diff --git a/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-harvest/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsHarvesterCLIRunner.java b/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-harvest/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsHarvesterCLIRunner.java
index fa2b5af9..616a417c 100644
--- a/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-harvest/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsHarvesterCLIRunner.java
+++ b/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-harvest/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsHarvesterCLIRunner.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineException;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@
 @Component
 public class NihmsHarvesterCLIRunner implements CommandLineRunner {
 
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NihmsHarvesterCLIRunner.class);
+
     /**
      * Request for help/usage documentation
      */
@@ -96,7 +100,6 @@ public void run(String... args) {
             /* Handle general options such as help, version */
             if (this.help) {
                 parser.printUsage(System.err);
-                System.err.println();
                 System.exit(0);
             }
 
@@ -121,16 +124,10 @@ public void run(String... args) {
             nihmsHarvester.harvest(statusesToProcess, harvestPeriodMonths);
 
         } catch (CmdLineException e) {
-            /**
-             * This is an error in command line args, just print out usage data
-             * and description of the error.
-             */
-            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
             parser.printUsage(System.err);
             System.exit(1);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
+            LOG.error("Error running Nihms Harvester", e);
             System.exit(1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-transform-load/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsTransformLoadCLIRunner.java b/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-transform-load/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsTransformLoadCLIRunner.java
index ef242c38..7ea2eb67 100644
--- a/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-transform-load/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsTransformLoadCLIRunner.java
+++ b/pass-nihms-loader/nihms-data-transform-load/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/loader/nihms/NihmsTransformLoadCLIRunner.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineException;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@
  */
 @Component
 public class NihmsTransformLoadCLIRunner implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NihmsTransformLoadCLIRunner.class);
+
     /**
      * Request for help/usage documentation
      */
@@ -77,7 +82,6 @@ public void run(String... args) {
             /* Handle general options such as help, version */
             if (this.help) {
                 parser.printUsage(System.err);
-                System.err.println();
                 System.exit(0);
             }
 
@@ -97,20 +101,11 @@ public void run(String... args) {
             nihmsTransformLoadService.transformAndLoadFiles(statusesToProcess);
 
         } catch (CmdLineException e) {
-            /**
-             * This is an error in command line args, just print out usage data
-             * and description of the error.
-             */
-            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
             parser.printUsage(System.err);
-            System.err.println();
             System.exit(1);
-
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
+            LOG.error("Error running Nihms Transform and Load", e);
             System.exit(1);
-
         }
     }
 }