diff --git a/bcfg2/pygen.py b/bcfg2/pygen.py
index b2f933af..75531f91 100755
--- a/bcfg2/pygen.py
+++ b/bcfg2/pygen.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def generate(code, environment=None, logger = None):
     except Done, _:
         pass
     except Exception, exn:
-        print code
+        sys.stderr.write('code: %r\n' % code)
         sys.stdout = save_stdout
         raise
     sys.stdout = save_stdout