diff --git a/perf/index.html b/perf/index.html
index 84a0141a3..7b8abb202 100644
--- a/perf/index.html
+++ b/perf/index.html
@@ -20,12 +20,20 @@
 		<script src="../vendor/benchmark.js/benchmark.js"></script>
 		<script src="../vendor/firebug-lite/src/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
 		<script>
+			(function() {
+				if (!/[?&]nojava=true(?:&|$)/.test(location.search)) {
+					// using innerHTML avoids an alert in some versions of IE6
+					var div = document.createElement('div');
+					div.innerHTML = '<applet code=nano archive="../vendor/benchmark.js/nano.jar">';
+					document.body.insertBefore(div.lastChild, document.body.firstChild);
+				}
+			}());
+
 			window.onload = function() {
 				var sibling = document.scripts[0],
 				    script = document.createElement('script');
 
 				document.getElementById('FirebugUI').style.height = '100%';
-
 				script.src = 'perf.js';
 				sibling.parentNode.insertBefore(script, sibling);
 			};
diff --git a/perf/perf.js b/perf/perf.js
index 182513a32..e1fae38c3 100644
--- a/perf/perf.js
+++ b/perf/perf.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       console.log('\n' + this.name + ':');
     },
     'onCycle': function(event) {
-      console.log(event.target.toString());
+      console.log(event.target + '');
     },
     'onComplete': function() {
       var fastest = this.filter('fastest').pluck('name'),
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@
       else {
         // report results
         if (score.lodash >= score.underscore) {
-          console.log('\nLo-Dash is ' + (score.lodash / score.underscore).toFixed(2) + 'x faster than Underscore.\n');
+          console.log('\nLo-Dash is ' + (score.lodash / score.underscore).toFixed(2) + 'x faster than Underscore.');
         } else {
-          console.log('\nUnderscore is ' + (score.underscore / score.lodash).toFixed(2) + 'x faster than Lo-Dash.\n');
+          console.log('\nUnderscore is ' + (score.underscore / score.lodash).toFixed(2) + 'x faster than Lo-Dash.');
         }
       }
     }
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+  if (Benchmark.platform + '') {
+    console.log(Benchmark.platform + '\n');
+  }
   // start suites
   suites[0].run();
 
diff --git a/perf/run-perf.sh b/perf/run-perf.sh
index e775fceff..100a3d44f 100755
--- a/perf/run-perf.sh
+++ b/perf/run-perf.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 for cmd in rhino ringo narwhal node; do
+	echo ""
 	echo "Running performance suite in $cmd..."
 	$cmd perf.js
 done
-echo "\nRunning performance suite in a browser..."
+echo ""
+echo "Running performance suite in a browser..."
 open index.html
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diff --git a/test/run-test.sh b/test/run-test.sh
index d4da85ada..0276f4ea9 100755
--- a/test/run-test.sh
+++ b/test/run-test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 for cmd in rhino ringo narwhal node; do
+	echo ""
 	echo "Testing in $cmd..."
 	$cmd test.js
 done
+echo ""
 echo "Testing in a browser..."
 open index.html
\ No newline at end of file