diff --git a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java
index 872c29a7e..02a129b70 100644
--- a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java
+++ b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/incremental/IncrementalAnalyser.java
@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@ public class IncrementalAnalyser implements MutationAnalyser {
   private final CoverageDatabase           coverage;
   private final Map<DetectionStatus, Long> preAnalysed = new EnumMap<>(DetectionStatus.class);
 
-  public IncrementalAnalyser(final CodeHistory history,
-      final CoverageDatabase coverage) {
+  private final boolean enableLog;
+
+  public IncrementalAnalyser(CodeHistory history, CoverageDatabase coverage) {
+    this(history, coverage, true);
+  }
+  
+  public IncrementalAnalyser(CodeHistory history, CoverageDatabase coverage, boolean enableLog) {
     this.history = history;
     this.coverage = coverage;
+    this.enableLog = enableLog;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -52,7 +58,9 @@ public Collection<MutationResult> analyse(
       }
     }
 
-    logTotals();
+    if (enableLog) {
+      logTotals();
+    }
 
     return mrs;
 
diff --git a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/tooling/MutationCoverage.java b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/tooling/MutationCoverage.java
index 3818414f7..b66a5b8ec 100644
--- a/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/tooling/MutationCoverage.java
+++ b/pitest-entry/src/main/java/org/pitest/mutationtest/tooling/MutationCoverage.java
@@ -376,8 +376,9 @@ private List<MutationAnalysisUnit> buildMutationTests(CoverageDatabase coverageD
 
     final MutationSource source = new MutationSource(mutationConfig, testPrioritiser, bas, interceptor);
 
-    final MutationAnalyser analyser = new IncrementalAnalyser(
-        new DefaultCodeHistory(this.code, history), coverageData);
+    final MutationAnalyser analyser =  new IncrementalAnalyser(new DefaultCodeHistory(this.code, history),
+            coverageData,
+            enableIncrementalAnalysisLogging(history));
 
     final WorkerFactory wf = new WorkerFactory(this.baseDir, coverage()
         .getConfiguration(), mutationConfig, args,
@@ -394,6 +395,13 @@ private List<MutationAnalysisUnit> buildMutationTests(CoverageDatabase coverageD
     return builder.createMutationTestUnits(this.code.getCodeUnderTestNames());
   }
 
+  private boolean enableIncrementalAnalysisLogging(HistoryStore history) {
+    // Horrible hack to prevent logging during pre scan phase. This would
+    // cause confusion as if only part of the log is read it appears that
+    // incremental analysis has affected no mutants
+    return !(history instanceof NullHistoryStore);
+  }
+
   private void checkMutationsFound(final List<MutationAnalysisUnit> tus) {
     if (tus.isEmpty()) {
       if (this.data.shouldFailWhenNoMutations()) {