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 55fa9f123e0..d2954a1713d 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/CLICompiler.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/common/CLICompiler.java
@@ -52,7 +52,17 @@ public abstract class CLICompiler<A extends CommonCompilerArguments> {
         if (!parseArguments(errStream, arguments, args)) {
             return INTERNAL_ERROR;
         }
-        return exec(errStream, arguments);
+        return exec(errStream, getMessageRenderer(arguments), arguments);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration") // Used via reflection in CompilerRunnerUtil#invokeExecMethod
+    @NotNull
+    public ExitCode execAndOutputHtml(@NotNull PrintStream errStream, @NotNull String... args) {
+        A arguments = createArguments();
+        if (!parseArguments(errStream, arguments, args)) {
+            return INTERNAL_ERROR;
+        }
+        return exec(errStream, MessageRenderer.TAGS, arguments);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,13 +110,12 @@ public abstract class CLICompiler<A extends CommonCompilerArguments> {
      * Executes the compiler on the parsed arguments
      */
     @NotNull
-    public ExitCode exec(@NotNull PrintStream errStream, @NotNull A arguments) {
+    public ExitCode exec(@NotNull PrintStream errStream, @NotNull MessageRenderer messageRenderer, @NotNull A arguments) {
         if (arguments.help || arguments.extraHelp) {
             usage(errStream, arguments.extraHelp);
             return OK;
         }
 
-        MessageRenderer messageRenderer = getMessageRenderer(arguments);
         errStream.print(messageRenderer.renderPreamble());
 
         printVersionIfNeeded(errStream, arguments, messageRenderer);
diff --git a/ide-compiler-runner/src/org/jetbrains/jet/compiler/runner/CompilerRunnerUtil.java b/ide-compiler-runner/src/org/jetbrains/jet/compiler/runner/CompilerRunnerUtil.java
index 4244b45ab54..1c7812646e5 100644
--- a/ide-compiler-runner/src/org/jetbrains/jet/compiler/runner/CompilerRunnerUtil.java
+++ b/ide-compiler-runner/src/org/jetbrains/jet/compiler/runner/CompilerRunnerUtil.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.compiler.runner;
 
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
-import kotlin.Function1;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector;
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ public class CompilerRunnerUtil {
                              : getOrCreateClassLoader(environment.getKotlinPaths(), messageCollector);
 
         Class<?> kompiler = Class.forName(compilerClassName, true, loader);
-        Method exec = kompiler.getMethod("exec", PrintStream.class,  String[].class);
+        Method exec = kompiler.getMethod("execAndOutputHtml", PrintStream.class, String[].class);
 
         return exec.invoke(kompiler.newInstance(), out, arguments);
     }
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/CompileMavenGeneratedJSLibrary.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/CompileMavenGeneratedJSLibrary.java
index caebf9606dd..2e2f429c577 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/CompileMavenGeneratedJSLibrary.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/CompileMavenGeneratedJSLibrary.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.ExitCode;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.arguments.K2JSCompilerArguments;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageRenderer;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.js.K2JSCompiler;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.config.EcmaVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.test.SingleFileTranslationTest;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public class CompileMavenGeneratedJSLibrary extends SingleFileTranslationTest {
             arguments.verbose = true;
             arguments.libraryFiles = new String[] {generatedJsDefinitionsDir};
             System.out.println("Compiling with version: " + version + " to: " + arguments.outputFile);
-            ExitCode answer = compiler.exec(System.out, arguments);
+            ExitCode answer = compiler.exec(System.out, MessageRenderer.PLAIN, arguments);
             assertEquals("Compile failed", ExitCode.OK, answer);
         }
     }
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/StdLibTestBase.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/StdLibTestBase.java
index 5b01bfa40ed..aec5d6eb726 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/StdLibTestBase.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/semantics/StdLibTestBase.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.ExitCode;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.arguments.K2JSCompilerArguments;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageRenderer;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.js.K2JSCompiler;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.config.EcmaVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.test.SingleFileTranslationTest;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ abstract class StdLibTestBase extends SingleFileTranslationTest {
         arguments.verbose = true;
         arguments.libraryFiles = ArrayUtil.toStringArray(libFiles);
         System.out.println("Compiling with version: " + version + " to: " + arguments.outputFile);
-        ExitCode answer = compiler.exec(System.out, arguments);
+        ExitCode answer = compiler.exec(System.out, MessageRenderer.PLAIN, arguments);
         assertEquals("Compile failed", ExitCode.OK, answer);
     }