diff --git a/action.py b/action.py
index 45b9914..92e2b32 100755
--- a/action.py
+++ b/action.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def main(conf_file, extra_opts, exclude_paths, log_file, patch, path):
     print("Running " + " ".join(command) + "\n\n")
     verible_linted = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True)
 
-    issues = verible_linted.stdout.decode("utf-8")
+    issues = verible_linted.stderr.decode("utf-8")
     log_raw(issues, log_file if log_file else 'verible-verilog-lint.log')
 
     exit(issues != "")