diff --git a/library/Console-posix.cpp b/library/Console-posix.cpp
index 6fb1cbff3..76b5a8cb2 100644
--- a/library/Console-posix.cpp
+++ b/library/Console-posix.cpp
@@ -903,7 +903,10 @@ void Console::add_text(color_value color, const std::string &text)
     if (inited)
         d->print_text(color, text);
     else
-        fwrite(text.data(), 1, text.size(), stderr);
+    {
+        FILE *out = d->dfout_C ? d->dfout_C : stderr;
+        fwrite(text.data(), 1, text.size(), out);
+    }
 }
 
 int Console::get_columns(void)