diff --git a/tooling/acvm_cli/src/main.rs b/tooling/acvm_cli/src/main.rs
index 8f9edc48f32..2fccba8e630 100644
--- a/tooling/acvm_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/tooling/acvm_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ fn main() {
             .with_span_events(FmtSpan::ACTIVE)
             .with_writer(debug_file)
             .with_ansi(false)
-            .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+            .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_env("NOIR_LOG"))
             .init();
     } else {
         tracing_subscriber::fmt()
             .with_span_events(FmtSpan::ACTIVE)
+            .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
             .with_ansi(true)
             .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_env("NOIR_LOG"))
             .init();
diff --git a/tooling/artifact_cli/src/bin/execute.rs b/tooling/artifact_cli/src/bin/execute.rs
index 8bca901e485..5d67ce0a958 100644
--- a/tooling/artifact_cli/src/bin/execute.rs
+++ b/tooling/artifact_cli/src/bin/execute.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pub fn start_cli() -> eyre::Result<()> {
 fn main() {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_span_events(FmtSpan::ACTIVE)
+        .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
         .with_ansi(true)
         .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_env("NOIR_LOG"))
         .init();
diff --git a/tooling/nargo_cli/src/main.rs b/tooling/nargo_cli/src/main.rs
index f4cc74447bc..40ee09e4e18 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/tooling/nargo_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ fn setup_tracing() {
         let debug_file = rolling::daily(log_dir, "nargo-log");
         subscriber.with_writer(debug_file).with_ansi(false).json().init();
     } else {
-        subscriber.with_ansi(true).init();
+        subscriber.with_writer(std::io::stderr).with_ansi(true).init();
     }
 }
diff --git a/tooling/profiler/src/main.rs b/tooling/profiler/src/main.rs
index e4a5bc153d2..f20dabdefdb 100644
--- a/tooling/profiler/src/main.rs
+++ b/tooling/profiler/src/main.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ fn main() {
             .with_span_events(FmtSpan::ACTIVE)
             .with_writer(debug_file)
             .with_ansi(false)
-            .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+            .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_env("NOIR_LOG"))
             .init();
     } else {
         tracing_subscriber::fmt()
             .with_span_events(FmtSpan::ACTIVE)
+            .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
             .with_ansi(true)
             .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_env("NOIR_LOG"))
             .init();