diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK
index 0b1d9bd373..8e7efc8d30 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ PID_FILE=/tmp/rc.pid
 
 source /etc/init.d/base
 
-echo "---- shutting down ${OS_NAME} ${OS_VERSION} ----" >> ${BOOT_LOG}
+echo
+echo "---- shutting down ${OS_NAME} ${OS_VERSION} ----" | tee -a ${BOOT_LOG}
 
 # stop all init scripts in /etc/init.d,
 # executing them in reverse numerical order.
@@ -19,4 +20,3 @@ pid=$(cat ${PID_FILE})
 while kill -0 ${pid} 2>/dev/null; do
     sleep 1
 done
-
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
index 5c3874f08d..44638ea011 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set +a
 
 source /etc/init.d/base
 
-echo "---- booting ${OS_NAME} ${OS_VERSION} ----" >> ${TMP_BOOT_LOG}
+echo "---- booting ${OS_NAME} ${OS_VERSION} ----" | tee -a ${TMP_BOOT_LOG}
 
 # start all init scripts in /etc/init.d,
 # executing them in numerical order.
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ while kill -0 ${pid} 2>/dev/null; do
 done
 
 test -d $(dirname ${BOOT_LOG}) && cat ${TMP_BOOT_LOG} >> ${BOOT_LOG}
-