diff --git a/node.c b/node.c
index cceadb3..323fc86 100644
--- a/node.c
+++ b/node.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		// should not return, and if it does, it probably means
 		// we should fall back to using node-default fallback.
 		libalts_exec_default(argv);
-		fputs("Falling back to using -default symlink.\n", stderr);
+		// some programs parse stderr, so let's be quiet here.
+		//fputs("Falling back to using -default symlink.\n", stderr);
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/nodejs-common.changes b/nodejs-common.changes
index c58ec45..16e43a6 100644
--- a/nodejs-common.changes
+++ b/nodejs-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 18 19:29:10 UTC 2021 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
+
+- Some applications do not line warnings or notices on stderr
+  as they use it for other things. So make nodejs-common quiet
+  unless we have a fatal error.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 10 10:27:58 UTC 2021 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>