diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/error.py b/qutebrowser/utils/error.py
index 7ec29ed02..ee8a9f8af 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/error.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/error.py
@@ -49,12 +49,15 @@ def handle_fatal_exc(exc, args, title, *, pre_text='', post_text=''):
         post_text: The text to be displayed after the exception text.
     """
     if args.no_err_windows:
-        log.misc.exception("Handling fatal {} with --no-err-windows!".format(
-            _get_name(exc)))
-        log.misc.error("title: {}".format(title))
-        log.misc.error("pre_text: {}".format(pre_text))
-        log.misc.error("post_text: {}".format(post_text))
-        log.misc.error("exception text: {}".format(str(exc) or 'none'))
+        lines = [
+            "Handling fatal {} with --no-err-windows!".format(_get_name(exc)),
+            "",
+            "title: {}".format(title),
+            "pre_text: {}".format(pre_text),
+            "post_text: {}".format(post_text),
+            "exception text: {}".format(str(exc) or 'none'),
+        ]
+        log.misc.exception('\n'.join(lines))
     else:
         if pre_text:
             msg_text = '{}: {}'.format(pre_text, exc)
diff --git a/tests/unit/misc/test_ipc.py b/tests/unit/misc/test_ipc.py
index 841003b4a..1b76db547 100644
--- a/tests/unit/misc/test_ipc.py
+++ b/tests/unit/misc/test_ipc.py
@@ -601,16 +601,19 @@ class TestSendOrListen:
             with pytest.raises(ipc.Error):
                 ipc.send_or_listen(args)
 
-        msgs = [e.message for e in caplog.records()]
+        records = caplog.records()
+        assert len(records) == 1
+
         error_msgs = [
             'Handling fatal misc.ipc.{} with --no-err-windows!'.format(
                 exc_name),
+            '',
             'title: Error while connecting to running instance!',
             'pre_text: ',
             'post_text: Maybe another instance is running but frozen?',
             'exception text: {}'.format(exc_msg),
         ]
-        assert msgs[-5:] == error_msgs
+        assert records[0].msg == '\n'.join(error_msgs)
 
     @pytest.mark.posix   # Flaky on Windows
     def test_error_while_listening(self, qlocalserver_mock, caplog, args):
@@ -623,16 +626,19 @@ class TestSendOrListen:
             with pytest.raises(ipc.Error):
                 ipc.send_or_listen(args)
 
-        msgs = [e.message for e in caplog.records()]
+        records = caplog.records()
+        assert len(records) == 1
+
         error_msgs = [
             'Handling fatal misc.ipc.ListenError with --no-err-windows!',
+            '',
             'title: Error while connecting to running instance!',
             'pre_text: ',
             'post_text: Maybe another instance is running but frozen?',
             'exception text: Error while listening to IPC server: Error '
                 'string (error 4)',
         ]
-        assert msgs[-5:] == error_msgs
+        assert records[0].msg == '\n'.join(error_msgs)
 
 
 def test_long_username(fake_runtime_dir):
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_error.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_error.py
index b49b02fa6..1631902ea 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_error.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_error.py
@@ -55,15 +55,19 @@ def test_no_err_windows(caplog, exc, name, exc_text):
         with caplog.atLevel(logging.ERROR):
             error.handle_fatal_exc(e, Args(no_err_windows=True), 'title',
                                    pre_text='pre', post_text='post')
-    msgs = [rec.message for rec in caplog.records()]
+
+    records = caplog.records()
+    assert len(records) == 1
+
     expected = [
         'Handling fatal {} with --no-err-windows!'.format(name),
+        '',
         'title: title',
         'pre_text: pre',
         'post_text: post',
         'exception text: {}'.format(exc_text),
     ]
-    assert msgs[-5:] == expected
+    assert records[0].msg == '\n'.join(expected)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('pre_text, post_text, expected', [