diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7428d23d0b6..5fea06b0068 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 - Dev: Decoupled reply parsing from `MessageBuilder`. (#5660, #5668)
 - Dev: Refactored IRC message building. (#5663)
 - Dev: Fixed some compiler warnings. (#5672)
+- Dev: Explicitly print output from `--version` to `stdout`. (#5727)
 - Dev: Unified parsing of historic and live IRC messages. (#5678)
 - Dev: 7TV's `entitlement.reset` is now explicitly ignored. (#5685)
 - Dev: Qt 6.8 and later now default to the GDI fontengine. (#5710)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4ece0deb871..2b7fc924e28 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -44,13 +44,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         QMessageBox box;
         if (Modes::instance().isPortable)
         {
-            box.setText(
+            auto errorMessage =
                 error.what() +
                 QStringLiteral(
                     "\n\nInfo: Portable mode requires the application to "
                     "be in a writeable location. If you don't want "
                     "portable mode reinstall the application. "
-                    "https://chatterino.com."));
+                    "https://chatterino.com.");
+            std::cerr << errorMessage.toLocal8Bit().constData() << '\n';
+            std::cerr.flush();
+            box.setText(errorMessage);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -77,12 +80,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         attachToConsole();
 
         auto version = Version::instance();
-        qInfo().noquote() << QString("%1 (commit %2%3)")
-                                 .arg(version.fullVersion())
-                                 .arg(version.commitHash())
-                                 .arg(Modes::instance().isNightly
-                                          ? ", " + version.dateOfBuild()
-                                          : "");
+        auto versionMessage =
+            QString("%1 (commit %2%3)")
+                .arg(version.fullVersion())
+                .arg(version.commitHash())
+                .arg(Modes::instance().isNightly ? ", " + version.dateOfBuild()
+                                                 : "");
+        std::cout << versionMessage.toLocal8Bit().constData() << '\n';
+        std::cout.flush();
     }
     else
     {