diff --git a/java_console/ui/src/main/java/com/rusefi/PerformanceTraceHelper.java b/java_console/ui/src/main/java/com/rusefi/PerformanceTraceHelper.java
index 4b14a1c734..b1db5ce6bd 100644
--- a/java_console/ui/src/main/java/com/rusefi/PerformanceTraceHelper.java
+++ b/java_console/ui/src/main/java/com/rusefi/PerformanceTraceHelper.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package com.rusefi;
 
 import com.rusefi.binaryprotocol.BinaryProtocol;
 import com.rusefi.config.generated.Fields;
+import com.rusefi.core.MessagesCentral;
 import com.rusefi.tracing.Entry;
 import com.rusefi.tracing.JsonOutput;
 import com.rusefi.ui.RpmModel;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -21,30 +23,45 @@ public class PerformanceTraceHelper {
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(parent, msg, msg, JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
             return;
         }
-        bp.executeCommand(Fields.TS_PERF_TRACE_BEGIN, "begin trace");
 
         try {
-            Thread.sleep(500);
-
-            byte[] packet = bp.executeCommand(Fields.TS_PERF_TRACE_GET_BUFFER, "get trace");
-            if (!checkResponseCode(packet, (byte) Fields.TS_RESPONSE_OK) || ((packet.length - 1) % 8) != 0)
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected packet, length=" + (packet != null ? 0 : packet.length));
-
-            List<Entry> data = Entry.parseBuffer(packet);
+            List<Entry> data = requestWaitAndGetPTrace(bp);
             if (data.isEmpty()) {
                 String msg = "Empty PERF_TRACE response";
                 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(parent, msg, msg, JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
                 return;
             }
+            MessagesCentral.getInstance().postMessage(PerformanceTraceHelper.class, "Got " + data.size() + " PTrace entries");
             int rpm = RpmModel.getInstance().getValue();
             String fileName = FileLog.getDate() + "_rpm_" + rpm + "_rusEFI_trace" + ".json";
 
             JsonOutput.writeToStream(data, new FileOutputStream(fileName));
-        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e1) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(e1);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
         }
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    private static List<Entry> requestWaitAndGetPTrace(BinaryProtocol bp) {
+        bp.executeCommand(Fields.TS_PERF_TRACE_BEGIN, "begin trace");
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(500);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+        }
+
+        return executeGetPTraceCommand(bp);
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    private static List<Entry> executeGetPTraceCommand(BinaryProtocol bp) {
+        byte[] packet = bp.executeCommand(Fields.TS_PERF_TRACE_GET_BUFFER, "get trace");
+        if (!checkResponseCode(packet, (byte) Fields.TS_RESPONSE_OK) || ((packet.length - 1) % 8) != 0)
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected packet, length=" + (packet != null ? 0 : packet.length));
+
+        return Entry.parseBuffer(packet);
+    }
+
     public static void getPerformanceTune() {
         startAndConnect(linkManager -> {
             BinaryProtocol binaryProtocol = linkManager.getConnector().getBinaryProtocol();