diff --git a/env-share/Cargo.toml b/env-share/Cargo.toml
index 770a857..8ab2adc 100644
--- a/env-share/Cargo.toml
+++ b/env-share/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "env-share"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/env-share/src/error.rs b/env-share/src/error.rs
index a073c47..612815e 100644
--- a/env-share/src/error.rs
+++ b/env-share/src/error.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 use std::process::exit;
 
 pub fn file_unset() {
-	println!("env-share: ENV_SHARE_FILE is unset");
+	eprintln!("env-share: ENV_SHARE_FILE is unset");
 	exit(1);
 }
 
 pub fn vars_unset() {
-	println!("env-share: ENV_SHARE_VARS is unset");
+	eprintln!("env-share: ENV_SHARE_VARS is unset");
 	exit(1);
 }
 
 
 pub fn write_fail(file: &String) {
-	println!("env-share: failed to write to '{file}'");
+	eprintln!("env-share: failed to write to '{file}'");
 	exit(2);
 }
 
diff --git a/mkwin/Cargo.toml b/mkwin/Cargo.toml
index 0b1e5b4..98558ca 100644
--- a/mkwin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mkwin/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mkwin"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.0.5"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/mkwin/src/error.rs b/mkwin/src/error.rs
index 796547a..846abef 100644
--- a/mkwin/src/error.rs
+++ b/mkwin/src/error.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ use std::process::exit;
 
 ///	no argument for target; code 1
 pub fn missing_target() {
-	println!("mkwin: missing target");
+	eprintln!("mkwin: missing target");
 	exit(1);
 }
 
 ///	failed to canonicalize target path; code 2
 pub fn canonicalize_fail(target: String) {
-	println!("mkwin: failed to canonicalze '{target}'--does the file exist?");
+	eprintln!("mkwin: failed to canonicalze '{target}'--does the file exist?");
 	exit(2);
 }