diff --git a/functions/compression.sh b/functions/compression.sh
index e2af3fe2..9616a2c3 100644
--- a/functions/compression.sh
+++ b/functions/compression.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ find_compatible_compression_format() {
   local normalized_filename=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
   local system=$(echo "$1" | grep -oE "$roms_folder/[^/]+" | grep -oE "[^/]+$")
 
-	if [[ $(validate_for_chd "$1") == *"true" ]] && [[ $(sed -n '/^\[/{h;d};/\b'"$system"'\b/{g;s/\[\(.*\)\]/\1/p;q};' $compression_targets) == "chd" ]]; then
+	if [[ $(validate_for_chd "$1") == "true" ]] && [[ $(sed -n '/^\[/{h;d};/\b'"$system"'\b/{g;s/\[\(.*\)\]/\1/p;q};' $compression_targets) == "chd" ]]; then
     echo "chd"
   elif grep -qF ".${normalized_filename##*.}" $zip_compressable_extensions && [[ $(sed -n '/^\[/{h;d};/\b'"$system"'\b/{g;s/\[\(.*\)\]/\1/p;q};' $compression_targets) == "zip" ]]; then
     echo "zip"
diff --git a/functions/logger.sh b/functions/logger.sh
index d37dafb6..9c2ea6c3 100755
--- a/functions/logger.sh
+++ b/functions/logger.sh
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ log() {
   esac
 
   # Display the message in the terminal
-  echo -e "$colored_message"
+  echo -e "$colored_message" >&2
 
   # Write the log message to the log file
   if [ ! -f "$logfile" ]; then
-    echo "$timestamp [WARN] Log file not found in \"$logfile\", creating it"
+    echo "$timestamp [WARN] Log file not found in \"$logfile\", creating it" >&2
     touch "$logfile"
   fi
   echo "$log_message" >> "$logfile"