diff --git a/deb/scripts/nvidia_smi_stats b/deb/scripts/nvidia_smi_stats
index 7dfd218..eaad02e 100755
--- a/deb/scripts/nvidia_smi_stats
+++ b/deb/scripts/nvidia_smi_stats
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use IPC::Open3;
 my $fnret = smi_stats();
 if(!ok($fnret) )
 {
-    print "Error with nvidia smi stats \n";
+    print STDERR "Error with nvidia smi stats \n";
 }
 else
 {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sub smi_stats
     my $fnret = execute("/usr/bin/nvidia-smi", "--query-gpu=gpu_name,gpu_uuid,index,memory.total,memory.used,utilization.memory,utilization.gpu,encoder.stats.sessionCount,temperature.gpu,power.draw", "--format=csv,noheader,nounits");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print "$fnret->{msg} \n";
+        print STDERR "$fnret->{msg} \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "nvidia-smi error: $fnret->{msg}" };
     }
     else
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sub ok
     }
     elsif (ref $arg eq 'HASH' and $arg->{status} eq 500 and defined($arg->{msg}))
     {
-        print $arg->{msg};
+        print STDERR $arg->{msg};
     }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/deb/scripts/rtmHardware.pl b/deb/scripts/rtmHardware.pl
index 61bedff..fb42211 100755
--- a/deb/scripts/rtmHardware.pl
+++ b/deb/scripts/rtmHardware.pl
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ sub rtmHardware
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with CPUInfo \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with CPUInfo \n";
     }
     $fnret = getSgPaths();
     if( ok($fnret) )
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ sub rtmHardware
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with kernel_oops \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with kernel_oops \n";
     }
     $fnret = os();
     if (ok($fnret))
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ sub rtmHardware
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with os \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with os \n";
     }
     $fnret = motherboard();
     if (ok($fnret))
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sub rtmHardware
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with motherboard \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with motherboard \n";
     }
     $fnret = disk();
     if (ok($fnret))
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sub rtmHardware
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with disk \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with disk \n";
     }
     $fnret = lspci();
     if (ok($fnret))
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sub rtmHardware
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with lspci \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with lspci \n";
     }
 }
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ sub CPUInfo
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Cannot open /proc/cpuinfo";
+        print STDERR "Cannot open /proc/cpuinfo";
         return {status => 500, msg => "Cannot open /proc/loadavg" };
     }
 }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sub kernel
     my $fnret = execute('uname -r');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100  or !defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "uname error: ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ sub kernel
     $fnret = execute('uname -v');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 or !defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}. "\n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}. "\n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "uname error: ".$fnret->{msg} };
     }
     else
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ sub os
     my $fnret =execute("lsb_release","-a");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print "Error ".$fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR "Error ".$fnret->{msg}." \n";
         # maybe red hat:
         if (open(my $fh, '<', "/etc/redhat-release"))
         {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ sub os
         }
         else
         {
-            print "Cannot open /etc/redhat-release";
+            print STDERR "Cannot open /etc/redhat-release";
             return {status => 500, msg => "Cannot open /etc/redhat-release" };
         }
     }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ sub motherboard
     my $fnret = execute('dmidecode');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "dmidecode error: ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ sub disk
     my $fnret = execute('lsblk -r --nodeps -o name 2>/dev/null');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "lsblk error: ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ sub disk
             my $fnret =  execute("smartctl -a $diskSmart 2>/dev/null");
             if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
             {
-                print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+                print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
                 next;
             }
             else
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ sub disk
                     my $fnret= execute("hddtemp $diskSmart 2>/dev/null");
                     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
                     {
-                        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+                        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
                         next;
                     }
                     elsif (defined $fnret->{value}[0])
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ sub lspci
     my $fnret = execute("lspci -n 2>/dev/null");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "lspci error: ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ sub getSectorSize {
     my $fnret = execute("blockdev --getss $disk");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "Error: unable to get sector size for device $disk"};
     }
     elsif (defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ sub getSgPaths
     my $fnret = execute("lsscsi -tg 2>/dev/null");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "Unable to gather sg paths ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ sub getSupportedLogPages
     my $fnret = execute("sg_logs -x $devPath 2>/dev/null");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "Unable to get sg logs pages ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ sub getGenericLogPage
     my $fnret = execute("sg_logs -x --page $page $devPath");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "Unable to get sg logs requested page ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ sub getBackgroundScanResultsLogPage
     my $fnret = execute("sg_logs -x --page 0x15 $devPath 2>/dev/null");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "Unable to get background scan page: ".$fnret->{msg}."\n"};
     }
     else
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ sub getDmesg
     my $fnret = execute('/bin/dmesg -T | tail -n 15000');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {   
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "dmesg error: ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ sub iostatCounters
     my $fnret = execute("/usr/bin/iostat -d -x $devPath");
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "iostat error: ".$fnret->{msg}};
     }
     else
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ sub ok
     }
     elsif (ref $arg eq 'HASH' and $arg->{status} eq 500 and defined($arg->{msg}))
     {
-        print $arg->{msg};
+        print STDERR $arg->{msg};
     }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/deb/scripts/rtmHourly.pl b/deb/scripts/rtmHourly.pl
index 2e213bb..277dfc5 100755
--- a/deb/scripts/rtmHourly.pl
+++ b/deb/scripts/rtmHourly.pl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sub systemInfo
