diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8247d95..2df5c77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## v0.5.0
+- now prints to stderr
 ## v0.4.3
 - better score
 ## v0.4.2
diff --git a/lib/pubspec.dart b/lib/pubspec.dart
index a12075a..41d7ace 100644
--- a/lib/pubspec.dart
+++ b/lib/pubspec.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 const name = 'var_dump';
 const description =
     'Dumps details in tree from variable. Optionally exits. Can use dump() or var_dump(), or dd() for "dump and die"';
-const version = '0.4.3';
+const version = '0.5.0';
 const repository = 'https://github.com/insign/dart_var_dump';
 const homepage = 'https://github.com/insign/dart_var_dump';
 const environment = '{sdk: >=2.17.0 <3.0.0}';
diff --git a/lib/src/var_dump.dart b/lib/src/var_dump.dart
index 255e53b..b5c00e9 100644
--- a/lib/src/var_dump.dart
+++ b/lib/src/var_dump.dart
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ int level = 0;
 /// - [obj]: The variable to dump
 /// - [colorize]: Whether to colorize the output
 void dump(dynamic obj, {bool colorize = true}) {
-  print(analyse(obj, colorize: colorize));
+  // prints to stderr to avoid messing up stdout
+  stderr.writeln(analyse(obj, colorize: colorize));
 }
 
 /// Dump the variable to the console
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index d7b6b03..53ad412 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: var_dump
 description: 'Dumps details in tree from variable. Optionally exits. Can use dump() or var_dump(), or dd() for "dump and die"'
-version: 0.4.3
+version: 0.5.0
 repository: https://github.com/insign/dart_var_dump
 homepage: https://github.com/insign/dart_var_dump