diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Base32.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Base32.java
index e2ba29d0b5f290b0acfe5b88eb68d51a6a83f87e..a573df03f2c279e5dedce3ee2ae4166560b18dd8 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Base32.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Base32.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class Base32 {
     private static void decode(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
         byte decoded[] = decode(DataHelper.getUTF8(read(in)));
         if (decoded == null) {
-            System.out.println("FAIL");
+            System.err.println("FAIL");
             return;
         }
         out.write(decoded);