diff --git a/command-line.c b/command-line.c
index bd49f41..da4a570 100644
--- a/command-line.c
+++ b/command-line.c
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ static int create_renderers(char **renderers,
 		} else if (!strcmp(current_renderer, "svg")) {
 			output_renderer = GDS_RENDER_OUTPUT_RENDERER(cairo_renderer_new_svg());
 		} else if (!strcmp(current_renderer, "ext")) {
-			if (!so_path)
+			if (!so_path) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Please specify shared object for external renderer. Will ignore this renderer.\n");
 				continue;
+			}
 			output_renderer = GDS_RENDER_OUTPUT_RENDERER(external_renderer_new_with_so(so_path));
 		} else {
 			continue;
@@ -148,7 +150,8 @@ int command_line_convert_gds(const char *gds_name,
 	layer_settings_load_from_csv(layer_sett, layer_file);
 
 	/* Create renderers */
-	if (create_renderers(renderers, output_file_names, tex_layers, tex_standalone, so_path, &renderer_list, layer_sett))
+	if (create_renderers(renderers, output_file_names, tex_layers, tex_standalone,
+			     so_path, &renderer_list, layer_sett))
 		goto ret_destroy_layer_mapping;
 
 
diff --git a/output-renderers/external-renderer.c b/output-renderers/external-renderer.c
index 1f1a694..ab752db 100644
--- a/output-renderers/external-renderer.c
+++ b/output-renderers/external-renderer.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int external_renderer_render_cell(struct gds_cell *toplevel_cell, GList *
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!so_path) {
-		g_error("Path to shared object not set!");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Path to shared object not set!\n");
 		return -3000;
 	}
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int external_renderer_render_cell(struct gds_cell *toplevel_cell, GList *
 	/* Load shared object */
 	so_handle = dlopen(so_path, RTLD_LAZY);
 	if (!so_handle) {
-		g_error("Could not load external library '%s'\nDetailed error is:\n%s", so_path, dlerror());
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not load external library '%s'\nDetailed error is:\n%s\n", so_path, dlerror());
 		return -2000;
 	}
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int external_renderer_render_cell(struct gds_cell *toplevel_cell, GList *
 	so_render_func = (int (*)(struct gds_cell *, GList *, const char *, double))dlsym(so_handle, EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_FUNCTION);
 	error_msg = dlerror();
 	if (error_msg != NULL) {
-		g_error("Rendering function not found in library:\n%s\n", error_msg);
+		fprintf(stderr, "Rendering function not found in library:\n%s\n", error_msg);
 		goto ret_close_so_handle;
 	}