diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index c5cdd7fca..8143b4a0c 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ const char *sysSigName[] = {
 };
 #endif
 
+#if !defined Q_OS_WIN && !defined Q_OS_HAIKU
+void reportToUser(const char* str);
+#endif
+
 void displayVersion();
 bool userAgreesWithLegalNotice();
 void displayBadArgMessage(const QString &message);
@@ -255,6 +259,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 }
 
+#if !defined Q_OS_WIN && !defined Q_OS_HAIKU
+void reportToUser(const char* str)
+{
+    const size_t strLen = strlen(str);
+    if (write(STDERR_FILENO, str, strLen) < static_cast<ssize_t>(strLen)) {
+        auto dummy = write(STDOUT_FILENO, str, strLen);
+        Q_UNUSED(dummy);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) || defined(STACKTRACE_WIN)
 void sigNormalHandler(int signum)
 {
@@ -262,9 +277,9 @@ void sigNormalHandler(int signum)
     const char str1[] = "Catching signal: ";
     const char *sigName = sysSigName[signum];
     const char str2[] = "\nExiting cleanly\n";
-    write(STDERR_FILENO, str1, strlen(str1));
-    write(STDERR_FILENO, sigName, strlen(sigName));
-    write(STDERR_FILENO, str2, strlen(str2));
+    reportToUser(str1);
+    reportToUser(sigName);
+    reportToUser(str2);
 #endif // !defined Q_OS_WIN && !defined Q_OS_HAIKU
     signal(signum, SIG_DFL);
     qApp->exit();  // unsafe, but exit anyway
@@ -277,9 +292,9 @@ void sigAbnormalHandler(int signum)
     const char *sigName = sysSigName[signum];
     const char str2[] = "\nPlease file a bug report at http://bug.qbittorrent.org and provide the following information:\n\n"
     "qBittorrent version: " QBT_VERSION "\n";
-    write(STDERR_FILENO, str1, strlen(str1));
-    write(STDERR_FILENO, sigName, strlen(sigName));
-    write(STDERR_FILENO, str2, strlen(str2));
+    reportToUser(str1);
+    reportToUser(sigName);
+    reportToUser(str2);
     print_stacktrace();  // unsafe
 #endif // !defined Q_OS_WIN && !defined Q_OS_HAIKU
 #ifdef STACKTRACE_WIN