diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 10bf4a1..df432be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Procedure when bumping the version number:
 ### Changed
 - Respect colon-delimited emoji when calculating nick hue
 - Display colon-delimited emoji in nicks and messages
+- Non-export info is now printed to stderr instead of stdout
 
 ### Fixed
 - Mentions not being stopped by `>`
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index c6c98b5..2a8d13f 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl Config {
         match toml::from_str(&content) {
             Ok(config) => config,
             Err(err) => {
-                println!("Error loading config file: {err}");
+                eprintln!("Error loading config file: {err}");
                 Self::default()
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/export/json.rs b/src/export/json.rs
index 6fb3d13..8921229 100644
--- a/src/export/json.rs
+++ b/src/export/json.rs
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ pub async fn export<W: Write>(vault: &EuphRoomVault, file: &mut W) -> anyhow::Re
         }
 
         if total % 100000 == 0 {
-            println!("  {total} messages");
+            eprintln!("  {total} messages");
         }
     }
 
     write!(file, "\n]")?;
 
-    println!("  {total} messages in total");
+    eprintln!("  {total} messages in total");
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ pub async fn export_stream<W: Write>(vault: &EuphRoomVault, file: &mut W) -> any
         }
 
         if total % 100000 == 0 {
-            println!("  {total} messages");
+            eprintln!("  {total} messages");
         }
     }
 
-    println!("  {total} messages in total");
+    eprintln!("  {total} messages in total");
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/export/text.rs b/src/export/text.rs
index 9dd7c6b..0cdd138 100644
--- a/src/export/text.rs
+++ b/src/export/text.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ pub async fn export<W: Write>(vault: &EuphRoomVault, out: &mut W) -> anyhow::Res
         exported_msgs += tree.len();
 
         if exported_trees % 10000 == 0 {
-            println!("  {exported_trees} trees, {exported_msgs} messages")
+            eprintln!("  {exported_trees} trees, {exported_msgs} messages")
         }
     }
-    println!("  {exported_trees} trees, {exported_msgs} messages in total");
+    eprintln!("  {exported_trees} trees, {exported_msgs} messages in total");
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4fb274c..d2886db 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let config_path = args
         .config
         .unwrap_or_else(|| dirs.config_dir().join("config.toml"));
-    println!("Config file: {}", config_path.to_string_lossy());
+    eprintln!("Config file: {}", config_path.to_string_lossy());
     let mut config = Config::load(&config_path);
     set_data_dir(&mut config, args.data_dir);
     set_ephemeral(&mut config, args.ephemeral);
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             .data_dir
             .clone()
             .unwrap_or_else(|| dirs.data_dir().to_path_buf());
-        println!("Data dir:    {}", data_dir.to_string_lossy());
+        eprintln!("Data dir:    {}", data_dir.to_string_lossy());
         vault::launch(&data_dir.join("vault.db"))?
     };
 
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         Command::Run => run(logger, logger_rx, config, &vault, args.measure_widths).await?,
         Command::Export(args) => export::export(&vault.euph(), args).await?,
         Command::Gc => {
-            println!("Cleaning up and compacting vault");
-            println!("This may take a while...");
+            eprintln!("Cleaning up and compacting vault");
+            eprintln!("This may take a while...");
             vault.gc().await;
         }
         Command::ClearCookies => {
-            println!("Clearing cookies");
+            eprintln!("Clearing cookies");
             vault.euph().set_cookies(CookieJar::new());
         }
     }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // this, it is not implemented via a normal function call.
     drop(logger_guard);
 
-    println!("Goodbye!");
+    eprintln!("Goodbye!");
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vault.rs b/src/vault.rs
index a490154..9352e7d 100644
--- a/src/vault.rs
+++ b/src/vault.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fn run(mut conn: Connection, mut rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Request>) {
     while let Some(request) = rx.blocking_recv() {
         match request {
             Request::Close(tx) => {
-                println!("Closing vault");
+                eprintln!("Closing vault");
                 if let Err(e) = conn.execute_batch("PRAGMA optimize") {
                     error!("{e}");
                 }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn launch_from_connection(mut conn: Connection, ephemeral: bool) -> rusqlite::Re
     conn.pragma_update(None, "foreign_keys", true)?;
     conn.pragma_update(None, "trusted_schema", false)?;
 
-    println!("Opening vault");
+    eprintln!("Opening vault");
 
     migrate::migrate(&mut conn)?;
     prepare::prepare(&mut conn)?;
diff --git a/src/vault/migrate.rs b/src/vault/migrate.rs
index cbb4f6b..8cd42c6 100644
--- a/src/vault/migrate.rs
+++ b/src/vault/migrate.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub fn migrate(conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<()> {
     let total = MIGRATIONS.len();
     assert!(user_version <= total, "malformed database schema");
     for (i, migration) in MIGRATIONS.iter().enumerate().skip(user_version) {
-        println!("Migrating vault from {} to {} (out of {})", i, i + 1, total);
+        eprintln!("Migrating vault from {} to {} (out of {})", i, i + 1, total);
         migration(&mut tx)?;
     }