diff --git a/run-sbcl.sh b/run-sbcl.sh
index 8f0cd00b1d..a3507d168c 100644
--- a/run-sbcl.sh
+++ b/run-sbcl.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if [ "$CORE_DEFINED" = "no" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -x "$BASE"/src/runtime/sbcl -a -f "$BASE"/output/sbcl.core ]; then
-    echo "(running SBCL from: $BASE)"
+    echo "(running SBCL from: $BASE)" 1>&2
     SBCL_HOME="$BASE"/contrib "$BASE"/src/runtime/sbcl $ARGUMENTS "$@"
 else
     echo "No built SBCL here ($BASE): run 'sh make.sh' first!"
diff --git a/version.lisp-expr b/version.lisp-expr
index ca687116c0..6fe2629568 100644
--- a/version.lisp-expr
+++ b/version.lisp-expr
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 ;;; checkins which aren't released. (And occasionally for internal
 ;;; versions, especially for internal versions off the main CVS
 ;;; branch, it gets hairier, e.g. "0.pre7.14.flaky4.13".)
-"1.0.43.78"
+"1.0.43.79"