diff --git a/ports/quectel/core/log.py b/ports/quectel/core/log.py
index 0aa57d306ecc1b112f0990dcf7c912e8ed3e3964..bbc004f9ffb4e3fc3934f353a0730b23c091a1ee 100644
--- a/ports/quectel/core/log.py
+++ b/ports/quectel/core/log.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def getLogger(name="root"):
 def set_output(out):
     global _stream
     from machine import UART
-    if isinstance(out, UART):
+    if isinstance(out, UART) or out == usys.stderr or out == usys.stdout:
         _stream = out
     else:
         raise Exception("{} must extend UART".format(out))
diff --git a/py/scheduler.c b/py/scheduler.c
index a536a3caa3ee74a295411e40b33ef36a5b858258..429863a9ecfa0616d53268a58f71fb5b8246d6c5 100644
--- a/py/scheduler.c
+++ b/py/scheduler.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ bool mp_sched_schedule_ex(c_callback_t *callback, mp_obj_t arg)
             return mp_sched_schedule(callback->cb, arg);
         } else {
             mp_obj_t cb = mp_load_attr(callback->method_self, callback->method_name);
+            callback->cb = cb;//record a new boundmeth
             return mp_sched_schedule(cb, arg);
         }
     }