diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/LoggingContext.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/LoggingContext.java
index c0c102e7d86..7ae31e0e291 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/LoggingContext.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/LoggingContext.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 /**
  * Configures the underlying logback logging framework.
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD.SystemPrintln")
 public final class LoggingContext {
 
     /**
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/PathManager.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/PathManager.java
index 69650bc6082..eaaa8b428ad 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/PathManager.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/PathManager.java
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ private static Path findInstallPath() {
             }
         }
 
-        System.err.printf(
-                "Native library installation directory not found. %n" +
-                "Things will almost certainly crash as a result, %n" +
-                "unless something else installed everything to java.library.path. %n" +
-                "Searched: %s%n", installationSearchPaths
+        LOGGER.error(
+                "Native library installation directory not found. /n" +
+                "Things will almost certainly crash as a result, /n" +
+                "unless something else installed everything to java.library.path. /n" +
+                "Searched: {}/n", installationSearchPaths
         );
         return currentDirectory;
     }
diff --git a/facades/PC/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/Terasology.java b/facades/PC/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/Terasology.java
index dca098f58c0..43ca9258e33 100644
--- a/facades/PC/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/Terasology.java
+++ b/facades/PC/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/Terasology.java
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ private void populateSubsystems(TerasologyEngineBuilder builder) {
         builder.add(new HibernationSubsystem());
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("PMD.SystemPrintln")
     private void reportException(Throwable throwable) {
         Path logPath = LoggingContext.getLoggingPath();