diff --git a/src/main/cpp/Makefile b/src/main/cpp/Makefile
index eb89e2d..8169697 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/Makefile
+++ b/src/main/cpp/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CXX=g++-8
+CXX=g++
 
 default: tiv
 
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/tiv.cpp b/src/main/cpp/tiv.cpp
index 783723c..8a04581 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/tiv.cpp
+++ b/src/main/cpp/tiv.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void emitCodepoint(int codepoint) {
     std::cout << (char) (0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3f));
     std::cout << (char) (0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3f));
   } else {
-    std::cout << "ERROR";
+    std::cerr << "ERROR";
   }
 }