diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 947d02c..2d96a4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Run as container, errors are merged into stdout (instead of going to stderr)
+
 ## [1.12.0] - 2022-01-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/ConnectionPool.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/ConnectionPool.java
index 55d0248..75bdf23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/ConnectionPool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/ConnectionPool.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public static void initPool(Start start) {
                         }
                         if (!longMessagePrinted) {
                             longMessagePrinted = true;
-                            Logging.info(start, errorMessage);
+                            Logging.error(start, errorMessage, true);
                         }
                         double minsRemaining = (maxTryTime - System.currentTimeMillis()) / (1000.0 * 60);
                         NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("#0.0");
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/HikariLoggingAppender.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/HikariLoggingAppender.java
index 06c113a..3012bd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/HikariLoggingAppender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/HikariLoggingAppender.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public void setName(String name) {
     @Override
     public void doAppend(ILoggingEvent event) throws LogbackException {
         if (event.getLevel() == Level.ERROR) {
-            Logging.error(start, event.getFormattedMessage(), false);
+            Logging.error(start, event.getFormattedMessage(), true);
         } else if (event.getLevel() == Level.WARN) {
             Logging.warn(start, event.getFormattedMessage());
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/output/Logging.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/output/Logging.java
index f31cd51..4265e0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/output/Logging.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/output/Logging.java
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ private Logger createLoggerForConsole(Start start, String name) {
         logConsoleAppender.setEncoder(ple);
         logConsoleAppender.setContext(lc);
         logConsoleAppender.start();
+        if (name.startsWith("io.supertokens.storage.mysql.Error")) {
+            logConsoleAppender.setTarget("System.err");
+        }
 
         Logger logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(name);
         logger.addAppender(logConsoleAppender);