diff --git a/fig/cli/main.py b/fig/cli/main.py
index 2f014a36c6..a8c89e5702 100644
--- a/fig/cli/main.py
+++ b/fig/cli/main.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def main():
-    console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stderr)
     console_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter())
     console_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()