diff --git a/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh b/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh
index 400f643..35171a9 100755
--- a/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh
+++ b/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh
@@ -44,15 +44,22 @@ pwd
 
 for compiler in $compilers; do
     for version in $(module av $compiler -l 2>&1 | awk "/^$compiler/{print \$1}" | awk -F'/' '{print $2}'); do 
-        echo "--------------------------------------------------"
-        echo "testing $compiler/$version ..."
-        echo "--------------------------------------------------"
-        swap_env $compiler
-        module swap $compiler $compiler/$version
-        compiler_version_cmd $compiler
-        compiler_check_stdexcept $compiler
-        echo "--------------------------------------------------"
+        logfile="$compiler-$version.log"
+        echo -en "testing $compiler/$version ... "
+        error=0
+        swap_env $compiler 2>$logfile >$logfile || error=1
+        module swap $compiler $compiler/$version 2>>$logfile >>$logfile || error=1
+        compiler_version_cmd $compiler 2>>$logfile >>$logfile || error=1
+        compiler_check_stdexcept $compiler 2>> $logfile >>$logfile || error=1
+        if [ $error != 0 ] ; then
+            echo "failed :-("
+            echo "Error msg:"
+            echo "--------------------------------------------------"
+            cat $logfile
+            echo "--------------------------------------------------"
+            echo ""
+        else
+            echo "success :-)"
+        fi
     done 
-    echo "--------------------------------------------------"
-    echo ""
 done 2>&1 | tee compiler-test.log