diff --git a/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/acquisition/acq_performance_test.cc b/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/acquisition/acq_performance_test.cc
index 6c5cefe8c..8b738eebf 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/acquisition/acq_performance_test.cc
+++ b/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/acquisition/acq_performance_test.cc
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ DEFINE_int32(acq_test_iterations, 1, "Number of iterations (same signal, differe
 DEFINE_bool(plot_acq_test, false, "Plots results with gnuplot, if available");
 DEFINE_int32(acq_test_skiphead, 0, "Number of samples to skip in the input file");
 
+DEFINE_bool(acq_test_dump, false, "Dump the results of an acquisition block into .mat files.");
+
 // ######## GNURADIO BLOCK MESSAGE RECEVER #########
 class AcqPerfTest_msg_rx;
 
@@ -523,8 +525,15 @@ int AcquisitionPerformanceTest::configure_receiver(double cn0, float pfa, unsign
                     config->set_property("Acquisition.make_two_steps", "false");
                 }
 
+            if (FLAGS_acq_test_dump)
+                {
+                    config->set_property("Acquisition.dump", "true");
+                }
+            else
+                {
+                    config->set_property("Acquisition.dump", "false");
+                }
 
-            config->set_property("Acquisition.dump", "true");
             std::string dump_file = path_str + std::string("/acquisition_") + std::to_string(cn0) + "_" + std::to_string(iter) + "_" + std::to_string(pfa);
             config->set_property("Acquisition.dump_filename", dump_file);
             config->set_property("Acquisition.dump_channel", std::to_string(dump_channel));
diff --git a/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/tracking_true_obs_reader.cc b/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/tracking_true_obs_reader.cc
index 25ec5b66b..efa913404 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/tracking_true_obs_reader.cc
+++ b/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/tracking_true_obs_reader.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ bool tracking_true_obs_reader::open_obs_file(std::string out_file)
                 }
             catch (const std::ifstream::failure &e)
                 {
-                    std::cout << "Problem opening Tracking dump Log file: " << d_dump_filename.c_str() << " Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+                    std::cout << "Problem opening Tracking dump Log file: " << d_dump_filename.c_str() << std::endl;
                     return false;
                 }
         }