diff --git a/exo-open/main.c b/exo-open/main.c
index f2581f5..4d1af7b 100644
--- a/exo-open/main.c
+++ b/exo-open/main.c
@@ -559,25 +559,17 @@ main (gint argc, gchar **argv)
 
           if (uri == NULL)
             {
-              /* display an error dialog */
-              dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL, GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
-                                               _("Unable to detect the URI-scheme of \"%s\"."), *argv);
-              gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
-              gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
-
+              g_printerr (_("Unable to detect the URI-scheme of \"%s\"."), *argv);
+              g_printerr ("\n");
               result = EXIT_FAILURE;
             }
           else if (!exo_open_uri (uri, &err))
             {
               if (err != NULL)
                 {
-                  /* display an error dialog */
-                  dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL, GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
-                                                   _("Failed to open URI \"%s\"."), uri);
-                  gtk_message_dialog_format_secondary_text (GTK_MESSAGE_DIALOG (dialog), "%s.", err->message);
+                  g_printerr (_("Failed to open URI \"%s\"."), uri);
+                  g_printerr ("\n %s.\n", err->message);
                   g_error_free (err);
-                  gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
-                  gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
                 }
 
               result = EXIT_FAILURE;