diff --git a/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c
index d83e23f..2867000 100644
--- a/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int ptyc_get_driver_ctx(
 
 	if (cctx.sysroot && ptyc_open_dir(&cctx.hroot,0,cctx.sysroot,false)) {
 		if (flags & PTYC_DRIVER_VERBOSITY_ERRORS)
-			fprintf(stderr,
+			ptyc_dprintf(STDERR_FILENO,
 				"%s: error: could not open sysroot directory '%s'",
 				program,cctx.sysroot);
 		return ptyc_get_driver_ctx_fail(meta);