diff --git a/common/include/common/debug.h b/common/include/common/debug.h
index 10518326..aa6db868 100644
--- a/common/include/common/debug.h
+++ b/common/include/common/debug.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 enum DebugLevel
 {
+  DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE,
   DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO,
   DEBUG_LEVEL_WARN,
   DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR,
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ void printBacktrace(void);
   sizeof(s) > 21 && (s)[sizeof(s)-22] == DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR ? (s) + sizeof(s) - 21 : (s))
 
 #define DEBUG_PRINT(level, fmt, ...) do { \
-  fprintf(stdout, "%s%12" PRId64 "%20s:%-4u | %-30s | " fmt "\n", \
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s%12" PRId64 "%20s:%-4u | %-30s | " fmt "%s\n", \
       debug_lookup[level], microtime(), STRIPPATH(__FILE__), \
-      __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+      __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, ##__VA_ARGS__, debug_lookup[DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE]); \
 } while (0)
 
 #define DEBUG_BREAK() DEBUG_PRINT(DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO, "================================================================================")
diff --git a/common/src/platform/linux/debug.c b/common/src/platform/linux/debug.c
index 310d46d8..62e0e0d5 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/linux/debug.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/linux/debug.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ void debug_init(void)
 {
   static const char * colorLookup[] =
   {
+    COLOR_RESET        , // DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE
     COLOR_RESET  "[I] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO
     COLOR_YELLOW "[W] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_WARN
     COLOR_RED    "[E] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ void debug_init(void)
 
   static const char * plainLookup[] =
   {
+    ""    , // DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE
     "[I] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO
     "[W] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_WARN
     "[E] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR
@@ -50,5 +52,5 @@ void debug_init(void)
     "[!] "  // DEBUG_LEVEL_FATAL
   };
 
-  debug_lookup = (isatty(0) == 1) ? colorLookup : plainLookup;
+  debug_lookup = (isatty(STDERR_FILENO) == 1) ? colorLookup : plainLookup;
 }
diff --git a/common/src/platform/windows/debug.c b/common/src/platform/windows/debug.c
index 82eea38b..872bada2 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/windows/debug.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/windows/debug.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void debug_init(void)
 {
   static const char * plainLookup[] =
   {
+    ""    , // DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE
     "[I] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO
     "[W] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_WARN
     "[E] ", // DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR