diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
index 04991b387..1ddeaee52 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ function ReaderUI:showReader(file)
         end)
         local ok, err = coroutine.resume(co)
         if err ~= nil or ok == false then
-            print '[!] doShowReader coroutine crashed:'
-            print(debug.traceback(co, err, 1))
+            io.stderr:write('[!] doShowReader coroutine crashed:\n')
+            io.stderr:write(debug.traceback(co, err, 1))
             UIManager:quit()
         end
     end)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/horizontalgroup.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/horizontalgroup.lua
index 7383d10db..84fc0d86c 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/horizontalgroup.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/horizontalgroup.lua
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ function HorizontalGroup:paintTo(bb, x, y)
         elseif self.align == "bottom" then
             widget:paintTo(bb, x + self._offsets[i].x, y + size.h - self._offsets[i].y)
         else
-            print("[!] invalid alignment for HorizontalGroup", self.align)
+            io.stderr:write("[!] invalid alignment for HorizontalGroup: ",
+                            self.align)
         end
     end
 end
diff --git a/platform/kindle/koreader.sh b/platform/kindle/koreader.sh
index ece131488..6f0290fec 100755
--- a/platform/kindle/koreader.sh
+++ b/platform/kindle/koreader.sh
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ logmsg "Starting KOReader . . ."
 if [ "${FROM_KUAL}" == "yes" ] ; then
 	eips_print_bottom_centered "Starting KOReader . . ." 1
 fi
-./reader.lua "$@" 2> crash.log
+./reader.lua "$@" > crash.log 2>&1
 
 # clean up our own process tree in case the reader crashed (if needed, to avoid flooding KUAL's log)
 if pidof reader.lua > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
diff --git a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
index dd6656387..8c7016ecd 100755
--- a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
+++ b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ if awk '$4~/(^|,)ro($|,)/' /proc/mounts | grep ' /mnt/sd ' ; then
 	mount -o remount,rw /mnt/sd
 fi
 
-./reader.lua "${args}" 2> crash.log
+./reader.lua "${args}" > crash.log 2>&1
 
 if [ "${FROM_NICKEL}" == "true" ] ; then
 	# start kobo software because it was running before koreader
diff --git a/platform/pocketbook/koreader.app b/platform/pocketbook/koreader.app
index fe3474ae0..6853e2bf7 100755
--- a/platform/pocketbook/koreader.app
+++ b/platform/pocketbook/koreader.app
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else
     args="$@"
 fi
 
-./reader.lua "$args" 2> crash.log
+./reader.lua "$args" > crash.log 2>&1
 
 if pidof reader.lua > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
 	killall -TERM reader.lua