diff --git a/common/static/common/js/jasmine_stack_trace.js b/common/static/common/js/jasmine_stack_trace.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7728fcfe09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/static/common/js/jasmine_stack_trace.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* This file overrides ExceptionFormatter of jasmine before it's initialization in karma-jasmine's
+ boot.js. It's important because ExceptionFormatter returns a constructor function. Once the method has been
+ initialized we can't override the ExceptionFormatter as Jasmine then uses the stored reference to the function */
+(function () {
+    /* globals jasmineRequire */
+    'use strict';
+
+    var OldExceptionFormatter = jasmineRequire.ExceptionFormatter(),
+        oldExceptionFormatter = new OldExceptionFormatter(),
+        MAX_STACK_TRACE_LINES = 10;
+
+    jasmineRequire.ExceptionFormatter = function () {
+        function ExceptionFormatter() {
+            this.message = oldExceptionFormatter.message;
+            this.stack = function (error) {
+                var errorMsg = null;
+
+                if (error) {
+                    errorMsg = error.stack.split('\n').slice(0, MAX_STACK_TRACE_LINES).join('\n');
+                }
+
+                return errorMsg;
+            };
+        }
+
+        return ExceptionFormatter;
+    };
+}());
diff --git a/common/static/common/js/karma.common.conf.js b/common/static/common/js/karma.common.conf.js
index 173a7e5efe..36be0d44a5 100644
--- a/common/static/common/js/karma.common.conf.js
+++ b/common/static/common/js/karma.common.conf.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function junitNameFormatter(browser, result) {
  * @return {String}
  */
 function junitClassNameFormatter(browser) {
-    return "Javascript." + browser.name.split(" ")[0];
+    return 'Javascript.' + browser.name.split(' ')[0];
 }
 
 
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ var getBaseConfig = function (config, useRequireJs) {
         var files = [
             'node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
             'node_modules/jasmine-core/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js',
+            'common/static/common/js/jasmine_stack_trace.js',
             'node_modules/karma-jasmine/lib/boot.js',
             'node_modules/karma-jasmine/lib/adapter.js',
             'node_modules/jasmine-jquery/lib/jasmine-jquery.js'
@@ -292,6 +293,12 @@ var getBaseConfig = function (config, useRequireJs) {
         // karma-reporter
         reporters: reporters(config),
 
+        // Spec Reporter configuration
+        specReporter: {
+            maxLogLines: 5,
+            showSpecTiming: true
+        },
+
 
         coverageReporter: coverageSettings(config),
 
@@ -330,7 +337,11 @@ var getBaseConfig = function (config, useRequireJs) {
         // how many browser should be started simultaneous
         concurrency: Infinity,
 
-        browserNoActivityTimeout: 50000
+        browserNoActivityTimeout: 50000,
+
+        client: {
+            captureConsole: false
+        }
     };
 };