diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index a4be982..24f4a59 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -70,7 +70,4 @@ void Config_init(void)
     CONFIG.sonic_id3 = 0;
 
     CONFIG.sonic_insecure = 0;
-
-    /*---------- Print version number -----------*/
-    print_version();
 }
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index bb03ddb..0010dd9 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ print_actual_message: {
 void print_version()
 {
     /* FUSE prints its help to stderr */
-    lprintf(info, "HTTPDirFS version " VERSION "\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "HTTPDirFS version " VERSION "\n");
     /*
      * --------- Print off SSL engine version ---------
      */
     curl_version_info_data *data = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
-    lprintf(info, "libcurl SSL engine: %s\n", data->ssl_version);
+    fprintf(stderr, "libcurl SSL engine: %s\n", data->ssl_version);
 }