diff --git a/rt/over_sticky/mf/Core/intel/.modulerc.lua b/rt/over_sticky/mf/Core/intel/.modulerc.lua
index 2ec4a1dcb..26f479f46 100644
--- a/rt/over_sticky/mf/Core/intel/.modulerc.lua
+++ b/rt/over_sticky/mf/Core/intel/.modulerc.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 if (os.getenv("RSNT_ARCH") == "avx512") then
-   io.stderr:write("Marking intel/2018.3 as default\n")
    module_version("intel/2018.3","default")
 else 
-   io.stderr:write("Marking intel/2016.4 as default\n")
    module_version("intel/2016.4","default")
 end
-
diff --git a/rt/over_sticky/modulerc b/rt/over_sticky/modulerc
index 390a6efeb..bc21058b2 100644
--- a/rt/over_sticky/modulerc
+++ b/rt/over_sticky/modulerc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 module-version boost/1.60.0 default
 module-version boost-mpi/1.60.0 default
 module-version imkl/11.3.4.258 default
-module-version intel/2016.4 default
+#module-version intel/2016.4 default
 module-version openmpi/2.1.1 default
 module-version gcc/5.4.0 default
 module-version cuda/8.0.44 default
diff --git a/src/mrc_sandbox.lua b/src/mrc_sandbox.lua
index bed883526..3548f67a8 100644
--- a/src/mrc_sandbox.lua
+++ b/src/mrc_sandbox.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ local mrc_sandbox_env = {
    hide_modulefile = hide_modulefile,
    os              = { clock = os.clock, difftime = os.difftime, time = os.time, date = os.date,
                        getenv = os.getenv, execute = os.execute},
+   io              = { stderr = io.stderr, open = io.open, close = io.close, write = io.write },
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    -- fileOp functions
    ------------------------------------------------------------