diff --git a/lib/Data/Internal/XIO.hs b/lib/Data/Internal/XIO.hs
index 8a8c8ca..15bc31a 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Internal/XIO.hs
+++ b/lib/Data/Internal/XIO.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE ImplicitPrelude #-}
-
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Functions for handling dependencies
 
@@ -102,6 +100,7 @@ import qualified DBus.Introspection as I
 import Data.Aeson hiding (Error, Result)
 import Data.Aeson.Key
 import Data.Internal.DBus
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as TI
 import Data.Yaml
 import GHC.IO.Exception (ioe_description)
 import RIO hiding (bracket, fromString)
@@ -134,8 +133,8 @@ withLogFile :: MonadUnliftIO m => FilePath -> (Handle -> m a) -> m a
 withLogFile logfile f = do
   p <- (</> logfile) . dataDir <$> liftIO getDirectories
   catchIO (withBinaryFile p AppendMode f) $ \e -> do
-    liftIO $ print e
-    liftIO $ putStrLn "could not open log file, falling back to stderr"
+    liftIO $ TI.putStrLn $ T.pack $ show e
+    liftIO $ TI.putStrLn "could not open log file, falling back to stderr"
     f stderr
 
 hRunXIO :: Bool -> Handle -> XIO a -> IO a
@@ -520,7 +519,7 @@ getParams = do
   maybe (return defParams) (liftIO . decodeYaml) p
   where
     decodeYaml p =
-      either (\e -> print e >> return defParams) return
+      either (\e -> TI.putStrLn (T.pack $ show e) >> return defParams) return
         =<< decodeFileEither p
 
 getParamFile :: MonadIO m => m (Maybe FilePath)