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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d719a855..3ca3a980 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### 1.7.7 (build 20849, api 7, 2022-09-14)
+### 1.7.7 (build 20851, api 7, 2022-09-14)
 - Added `ba.app.meta.load_exported_classes()` for loading classes discovered by the meta subsystem cleanly in a background thread.
 - Improved logging of missing playlist game types.
 - Some ba.Lstr functionality can now be used in background threads.
diff --git a/assets/src/ba_data/python/ba/_bootstrap.py b/assets/src/ba_data/python/ba/_bootstrap.py
index 52b9bde7..7522f1e4 100644
--- a/assets/src/ba_data/python/ba/_bootstrap.py
+++ b/assets/src/ba_data/python/ba/_bootstrap.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def bootstrap() -> None:
 
     # Give a soft warning if we're being used with a different binary
     # version than we expect.
-    expected_build = 20849
+    expected_build = 20851
     running_build: int = env['build_number']
     if running_build != expected_build:
         print(
diff --git a/src/ballistica/ballistica.cc b/src/ballistica/ballistica.cc
index 4c2ea9b2..8aff60da 100644
--- a/src/ballistica/ballistica.cc
+++ b/src/ballistica/ballistica.cc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 namespace ballistica {
 
 // These are set automatically via script; don't modify them here.
-const int kAppBuildNumber = 20849;
+const int kAppBuildNumber = 20851;
 const char* kAppVersion = "1.7.7";
 
 // Our standalone globals.
diff --git a/tools/efro/log.py b/tools/efro/log.py
index 376a2056..0e91d32e 100644
--- a/tools/efro/log.py
+++ b/tools/efro/log.py
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ LOG_NAMES_TO_LEVELS = {
     'CRITICAL': LogLevel.CRITICAL
 }
 
+LOG_LEVEL_NUMS_TO_COLOR_CODES: dict[int, tuple[str, str]] = {
+    logging.DEBUG: (TerminalColor.CYAN.value, TerminalColor.RESET.value),
+    logging.INFO: ('', ''),
+    logging.WARNING: (TerminalColor.YELLOW.value, TerminalColor.RESET.value),
+    logging.ERROR: (TerminalColor.RED.value, TerminalColor.RESET.value),
+    logging.CRITICAL:
+        (TerminalColor.STRONG_MAGENTA.value + TerminalColor.BOLD.value +
+         TerminalColor.BG_BLACK.value, TerminalColor.RESET.value),
+}
+
 
 @ioprepped
 @dataclass
@@ -133,6 +143,19 @@ class LogHandler(logging.Handler):
         # didn't expect to be stringified.
         msg = self.format(record)
 
+        # Also print pretty colored output to our echo file (generally
+        # stderr). We do this part here instead of in our bg thread
+        # because the delay can throw off command line prompts or make
+        # tight debugging harder.
+        if self._echofile is not None:
+            cbegin: str
+            cend: str
+            cbegin, cend = LOG_LEVEL_NUMS_TO_COLOR_CODES.get(
+                record.levelno, ('', ''))
+
+            # Should we be flushing here?
+            self._echofile.write(f'{cbegin}{msg}{cend}\n')
+
         self._event_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(
             tpartial(self._emit_in_loop, record.name, record.levelname,
                      record.created, msg))
@@ -223,31 +246,6 @@ class LogHandler(logging.Handler):
             assert '\n' not in entry_s  # Make sure its a single line.
             print(entry_s, file=self._file, flush=True)
 
-        # Also print pretty colored output to our echo file (stdout/stderr).
-        # Note that we don't do this for log entries generated from
-        # stdout/stderr since that would result in them being printed
-        # twice.
-        if (self._echofile is not None
-                and entry.name not in ('stdout', 'stderr')):
-            cbegin: str
-            cend: str
-            cbegin, cend = {
-                LogLevel.DEBUG:
-                    (TerminalColor.CYAN.value, TerminalColor.RESET.value),
-                LogLevel.INFO: ('', ''),
-                LogLevel.WARNING:
-                    (TerminalColor.YELLOW.value, TerminalColor.RESET.value),
-                LogLevel.ERROR:
-                    (TerminalColor.RED.value, TerminalColor.RESET.value),
-                LogLevel.CRITICAL:
-                    (TerminalColor.STRONG_MAGENTA.value +
-                     TerminalColor.BOLD.value + TerminalColor.BG_BLACK.value,
-                     TerminalColor.RESET.value),
-            }[entry.level]
-
-            # Should we be flushing here?
-            self._echofile.write(f'{cbegin}{entry.message}{cend}\n')
-
 
 class FileLogEcho:
     """A file-like object for forwarding stdout/stderr to a LogHandler."""