diff --git a/misc/distributed_search/outer.sh b/misc/distributed_search/outer.sh
index 254ff5dd..c94741fb 100755
--- a/misc/distributed_search/outer.sh
+++ b/misc/distributed_search/outer.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Set behavior when errors are encountered 
 # # TODO: unresolved issues with failing on error due to library generation steps expecting AlphaDIA to fail since there are no rawfiles.
-# set -e -u -x
+set -u -x
 
 # Default search parameters
 nnodes=1
diff --git a/misc/distributed_search/parse_parameters.py b/misc/distributed_search/parse_parameters.py
index f8d6e2bd..ccf779a6 100755
--- a/misc/distributed_search/parse_parameters.py
+++ b/misc/distributed_search/parse_parameters.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     if os.path.exists(args.library_path) and os.path.basename(args.library_path).endswith('.hdf'):
         lib_source = args.library_path
     else:
-        print("No valid library_path to a .hdf file provided and no valid library path to a .hdf file specified in config file, exiting...")
+        print("No valid library_path to a .hdf file provided and no valid library path to a .hdf file specified in config file, exiting...", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # copy library into chunk folder to avoid simultaneous reads of the same library