diff --git a/gui_support/app/EDFMAppController.m b/gui_support/app/EDFMAppController.m
index bb8cbd8..dd7c406 100644
--- a/gui_support/app/EDFMAppController.m
+++ b/gui_support/app/EDFMAppController.m
@@ -687,6 +687,11 @@ classdef EDFMAppController < handle
                 obj.App.RunLogTextArea.Value = cellstr([current; newLines]);
             end
             drawnow limitrate;
+            try
+                scroll(obj.App.RunLogTextArea, 'bottom');
+            catch
+                % scroll(...) is unavailable in older MATLAB releases.
+            end
         end
 
         function onRunProgress(obj, message, meta)