diff --git a/opendm/log.py b/opendm/log.py
index cd3de35a..671521db 100644
--- a/opendm/log.py
+++ b/opendm/log.py
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ class ODMLogger:
                     'type': level_name.lower()
                 })
     
-    def init_json_output(self, output_file, args):
-        self.json_output_file = output_file
+    def init_json_output(self, output_files, args):
+        self.json_output_files = output_files
+        self.json_output_file = output_files[0]
         self.json = {}
         self.json['odmVersion'] = odm_version()
         self.json['memory'] = memory()
@@ -137,8 +138,13 @@ class ODMLogger:
 
     def close(self):
         if self.json is not None and self.json_output_file is not None:
-            with open(self.json_output_file, 'w') as f:
-                f.write(json.dumps(self.json, indent=4))
+            try:
+                with open(self.json_output_file, 'w') as f:
+                    f.write(json.dumps(self.json, indent=4))
+                for f in self.json_output_files[1:]:
+                    shutil.copy(self.json_output_file, f)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print("Cannot write log.json: %s" % str(e))
 
 logger = ODMLogger()
 
diff --git a/opendm/osfm.py b/opendm/osfm.py
index 9077a72f..fae2d59c 100644
--- a/opendm/osfm.py
+++ b/opendm/osfm.py
@@ -50,13 +50,12 @@ class OSFMContext:
 
         # Check that a reconstruction file has been created
         if not self.reconstructed():
-            log.ODM_ERROR("The program could not process this dataset using the current settings. "
+            raise system.ExitException("The program could not process this dataset using the current settings. "
                             "Check that the images have enough overlap, "
                             "that there are enough recognizable features "
                             "and that the images are in focus. "
                             "You could also try to increase the --min-num-features parameter."
                             "The program will now exit.")
-            exit(1)
 
 
     def setup(self, args, images_path, reconstruction, append_config = [], rerun=False):
diff --git a/opendm/remote.py b/opendm/remote.py
index 89e22af3..30a4daea 100644
--- a/opendm/remote.py
+++ b/opendm/remote.py
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ class LocalRemoteExecutor:
             log.ODM_WARNING("LRE: The node seems to be offline! We'll still process the dataset, but it's going to run entirely locally.")
             self.node_online = False
         except Exception as e:
-            log.ODM_ERROR("LRE: An unexpected problem happened while opening the node connection: %s" % str(e))
-            exit(1)
+            raise system.ExitException("LRE: An unexpected problem happened while opening the node connection: %s" % str(e))
 
     def set_projects(self, paths):
         self.project_paths = paths
diff --git a/stages/odm_app.py b/stages/odm_app.py
index 9a0ca045..04d5e217 100644
--- a/stages/odm_app.py
+++ b/stages/odm_app.py
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ class ODMApp:
         if args.debug:
             log.logger.show_debug = True
         
-        log.logger.init_json_output(os.path.join(args.project_path, "log.json"), args)
+        json_log_paths = [os.path.join(args.project_path, "log.json")]
+        if args.copy_to:
+            json_log_paths.append(args.copy_to)
+
+        log.logger.init_json_output(json_log_paths, args)
         
         dataset = ODMLoadDatasetStage('dataset', args, progress=5.0,
                                           verbose=args.verbose)
diff --git a/stages/odm_report.py b/stages/odm_report.py
index f297b9a6..9e07c4f1 100644
--- a/stages/odm_report.py
+++ b/stages/odm_report.py
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ class ODMReport(types.ODM_Stage):
         octx.export_report(os.path.join(tree.odm_report, "report.pdf"), odm_stats, self.rerun())
 
         # TODO: does this warrant a new stage?
-        # TODO: move to pipeline end ?
         if args.copy_to:
             try:
                 copy_paths([os.path.join(args.project_path, p) for p in get_processing_results_paths()], args.copy_to, self.rerun())