diff --git a/lib/reporters/base.js b/lib/reporters/base.js
index b39b8b5d3..eb66be677 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/base.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/base.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var BaseReporter = function(formatError, reportSlow, adapter) {
 
 
   this.onBrowserError = function(browser, error) {
-    this.writeCommonMsg(util.format(this.ERROR, browser) + formatError(error, '\t'));
+    this.writeCommonMsg(util.format(this.ERROR, browser) + formatError(error, '  '));
   };