diff --git a/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/cmd/Validator.java b/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/cmd/Validator.java
index 51010f4..b621e0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/cmd/Validator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/cmd/Validator.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ public class Validator {
                 returnValue = ReturnValue.CONFIGURATION_ERROR;
             }
         } catch (final Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
             Printer.writeErr(e.getMessage());
             if (cmd.isDebugOutput()) {
                 log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/impl/Printer.java b/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/impl/Printer.java
index 62f7441..ed835f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/impl/Printer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/kosit/validationtool/impl/Printer.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package de.kosit.validationtool.impl;
 
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
@@ -62,7 +64,10 @@ public class Printer {
     public static void writeErr(final Exception ex, final String message, final Object... params) {
         writeErr(message, params);
         if (ex != null) {
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+            PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
+            ex.printStackTrace(pw);
+            writeErr(sw.toString());
         }
     }