diff --git a/bootstrap-haskell b/bootstrap-haskell
index 5940056c28c36d9cda6e8a4367e777ea6b7e083e..5106804c36671a220988aed533161a104a8f5a31 100755
--- a/bootstrap-haskell
+++ b/bootstrap-haskell
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ die() {
 
 edo()
 {
-	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "$*"
+    (>&2 printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "$*")
     "$@" || exit 2
 }