diff --git a/src/util/exception_trace_item.svh b/src/util/exception_trace_item.svh
index fd6a43079..2259d8137 100755
--- a/src/util/exception_trace_item.svh
+++ b/src/util/exception_trace_item.svh
@@ -18,26 +18,30 @@
 //
 class exception_trace_item;
     // contains a human readable form of the cause value
-    string       cause;
+    string       cause_s;
+    logic [63:0] cause;
     logic [63:0] tval;
     logic [63:0] pc;
 
     function new (logic [63:0] pc, logic [63:0] cause, logic [63:0] tval);
+
+        this.cause = cause;
+
         case (cause)
-            INSTR_ADDR_MISALIGNED: this.cause = "Instruction Address Misaligned";
-            INSTR_ACCESS_FAULT:    this.cause = "Instruction Access Fault";
-            ILLEGAL_INSTR:         this.cause = "Illegal Instruction";
-            BREAKPOINT:            this.cause = "Breakpoint";
-            LD_ADDR_MISALIGNED:    this.cause = "Load Address Misaligned";
-            LD_ACCESS_FAULT:       this.cause = "Load Access Fault";
-            ST_ADDR_MISALIGNED:    this.cause = "Store Address Misaligned";
-            ST_ACCESS_FAULT:       this.cause = "Store Access Fault";
-            ENV_CALL_UMODE:        this.cause = "Environment Call User Mode";
-            ENV_CALL_SMODE:        this.cause = "Environment Call Supervisor Mode";
-            ENV_CALL_MMODE:        this.cause = "Environment Call Machine Mode";
-            INSTR_PAGE_FAULT:      this.cause = "Instruction Page Fault";
-            LOAD_PAGE_FAULT:       this.cause = "Load Page Fault";
-            STORE_PAGE_FAULT:      this.cause = "Store Page Fault";
+            INSTR_ADDR_MISALIGNED: this.cause_s = "Instruction Address Misaligned";
+            INSTR_ACCESS_FAULT:    this.cause_s = "Instruction Access Fault";
+            ILLEGAL_INSTR:         this.cause_s = "Illegal Instruction";
+            BREAKPOINT:            this.cause_s = "Breakpoint";
+            LD_ADDR_MISALIGNED:    this.cause_s = "Load Address Misaligned";
+            LD_ACCESS_FAULT:       this.cause_s = "Load Access Fault";
+            ST_ADDR_MISALIGNED:    this.cause_s = "Store Address Misaligned";
+            ST_ACCESS_FAULT:       this.cause_s = "Store Access Fault";
+            ENV_CALL_UMODE:        this.cause_s = "Environment Call User Mode";
+            ENV_CALL_SMODE:        this.cause_s = "Environment Call Supervisor Mode";
+            ENV_CALL_MMODE:        this.cause_s = "Environment Call Machine Mode";
+            INSTR_PAGE_FAULT:      this.cause_s = "Instruction Page Fault";
+            LOAD_PAGE_FAULT:       this.cause_s = "Load Page Fault";
+            STORE_PAGE_FAULT:      this.cause_s = "Store Page Fault";
             default: this.cause = "Interrupt";
         endcase
 
@@ -47,8 +51,11 @@ class exception_trace_item;
 
     function string printException();
         string s;
-        s = $sformatf("Exception @%10t, PC: %h, Cause: %s\n\t\t\t\ttval: %h,", $time, this.pc, this.cause, this.tval);
+        s = $sformatf("Exception @%10t, PC: %h, Cause: %s", $time, this.pc, this.cause_s);
+        // write out tval if it wasn't an environment call, in that case the tval field has no meaning
+        if (!(this.cause inside {ENV_CALL_MMODE, ENV_CALL_SMODE, ENV_CALL_UMODE}))
+            s = $sformatf("%s, \n\t\t\t\ttval: %h", s, this.tval);
         return s;
     endfunction
 
-endclass : exception_trace_item
\ No newline at end of file
+endclass : exception_trace_item
diff --git a/src/util/instruction_trace_item.svh b/src/util/instruction_trace_item.svh
index 3cc5c6e65..8505819cc 100755
--- a/src/util/instruction_trace_item.svh
+++ b/src/util/instruction_trace_item.svh
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class instruction_trace_item;
             4: return "tp";
             5, 6, 7: return $sformatf("t%0d", (addr - 5));
             8, 9: return $sformatf("s%0d", (addr - 8));
-            10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17: return $sformatf("a%0d", (addr-10));
-            28, 29, 30, 31: return $sformatf("t%0d", (addr-25));
+            10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17: return $sformatf("a%0d", (addr - 10));
+            28, 29, 30, 31: return $sformatf("t%0d", (addr - 25));
             default: return $sformatf("s%0d", (addr - 16));
         endcase
     endfunction
@@ -383,4 +383,4 @@ class instruction_trace_item;
       // end
       return "";
     endfunction
-  endclass
\ No newline at end of file
+  endclass
diff --git a/src/util/instruction_tracer.svh b/src/util/instruction_tracer.svh
index 41a94c3b0..e5c7d90ca 100755
--- a/src/util/instruction_tracer.svh
+++ b/src/util/instruction_tracer.svh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class instruction_tracer;
     function void printException(logic [63:0] pc, logic [63:0] cause, logic [63:0] tval);
         exception_trace_item eti = new (pc, cause, tval);
         string print_ex = eti.printException();
-        $display(print_ex);
+        `uvm_info( "Tracer",  print_ex, UVM_HIGH)
         $fwrite(this.f, {print_ex, "\n"});
     endfunction
 
@@ -187,4 +187,4 @@ class instruction_tracer;
         $fclose(this.f);
     endfunction
 
-endclass : instruction_tracer
\ No newline at end of file
+endclass : instruction_tracer