diff --git a/bee/crash/handler_linux.cpp b/bee/crash/handler_linux.cpp
index 1dcc41b1..992f890e 100644
--- a/bee/crash/handler_linux.cpp
+++ b/bee/crash/handler_linux.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ namespace bee::crash {
     handler::handler(const char* dump_path) noexcept {
         handler* expected = nullptr;
         if (handler_.compare_exchange_strong(expected, this)) {
-            snprintf(dump_path_, sizeof(dump_path_) / sizeof(dump_path_[0]), "%s/crash_%s.log", dump_path, nanoid().c_str());
+            if (dump_path[0] == '-' && dump_path[1] == '\0') {
+                dump_path_[0] = '\0';
+            } else {
+                snprintf(dump_path_, sizeof(dump_path_) / sizeof(dump_path_[0]), "%s/crash_%s.log", dump_path, nanoid().c_str());
+            }
             memset(&context, 0, sizeof(context));
             install_altstack();
             install_handlers();
@@ -251,6 +255,10 @@ namespace bee::crash {
 
     bool handler::write_dump() noexcept {
         auto str = get_stacktrace(&context);
+        if (dump_path_[0] == L'\0') {
+            printf(L"\n\nCrash log: \n%s\n", str.c_str());
+            return true;
+        }
         do {
             writefile file(dump_path_);
             if (!file) {
diff --git a/bee/crash/handler_win.cpp b/bee/crash/handler_win.cpp
index 376216f1..41086857 100644
--- a/bee/crash/handler_win.cpp
+++ b/bee/crash/handler_win.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ namespace bee::crash {
                 }
             }
         }
+        template <class char_t>
+        void print(const std::basic_string<char_t>& str) noexcept {
+            if (handle) {
+                if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<char_t>, char>) {
+                    WriteConsoleA(handle, str.data(), (DWORD)str.size(), NULL, NULL);
+                } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<char_t>, wchar_t>) {
+                    WriteConsoleW(handle, str.data(), (DWORD)str.size(), NULL, NULL);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         HANDLE handle;
     };
 
@@ -51,7 +61,11 @@ namespace bee::crash {
     handler::handler(const char* dump_path) noexcept {
         handler* expected = nullptr;
         if (handler_.compare_exchange_strong(expected, this)) {
-            _snwprintf_s(dump_path_, sizeof(dump_path_) / sizeof(dump_path_[0]), _TRUNCATE, L"%s/crash_%s.log", wtf8::u2w(dump_path).c_str(), wnanoid().c_str());
+            if (dump_path[0] == '-' && dump_path[1] == '\0') {
+                dump_path_[0] = L'\0';
+            } else {
+                _snwprintf_s(dump_path_, sizeof(dump_path_) / sizeof(dump_path_[0]), _TRUNCATE, L"%s/crash_%s.log", wtf8::u2w(dump_path).c_str(), wnanoid().c_str());
+            }
             DWORD thread_id;
             thread_ = CreateThread(NULL, kHandlerThreadInitialStackSize, thread_func, this, 0, &thread_id);
             assert(thread_ != NULL);
@@ -206,6 +220,13 @@ namespace bee::crash {
 
     bool handler::write_dump(DWORD thread_id, HANDLE thread_handle, EXCEPTION_POINTERS* exinfo) noexcept {
         auto str = get_stacktrace(exinfo->ContextRecord);
+        if (dump_path_[0] == L'\0') {
+            console c;
+            c.print(L"\n\nCrash log: \n");
+            c.print(str);
+            c.print(L"\n");
+            return true;
+        }
         do {
             writefile file(dump_path_);
             if (!file) {
diff --git a/bootstrap/main.cpp b/bootstrap/main.cpp
index 082ae615..8aedd8aa 100644
--- a/bootstrap/main.cpp
+++ b/bootstrap/main.cpp
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ static int loadfile(lua_State *L, const fs::path &filename, const char *chunknam
     return status;
 }
 
-#include <bee/crash/handler.h>
-static bee::crash::handler handler(".");
-
 static int handle_script(lua_State *L) {
     auto progdir = getprogdir(L);
     int status   = loadfile(L, progdir / "main.lua", "=(bootstrap.lua)");
diff --git a/test/test.lua b/test/test.lua
index 4bed6a29..fcea458a 100644
--- a/test/test.lua
+++ b/test/test.lua
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ if not lt.options.list then
     print("DEBUG:    ", platform.DEBUG)
 end
 
+local crash = require "bee.crash"
+local _ = crash.create_handler "-"
+
 require "test_skip"
 --require "test_lua"
 require "test_serialization"