diff --git a/libcontainer/generic_error.go b/libcontainer/generic_error.go
index 93bb7570..3ed33da6 100644
--- a/libcontainer/generic_error.go
+++ b/libcontainer/generic_error.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package libcontainer
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ type genericError struct {
 }
 
 func (e *genericError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %s: %s", e.ECode, e.ECode, e.Message)
+	return e.Message
 }
 
 func (e *genericError) Code() ErrorCode {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f8982f6e..c4cb0b60 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 			logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 		}
 		if path := context.GlobalString("log"); path != "" {
-			f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+			f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_SYNC, 0666)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}