diff --git a/Nut.toml b/Nut.toml
index fa470daf..a03b8dda 100644
--- a/Nut.toml
+++ b/Nut.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ authors = [
 "github.com/kr/pty"                             = "5cf931ef8f76dccd0910001d74a58a7fca84a83d"
 "github.com/kr/text"                            = "6807e777504f54ad073ecef66747de158294b639"
 "github.com/olekukonko/ts"                      = "ecf753e7c962639ab5a1fb46f7da627d4c0a04b8"
-"github.com/rubyist/tracerx"                    = "f6aa9369b3277bc21384878e8279642da722f407"
+"github.com/rubyist/tracerx"                    = "51cd50e73e07cc41c22caec66af15313dff1aebb"
 "github.com/spf13/cobra"                        = "864687ae689edc28688c67edef47e3d2ad651a1b"
 "github.com/spf13/pflag"                        = "463bdc838f2b35e9307e91d480878bda5fff7232"
 "github.com/technoweenie/assert"                = "b25ea301d127043ffacf3b2545726e79b6632139"
diff --git a/vendor/_nuts/github.com/rubyist/tracerx/tracerx.go b/vendor/_nuts/github.com/rubyist/tracerx/tracerx.go
index 5246ab63..a4bdcf4b 100644
--- a/vendor/_nuts/github.com/rubyist/tracerx/tracerx.go
+++ b/vendor/_nuts/github.com/rubyist/tracerx/tracerx.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func PerformanceSince(what string, t time.Time) {
 func PerformanceSinceKey(key, what string, t time.Time) {
 	tracer := getTracer(key)
 
-	if tracer.enabled && tracer.performance {
+	if tracer.performance {
 		since := time.Since(t)
 		fmt.Fprintf(tracer.w, "performance %s: %.9f s\n", what, since.Seconds())
 	}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func initializeTracer(key string) *tracer {
 
 	trace := os.Getenv(fmt.Sprintf("%s_TRACE", key))
 	if trace == "" || strings.ToLower(trace) == "false" {
-		return tracer
+		tracer.enabled = false
 	}
 
 	perf := os.Getenv(fmt.Sprintf("%s_TRACE_PERFORMANCE", key))
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ func initializeTracer(key string) *tracer {
 		tracer.performance = true
 	}
 
+	if !tracer.enabled && !tracer.performance {
+		return tracer
+	}
+
 	fd, err := strconv.Atoi(trace)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Not a number, it could be a path for a log file