diff --git a/charybdis/console.cc b/charybdis/console.cc
index 53ce9b5ee..de421a894 100644
--- a/charybdis/console.cc
+++ b/charybdis/console.cc
@@ -184,8 +184,14 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	std::cout << "***\n";
 	std::cout << "*** The console session has ended: " << e.what() << "\n";
 	std::cout << "***" << std::endl;
+
+	std::cout << std::flush;
+	std::cout.clear();
+
+	std::cerr << std::flush;
+	std::cerr.clear();
+
 	ircd::log::debug("The console session has ended: %s", e.what());
-	return;
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/ircd/logger.cc b/ircd/logger.cc
index 858a7c853..60e2a10ca 100644
--- a/ircd/logger.cc
+++ b/ircd/logger.cc
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ ircd::log::console_quiet::~console_quiet()
 {
 	std::copy(begin(quieted_out), end(quieted_out), begin(console_out));
 	std::copy(begin(quieted_err), end(quieted_err), begin(console_err));
+
+	std::cout << std::flush;
+	std::cout.clear();
+
+	std::cerr << std::flush;
+	std::cerr.clear();
 }
 
 ircd::log::log::log(const std::string &name)
@@ -406,7 +412,7 @@ ircd::log::suffix(const facility &fac)
 
 		if(console_flush[fac] || std::current_exception())
 		{
-			std::flush(stream);
+			stream << std::flush;
 			assert(stream.good());
 		}
 	});