diff --git a/src/compiler/watch.ts b/src/compiler/watch.ts
index 2f03e5bc5d4..7a98c43dd04 100644
--- a/src/compiler/watch.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/watch.ts
@@ -488,14 +488,14 @@ namespace ts {
         const watchFilePath = compilerOptions.extendedDiagnostics ? ts.addFilePathWatcherWithLogging : ts.addFilePathWatcher;
         const watchDirectoryWorker = compilerOptions.extendedDiagnostics ? ts.addDirectoryWatcherWithLogging : ts.addDirectoryWatcher;
 
+        const getCanonicalFileName = createGetCanonicalFileName(useCaseSensitiveFileNames);
+        let newLine = updateNewLine();
+
         writeLog(`Current directory: ${currentDirectory} CaseSensitiveFileNames: ${useCaseSensitiveFileNames}`);
         if (configFileName) {
             watchFile(host, configFileName, scheduleProgramReload, writeLog);
         }
 
-        const getCanonicalFileName = createGetCanonicalFileName(useCaseSensitiveFileNames);
-        let newLine = updateNewLine();
-
         const compilerHost: CompilerHost & ResolutionCacheHost = {
             // Members for CompilerHost
             getSourceFile: (fileName, languageVersion, onError?, shouldCreateNewSourceFile?) => getVersionedSourceFileByPath(fileName, toPath(fileName), languageVersion, onError, shouldCreateNewSourceFile),
@@ -583,7 +583,9 @@ namespace ts {
 
             // Compile the program
             if (loggingEnabled) {
-                writeLog(`CreatingProgramWith::\n  roots: ${JSON.stringify(rootFileNames)}\n  options: ${JSON.stringify(compilerOptions)}`);
+                writeLog(`CreatingProgramWith::`);
+                writeLog(`  roots: ${JSON.stringify(rootFileNames)}`);
+                writeLog(`  options: ${JSON.stringify(compilerOptions)}`);
             }
 
             const needsUpdateInTypeRootWatch = hasChangedCompilerOptions || !program;