diff --git a/ibex/heartbeat.go b/ibex/heartbeat.go
index abe28b04..477e9b68 100644
--- a/ibex/heartbeat.go
+++ b/ibex/heartbeat.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func heartbeat() {
 	}
 
 	var resp types.ReportResponse
+
 	err := client.GetCli().Call("Server.Report", req, &resp)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/ibex/task.go b/ibex/task.go
index 3625b01e..47892bcb 100644
--- a/ibex/task.go
+++ b/ibex/task.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 package ibex
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/user"
@@ -281,28 +283,65 @@ func (t *Task) start() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	cmd.Stdout = &t.Stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = &t.Stderr
 	cmd.Stdin = t.Stdin
 	t.Cmd = cmd
 
+	stdout, err := t.Cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("E! cannot read ouput of task[%d]: %v", t.Id, err)
+	}
+
+	stderr, err := t.Cmd.StderrPipe()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("E! cannot read err of task[%d]: %v", t.Id, err)
+	}
+
 	err = CmdStart(cmd)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("E! cannot start cmd of task[%d]: %v", t.Id, err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	go runProcess(t)
+	go runProcessRealtime(stdout, stderr, t)
 }
 
 func (t *Task) kill() {
 	go killProcess(t)
 }
 
-func runProcess(t *Task) {
+func runProcessRealtime(stdout io.ReadCloser, stderr io.ReadCloser, t *Task) {
 	t.SetAlive(true)
 	defer t.SetAlive(false)
 
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(stdout)
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			line, err2 := reader.ReadString('\n')
+			if err2 != nil || io.EOF == err2 {
+				break
+			}
+			t.Stdout.WriteString(line)
+
+			persistResult(t)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	errReader := bufio.NewReader(stderr)
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			line, err2 := errReader.ReadString('\n')
+			if err2 != nil || io.EOF == err2 {
+				break
+			}
+			t.Stderr.WriteString(line)
+			persistResult(t)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	err := t.Cmd.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "signal: killed") {
@@ -326,7 +365,6 @@ func runProcess(t *Task) {
 
 func persistResult(t *Task) {
 	metadir := config.Config.Ibex.MetaDir
-
 	stdout := filepath.Join(metadir, fmt.Sprint(t.Id), "stdout")
 	stderr := filepath.Join(metadir, fmt.Sprint(t.Id), "stderr")
 	doneFlag := filepath.Join(metadir, fmt.Sprint(t.Id), fmt.Sprintf("%d.done", t.Clock))
diff --git a/ibex/tasks.go b/ibex/tasks.go
index f4964db2..308e079c 100644
--- a/ibex/tasks.go
+++ b/ibex/tasks.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (lt *LocalTasksT) ReportTasks() []types.ReportTask {
 		rt := types.ReportTask{Id: id, Clock: t.Clock}
 
 		rt.Status = t.GetStatus()
-		if rt.Status == "running" || rt.Status == "killing" {
+		if rt.Status == "killing" {
 			// intermediate state
 			continue
 		}