diff --git a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
index 11a88fc5..218e54ab 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ fn main() {
                 Ok(exit_status) => {
                     if !exit_status.success() {
                         debug!("imag-{} exited with non-zero exit code: {:?}", subcommand, exit_status);
-                        println!("imag-{} exited with non-zero exit code", subcommand);
+                        eprintln!("imag-{} exited with non-zero exit code", subcommand);
                         exit(exit_status.code().unwrap_or(1));
                     }
                     debug!("Successful exit!");