diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 157ac1e687..97066e0e1e 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var _HTLM_DEFAULT_SCRIPTS_JS = [
   {src: '../../extension-register.js', mimeType: 'text/javascript'},
   {src: '../../runtime_paths.js', mimeType: 'text/javascript'},
   {
-    inline: 'System.import(\'$MODULENAME$\').then(function(m) { m.main(); }, console.log.bind(console))',
+    inline: 'System.import(\'$MODULENAME$\').then(function(m) { m.main(); }, console.error.bind(console))',
     mimeType: 'text/javascript'
   }
 ];
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/e2e_util.es6 b/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/e2e_util.es6
index ee463e0129..ab86047cff 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/e2e_util.es6
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/e2e_util.es6
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ function verifyNoBrowserErrors() {
   browser.executeScript('1+1');
   browser.manage().logs().get('browser').then(function(browserLog) {
     var filteredLog = browserLog.filter(function(logEntry) {
-      console.log('>> ' + require('util').inspect(logEntry));
+      if (logEntry.level.value >= webdriver.logging.Level.INFO.value) {
+        console.log('>> ' + logEntry.message);
+      }
       return logEntry.level.value > webdriver.logging.Level.WARNING.value;
     });
     expect(filteredLog.length).toEqual(0);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
index 2602d24691..8dc8afd4f9 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
@@ -189,12 +189,20 @@ function setupReflector() {
   });
 }
 
+var BASELINE_TREE_TEMPLATE;
+var BASELINE_IF_TEMPLATE;
+
 export function main() {
   BrowserDomAdapter.makeCurrent();
   var maxDepth = getIntParameter('depth');
 
   setupReflector();
 
+  BASELINE_TREE_TEMPLATE = DOM.createTemplate(
+    '<span>_<template class="ng-binding"></template><template class="ng-binding"></template></span>');
+  BASELINE_IF_TEMPLATE = DOM.createTemplate(
+    '<span template="if"><tree></tree></span>');
+
   var app;
   var lifeCycle;
   var baselineRootTreeComponent;
@@ -306,10 +314,6 @@ function buildTree(maxDepth, values, curDepth) {
       buildTree(maxDepth, values, curDepth+1));
 }
 
-var BASELINE_TREE_TEMPLATE = DOM.createTemplate(
-    '<span>_<template class="ng-binding"></template><template class="ng-binding"></template></span>');
-var BASELINE_IF_TEMPLATE = DOM.createTemplate(
-    '<span template="if"><tree></tree></span>');
 // http://jsperf.com/nextsibling-vs-childnodes
 
 class BaseLineTreeComponent {