diff --git a/src/bip.c b/src/bip.c
index ff30180..c9a96de 100644
--- a/src/bip.c
+++ b/src/bip.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void conf_die(bip_t *bip, char *fmt, ...)
 		error = bip_realloc(error, size);
 	}
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	_mylog(LOG_ERROR, fmt, ap);
+	mylog(LOG_ERROR, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index fe64741..c34bfe6 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern int conf_log_system;
 extern int errno;
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 extern FILE *conf_global_log_file;
+void _mylog(int level, int with_timestamp, char *fmt, va_list ap);
 
 void memory_fatal(void)
 {
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ char *checkmode2text(int v)
 }
 #endif
 
-void _mylog(int level, char *fmt, va_list ap)
+void _mylog(int level, int with_timestamp, char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 	char *prefix;
 
@@ -294,7 +295,11 @@ void _mylog(int level, char *fmt, va_list ap)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	fprintf(conf_global_log_file, "%s %s", timestamp(), prefix);
+	if (with_timestamp)
+		fprintf(conf_global_log_file, "%s %s", timestamp(), prefix);
+	else
+		fprintf(conf_global_log_file, "%s", prefix);
+
 	vfprintf(conf_global_log_file, fmt, ap);
 	fprintf(conf_global_log_file, "\n");
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -307,7 +312,16 @@ void mylog(int level, char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	_mylog(level, fmt, ap);
+	_mylog(level, 1, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void mylog_nots(int level, char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	_mylog(level, 0, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 }
 
@@ -330,7 +344,22 @@ void fatal(char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	_mylog(LOG_FATAL, fmt, ap);
+	_mylog(LOG_FATAL, 1, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
+	dump_trace();
+#endif
+
+	exit(200);
+}
+
+void fatal_nots(char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	_mylog(LOG_FATAL, 0, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 8db79f4..311f16a 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 #define HASH_DEFAULT 0
 
 void mylog(int level, char *fmt, ...);
-void _mylog(int level, char *fmt, va_list ap);
+void mylog_nots(int level, char *fmt, ...);
 void fatal(char *fmt, ...);
+void fatal_nots(char *fmt, ...);
 char *timestamp(void);
 struct hash_item;