diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 392735c92..ab87e6dba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- fix: send logs to stdout [#697](https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader/issues/697)
+
 ## 1.16.1 (2023-09-27)
 
 - fix: shared libraries throw INTERNAL_ERROR for some users [#690](https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader/issues/690)
diff --git a/src/icloudpd/base.py b/src/icloudpd/base.py
index 584139a5d..5b12f0d3a 100644
--- a/src/icloudpd/base.py
+++ b/src/icloudpd/base.py
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ def main(
 
     logging.basicConfig(
         format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s",
-        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+        stream=sys.stdout,
     )
     logger = logging.getLogger("icloudpd")
     if only_print_filenames: