (SAXException e) {
-            messageCollector.report(ERROR, MessageRenderer.PLAIN.renderException(e), NO_LOCATION);
+            messageCollector.report(ERROR, OutputMessageUtil.renderException(e), NO_LOCATION);
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
             MessageCollectorUtil.reportException(messageCollector, e);
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/CLICompiler.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/CLICompiler.java
index 8f41772ed2f..55fa9f123e0 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/CLICompiler.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/CLICompiler.java
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ public abstract class CLICompiler<A extends CommonCompilerArguments> {
         }
         catch (Throwable t) {
             // Always use tags
-            errStream.println(MessageRenderer.TAGS.renderException(t));
+            errStream.println(MessageRenderer.TAGS.render(
+                    CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION,
+                    OutputMessageUtil.renderException(t),
+                    CompilerMessageLocation.NO_LOCATION)
+            );
         }
         return false;
     }
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class CLICompiler<A extends CommonCompilerArguments> {
             }
         }
         catch (Throwable t) {
-            groupingCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, MessageRenderer.PLAIN.renderException(t),
+            groupingCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, OutputMessageUtil.renderException(t),
                                      CompilerMessageLocation.NO_LOCATION);
             return INTERNAL_ERROR;
         }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompiler.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompiler.java
index 426051d5649..3d94fc215e8 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompiler.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompiler.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class K2JVMCompiler extends CLICompiler<K2JVMCompilerArguments> {
             return OK;
         }
         catch (CompilationException e) {
-            messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, MessageRenderer.PLAIN.renderException(e),
+            messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, OutputMessageUtil.renderException(e),
                                     MessageUtil.psiElementToMessageLocation(e.getElement()));
             return INTERNAL_ERROR;
         }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/CompileEnvironmentUtil.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/CompileEnvironmentUtil.java
index cbf07049bdf..717f7b3661c 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/CompileEnvironmentUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/CompileEnvironmentUtil.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.OutputFile;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.CLIConfigurationKeys;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageRenderer;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.OutputMessageUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.modules.ModuleScriptData;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.modules.ModuleXmlParser;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.output.outputUtils.OutputUtilsPackage;
@@ -240,14 +240,12 @@ public class CompileEnvironmentUtil {
 
     // Used for debug output only
     private static String loadModuleScriptText(String moduleScriptFile) {
-        String moduleScriptText;
         try {
-            moduleScriptText = FileUtil.loadFile(new File(moduleScriptFile));
+            return FileUtil.loadFile(new File(moduleScriptFile));
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
-            moduleScriptText = "Can't load module script text:\n" + MessageRenderer.PLAIN.renderException(e);
+            return "Can't load module script text:\n" + OutputMessageUtil.renderException(e);
         }
-        return moduleScriptText;
     }
 
     static void writeOutputToDirOrJar(
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/ScriptTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/ScriptTest.java
index 93c5c8f4053..95aeacd475f 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/ScriptTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/ScriptTest.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class ScriptTest {
                 return KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.compileScript(paths, environment);
             }
             catch (CompilationException e) {
-                messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, MessageRenderer.PLAIN.renderException(e),
+                messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.EXCEPTION, OutputMessageUtil.renderException(e),
                                         MessageUtil.psiElementToMessageLocation(e.getElement()));
                 return null;
             }