diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 31803f5b47..e7f14b6b6e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+2.5-beta-29 | 2016-09-28 18:18:35 -0700
+
+  * Prettifying reporter output in case no epxression is associated
+    with runtime error. (Robin Sommer)
+
 2.5-beta-28 | 2016-09-27 11:44:33 -0700
 
   * Check if the number of fields in a log write are equal to the
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 90bb498cc5..b96c237f4e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5-beta-28
+2.5-beta-29
diff --git a/src/Reporter.cc b/src/Reporter.cc
index cbd8402c9d..4823b33ef3 100644
--- a/src/Reporter.cc
+++ b/src/Reporter.cc
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void Reporter::DoLog(const char* prefix, EventHandlerPtr event, FILE* out,
 			FatalError("out of memory in Reporter");
 		}
 
-	if ( postfix )
+	if ( postfix && *postfix )
 		// Note, if you change this fmt string, adjust the additional
 		// buffer size above.
 		safe_snprintf(buffer + strlen(buffer), size - strlen(buffer), " [%s]", postfix);