diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50e06ed..d4eee79 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ start on (net-device-up and local-filesystems and runlevel [2345])
 stop on runlevel [016]
 respawn
 
-console none
+# NB: keter writes logs to /opt/keter/etc, but some exceptions occasionally
+# escape to standard error. This ensures they show up in system logs.
+console output
 
 exec /opt/keter/bin/keter /opt/keter/etc/keter-config.yaml
 ```