diff --git a/src/bittorrent.cpp b/src/bittorrent.cpp
index 5cc873210..248207973 100644
--- a/src/bittorrent.cpp
+++ b/src/bittorrent.cpp
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ void bittorrent::readAlerts() {
     else if (file_error_alert* p = dynamic_cast<file_error_alert*>(a.get())) {
       QTorrentHandle h(p->handle);
       h.auto_managed(false);
-      qDebug("File Error: %s", p->message().c_str());
+      std::cerr << "File Error: " << p->message().c_str() << std::endl;
       if(h.is_valid())
         emit fullDiskError(h);
     }