diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/cli/CliPeon.java b/services/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/cli/CliPeon.java
index 991429bc57b..71dc3050c28 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/cli/CliPeon.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/cli/CliPeon.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import com.google.inject.name.Names;
 import io.airlift.airline.Arguments;
 import io.airlift.airline.Command;
 import io.airlift.airline.Option;
+import io.netty.util.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.apache.druid.client.cache.CacheConfig;
 import org.apache.druid.client.coordinator.CoordinatorClient;
 import org.apache.druid.client.indexing.HttpIndexingServiceClient;
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ public class CliPeon extends GuiceRunnable
     );
   }
 
+  @SuppressForbidden(reason = "System#out, System#err")
   @Override
   public void run()
   {
@@ -375,14 +377,15 @@ public class CliPeon extends GuiceRunnable
           Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(hook);
         }
         catch (IllegalStateException e) {
-          log.warn("Cannot remove shutdown hook, already shutting down");
+          System.err.println("Cannot remove shutdown hook, already shutting down!");
         }
       }
       catch (Throwable t) {
-        log.error(t, "Error when starting up.  Failing.");
+        System.err.println("Error!");
+        System.err.println(Throwables.getStackTraceAsString(t));
         System.exit(1);
       }
-      log.info("Finished peon task");
+      System.out.println("Finished peon task");
     }
     catch (Exception e) {
       throw Throwables.propagate(e);