diff --git a/daemon/src/lib.rs b/daemon/src/lib.rs
--- a/daemon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@
 
     /// Notify the process that the daemon is ready to accept requests.
     pub fn ready(mut self) {
-        self.write_pipe.write_all(&[0]).unwrap();
+        if let Err(err) = self.write_pipe.write_all(&[0]) {
+            if err.kind() != io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe {
+                eprintln!("daemon::ready write failed: {err}");
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Executes `Command` as a child process.
diff --git a/randd/src/main.rs b/randd/src/main.rs
--- a/randd/src/main.rs
+++ b/randd/src/main.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     } // TODO integrate alternative entropy sources
     if !have_seeded {
-        println!("randd: Seeding failed, no entropy source.  Random numbers on this platform are NOT SECURE");
+        eprintln!("randd: no hardware entropy source, random numbers are NOT SECURE");
     }
     rng
 }