diff --git a/headstart-core.bash b/headstart-core.bash
index 62ace8004a72543654bb198f4af9059bcaaeb426..5d7c2efee88b08ba02942f98d09298894687b94c 100644
--- a/headstart-core.bash
+++ b/headstart-core.bash
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ function headstart() {
 
   . "$_GO_USE_MODULES" 'system'
 
+  set_standard_outputs
   set_trace "$debug"
   set_debug_levels "$verbosity"
   unset verbosity
diff --git a/lib/io b/lib/io
index 4442e6e3a21b0ad427f90fd1bac611712c055699..95cc5fa4e076ecb918c3e616962715ea242e49fd 100755
--- a/lib/io
+++ b/lib/io
@@ -168,5 +168,3 @@ function color_stderr() {
   @required [string] command
   "$@" 2> >(while read line; do echo -e "\e[01;31merror: $line\e[0m" >&2; done)
 }
-
-set_standard_outputs