diff --git a/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c b/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c
index a35c6331b63e8f637e03945d0770cf934f4ed262..fe7e2dafb83f376e33bc362a7269263e5367eba2 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/jsexec.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ static const char* js_ext(const char* fname)
 
 void dbg_puts(const char *msg)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, msg);
+	fputs(msg, stderr);
 }
 
 char *dbg_getline(void)