diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 42d1cd8..8734b2d 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ impl InterfaceConfig {
         let cfg: Self = match confy::load(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),"interfaces") {
             Ok(data) => data,
             Err(e) => {
-                error!("[ERROR] {}", e);
+                match connected_to_journal() {
+                    true => error!("[ERROR] {e}"),
+                    false => eprintln!("[ERROR] {e}")
+                }
                 return Err(Box::new(e));
             }
         };
@@ -75,7 +78,11 @@ impl ZoneConfig {
             let entry = entry?;
             let path = entry.path();
             if path.is_dir() {
-                warn!("[WARN] Subdirectory in zones.d detected, this should not be the case");
+                let warn_msg = "Subdirectory in zones.d detected, this should not be the case";
+                match connected_to_journal() {
+                    true => warn!("[WARN] {warn_msg}"),
+                    false => eprintln!("[WARN] {warn_msg}"),
+                }
             }
             else {
                 let zone_config_path = format!("zones.d/{}", path.file_stem()
@@ -84,7 +91,10 @@ impl ZoneConfig {
                 match confy::load(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), zone_config_path.as_str()) {
                     Ok(data) => zone_configs.push(data),
                     Err(e) => {
-                        error!("[ERROR] {}", e);
+                        match connected_to_journal() {
+                            true => error!("[ERROR] {e}"),
+                            false => eprintln!("[ERROR] {e}"),
+                        }
                         return Err(Box::new(e));
                     }
                 };