diff --git a/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentActor.cpp b/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentActor.cpp
index 36caf52dba761f6c94e0764b3a477da247b2b43c..c00dadb5e4a4652aac8b30f0d21886a2e85d7568 100644
--- a/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentActor.cpp
+++ b/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentActor.cpp
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ Mantid::API::MatrixWorkspace_sptr InstrumentActor::extractCurrentMask() const {
                                                                 -1);
   alg->setPropertyValue("InputWorkspace", getWorkspace()->getName());
   alg->setPropertyValue("OutputWorkspace", maskName);
+  alg->setLogging(false);
   alg->execute();
 
   Mantid::API::MatrixWorkspace_sptr maskWorkspace =
diff --git a/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentWidgetMaskTab.cpp b/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentWidgetMaskTab.cpp
index 6c22426c8f470d91496fdbaaa9cc5c4922219633..132bdf428dba5ffb97aff642707067ff7bc38545 100644
--- a/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentWidgetMaskTab.cpp
+++ b/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/InstrumentWidgetMaskTab.cpp
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ bool InstrumentWidgetMaskTab::saveMaskViewToProject(
     alg->setProperty("InputWorkspace",
                      boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<Workspace>(outputWS));
     alg->setPropertyValue("OutputFile", fileName);
+    alg->setLogging(false);
     alg->execute();
 
   } catch (...) {