diff --git a/lib/vagrant/machine.rb b/lib/vagrant/machine.rb
index e70e99d6e..4e66b08bf 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/machine.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/machine.rb
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ module Vagrant
       @provider_config = provider_config
       @provider_name   = provider_name
       @provider_options = provider_options
-      @ui              = @env.ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::MachineReadable) ? @env.ui.clone : Vagrant::UI::Prefixed.new(@env.ui, @name)
-      @ui.opts[:target] = name
+      @ui              = Vagrant::UI::Prefixed.new(@env.ui, @name)
       @ui_mutex        = Mutex.new
 
       # Read the ID, which is usually in local storage
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
index c610643a9..89f412325 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
@@ -321,11 +321,18 @@ module Vagrant
         target = opts[:target] if opts.key?(:target)
         target = "#{target}:" if target != ""
 
+
+
         # Get the lines. The first default is because if the message
         # is an empty string, then we want to still use the empty string.
         lines = [message]
         lines = message.split("\n") if message != ""
 
+        if @ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::MachineReadable)
+          return machine(type, message, { :target => target })
+        end
+         
+
         # Otherwise, make sure to prefix every line properly
         lines.map do |line|
           "#{prefix}#{target} #{line}"