diff --git a/sys/embunit/TestRunner.c b/sys/embunit/TestRunner.c
index bf448e7db03e2..eb81fd5376954 100644
--- a/sys/embunit/TestRunner.c
+++ b/sys/embunit/TestRunner.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void TestRunner_startTest(TestListner* self,Test* test)
 {
     (void)self;
     (void)test;
-    stdimpl_print(".");
+    stdimpl_print(".\n");
 }
 
 static void TestRunner_endTest(TestListner* self,Test* test)
diff --git a/tests/unittests/Makefile b/tests/unittests/Makefile
index cc9bdd02172f2..63fe943c06ae1 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/unittests/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 DEVELHELP ?= 0
 include ../Makefile.tests_common
 
+OUTPUT := TEXT
+
 USEMODULE += embunit
 
 ifeq (, $(UNIT_TESTS))
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests/01-run.py b/tests/unittests/tests/01-run.py
index c6efce72c5be1..92c80a7e740e5 100755
--- a/tests/unittests/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/tests/01-run.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from testrunner import run_check_unittests
 
 
-TIMEOUT = 120
+TIMEOUT = 240
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":