diff --git a/common/lib/logsettings.py b/common/lib/logsettings.py
index 8fc2bb9db1..26ef3c8478 100644
--- a/common/lib/logsettings.py
+++ b/common/lib/logsettings.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def get_logger_config(log_dir,
                 'level': console_loglevel,
                 'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
                 'formatter': 'standard',
-                'stream': sys.stdout,
+                'stream': sys.stderr,
             },
             'syslogger-remote': {
                 'level': 'INFO',