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with processes \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with processes \n";
     }
     $fnret = _getTopProcess();
     if (ok($fnret))
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sub systemInfo
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with getTopProcess \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with getTopProcess \n";
     }
     $fnret = _getPortsAndInfos();
     if (ok($fnret))
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sub systemInfo
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with getPortsAndInfos \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with getPortsAndInfos \n";
     }
     $fnret = uptime();
     if (ok($fnret))
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sub systemInfo
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Error with uptime \n";
+        print STDERR "Error with uptime \n";
     }
 
     # hostname
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ sub processes
     my $fnret = execute('/bin/ps --no-headers -C noderig,beamium -o sess | sort -n | uniq');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "ps error: ".$fnret->{msg}." \n" };
     }
     else
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ sub processes
         $fnret = execute('/bin/ps --no-headers -A -o sess,state,command');
         if( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
         {
-            print "ps error: ".$fnret->{msg}."\n";
+            print STDERR "ps error: ".$fnret->{msg}."\n";
             return { status => 500, msg => "ps error: ".$fnret->{msg}." \n" };
         }
         else
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ sub _getTopProcess
     my $fnret = execute('/bin/ps -A -o vsz,cmd --sort=-vsz --no-headers | head -n 7 | grep -vE "[0123456789]+[ ]/usr/bin/(noderig|beamium)"');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print "ps error: ".$fnret->{msg}." \n";
+        print STDERR "ps error: ".$fnret->{msg}." \n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "ps error: ".$fnret->{msg}."\n" };
     }
     else
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ sub _getPortsAndInfos
     my $fnret = execute('/bin/netstat -tlenp | grep LISTEN | grep -v \'tcp6\' | awk \'{print $4"|"$9}\'');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print $fnret->{msg}."\n";
+        print STDERR $fnret->{msg}."\n";
         return { status => 500, msg => "netstat error: ".$fnret->{msg}."\n" };
     }
     else
@@ -212,13 +212,13 @@ sub _getPortsAndInfos
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        print "Could not open /proc/$pid/status";
+                        print STDERR "Could not open /proc/$pid/status";
                         return {status=>500};
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                     print "Could not open /proc/$pid/cmdline";
+                     print STDERR "Could not open /proc/$pid/cmdline";
                      return {status=>500};
                 }
             }
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ sub _getPortsAndInfos
         }
         else
         {
-            print "Could not open /etc/passwd";
+            print STDERR "Could not open /etc/passwd";
             return {status=>500};
         }
     }
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ sub uptime
     }
     else
     {
-        print "Cannot open /proc/uptime";
+        print STDERR "Cannot open /proc/uptime";
         return {status => 500, msg => "Cannot open /proc/loadavg" };
     }
 }
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ sub ok
     }
     elsif (ref $arg eq 'HASH' and $arg->{status} eq 500 and defined($arg->{msg}))
     {
-        print $arg->{msg};
+        print STDERR $arg->{msg};
     }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/deb/scripts/rtmRaidCheck.pl b/deb/scripts/rtmRaidCheck.pl
index 2cf6a9d..8222852 100755
--- a/deb/scripts/rtmRaidCheck.pl
+++ b/deb/scripts/rtmRaidCheck.pl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
     my $fnret = execute('which mdadm 2>/dev/null');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print "mdadm not found \n";
+        print STDERR "mdadm not found \n";
     }
     elsif (defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
     {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
     $fnret = execute('which mpt-status 2>/dev/null');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print "mpt-status not found \n";
+        print STDERR "mpt-status not found \n";
     }
     elsif (defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
     {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
     $fnret = execute('which lsiutil 2>/dev/null');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print "lsiutil not found \n";
+        print STDERR "lsiutil not found \n";
     }
     elsif (defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
     {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
     $fnret = execute('which lspci 2>/dev/null');
     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
     {
-        print "lspci not found \n";
+        print STDERR "lspci not found \n";
     }
     elsif (defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
     {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
         $fnret = execute("$LSPCI -d 1000:");
         if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
         {
-            print ("error executing: $LSPCI -d 1000: \n");
+            print STDERR ("error executing: $LSPCI -d 1000: \n");
         }
         elsif (defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
         {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
                 $fnret = execute("$MPTSTATUS -p 2>/dev/null | grep 'Found SCSI' | cut -f1 -d, | cut -f2 -d=");
                 if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
                 {
-                    print "SCSI not found \n";
+                    print STDERR "SCSI not found \n";
                 }
                 elsif(defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
                 {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
                     $fnret = execute("$MPTSTATUS -i $SCSI_ID");
                     if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
                     {
-                        print "SCSI not found \n";
+                        print STDERR "SCSI not found \n";
                         undef $MPTSTATUS;
                     }
                     elsif (defined($fnret->{value}[0]))
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
         else
         {
             # nothing returned,
-            print "Nothing returned with lspci -d 1000: \n";
+            print STDERR "Nothing returned with lspci -d 1000: \n";
         }
     }
     my ($line, @mptInfo, @twCliInfo, $controler);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
         $fnret = execute('cat /proc/mdstat | grep md');
         if ( $fnret->{status} != 100 )
         {
-            print "no md device found in /proc/mdstat \n";
+            print STDERR "no md device found in /proc/mdstat \n";
         }
         else
         {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
         $fnret = execute("$MPTSTATUS 2>/dev/null");
         if ($fnret->{status} != '100')
         {
-            print "no MPTSTATUS \n";
+            print STDERR "no MPTSTATUS \n";
         }
         else
         {
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ sub rtmRaidCheck
             $fnret = execute('cat /proc/mpt/summary');
             if($fnret->{status} != '100')
             {
-                print"can't cat /proc/mpt/summary \n";
+                print STDERR "can't cat /proc/mpt/summary \n";
             }
             else
             {
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ sub ok
     }
     elsif (ref $arg eq 'HASH' and $arg->{status} eq 500 and defined($arg->{msg}))
     {
-        print $arg->{msg};
+        print STDERR $arg->{msg};
     }
     return 0;
 }