diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 82ca7aad..e2e46313 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -100,12 +100,18 @@ func main() {
 	default:
 		log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{})
 	}
+	if *showVersion {
+		log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
+	}
 	log.Printf("Redis Metrics Exporter %s    build date: %s    sha1: %s    Go: %s    GOOS: %s    GOARCH: %s",
 		BuildVersion, BuildDate, BuildCommitSha,
 		runtime.Version(),
 		runtime.GOOS,
 		runtime.GOARCH,
 	)
+	if *showVersion {
+		return
+	}
 	if *isDebug {
 		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 		log.Debugln("Enabling debug output")
@@ -113,10 +119,6 @@ func main() {
 		log.SetLevel(log.InfoLevel)
 	}
 
-	if *showVersion {
-		return
-	}
-
 	to, err := time.ParseDuration(*connectionTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Couldn't parse connection timeout duration, err: %s", err)