diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/Console.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/Console.ts
index bcab4817..4f66c5ee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/Console.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/Console.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ import path from 'path';
 import readline from 'readline';
 import stringWidth from 'string-width';
 import {OutputFormat, type MemLabConfig} from './Config';
-import {AnyValue, Nullable, Optional} from './Types';
+import {
+  AnyValue,
+  ConsoleOutputAnnotation,
+  ConsoleOutputOptions,
+  Nullable,
+  Optional,
+} from './Types';
 
 type Message = {
   lines: number[];
@@ -117,6 +123,9 @@ class MemLabConsole {
   };
 
   private static singleton: MemLabConsole;
+  public annotations: {[key: string]: ConsoleOutputAnnotation} = {
+    STACK_TRACE: 'stack-trace',
+  };
 
   protected constructor() {
     this.sections = {
@@ -442,13 +451,18 @@ class MemLabConsole {
     this.printStr(this.style(msg, 'mid'));
   }
 
-  public lowLevel(msg: string): void {
+  public lowLevel(msg: string, options: ConsoleOutputOptions = {}): void {
     if (this.shouldBeConcise('lowLevel')) {
       return this.overwrite(msg);
     }
     this.logMsg(msg);
     if (this.config.muteConfig?.muteLowLevel) {
-      return;
+      if (
+        options.annotation !== this.annotations.STACK_TRACE ||
+        this.config.muteConfig?.muteError
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
     }
     this.clearPrevOverwriteMsg();
     this.printStr(this.style(msg, 'low'));
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/Types.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/Types.ts
index ba8a2795..b7c69283 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/Types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/Types.ts
@@ -2446,3 +2446,11 @@ export type JSONifyOptions = {
   forceJSONifyDepth?: number;
   serializationHelper?: ISerializationHelper;
 };
+
+/** @internal */
+export type ConsoleOutputAnnotation = 'stack-trace';
+
+/** @internal */
+export type ConsoleOutputOptions = {
+  annotation?: ConsoleOutputAnnotation;
+};
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts
index 7aed3873..776d986c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/Utils.ts
@@ -1300,7 +1300,9 @@ function callAsync(f: AnyAyncFunction): void {
     promise.catch((e: unknown) => {
       const parsedError = getError(e);
       info.error(parsedError.message);
-      info.lowLevel(parsedError.stack ?? '');
+      info.lowLevel(parsedError.stack ?? '', {
+        annotation: info.annotations.STACK_TRACE,
+      });
     });
   }
 }
@@ -1892,7 +1894,9 @@ function haltOrThrow(
       }
       // only print stack trace in verbose mode
       if (config.verbose) {
-        info.lowLevel(err.stack ?? '');
+        info.lowLevel(err.stack ?? '', {
+          annotation: info.annotations.STACK_TRACE,
+        });
       } else {
         info.topLevel(
           'Use `memlab help` or `memlab <COMMAND> -h` to get helper text',
@@ -2036,7 +2040,9 @@ export function runShell(
     if (config.verbose || config.isContinuousTest) {
       if (ex instanceof Error) {
         info.lowLevel(ex.message);
-        info.lowLevel(ex.stack ?? '');
+        info.lowLevel(ex.stack ?? '', {
+          annotation: info.annotations.STACK_TRACE,
+        });
       }
     }
     if (options.throwError) {