diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 596514b1..2ee883bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.a
 *lwip_unittests.xml
 *.suo
+*.log
 .depend
 
 /doc/doxygen/output/html
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@
 /contrib/examples/example_app/lwipcfg.h
 /contrib/examples/example_app/lwipopts_test.h
 
-/contrib/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.log
 /contrib/ports/unix/example_app/build
 /contrib/ports/unix/example_app/example_app
 /contrib/ports/unix/example_app/makefsdata
diff --git a/contrib/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh b/contrib/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 42ac4e57..f5239d5d
--- a/contrib/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh
+++ b/contrib/ports/unix/example_app/iteropts.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ do
     rm $EXAPPDIR/lwipopts_test.h
     # cat the file to update its timestamp
     cat $f > $EXAPPDIR/lwipopts_test.h
-    make TESTFLAGS=-DLWIP_OPTTEST_FILE -j 8 &> $BUILDLOG 2>&1 || echo file $f failed >> $LOGFILE
+    make TESTFLAGS=-DLWIP_OPTTEST_FILE -j 8 &> $BUILDLOG 2>&1 || echo file $f failed >> $LOGFILE; cat $LOGFILE
     echo test $f done >> $LOGFILE
 done
 echo done, cleaning
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index 8acac57f..f46ac848 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ if [ $ERR != 0 ]; then
        echo "lwIP documentation failed"
        exit 33
 fi
+
+cd ..
+cd contrib/ports/unix/example_app
+./iteropts.sh