diff --git a/moo/lib/exec.c b/moo/lib/exec.c
index d386d2d..bbdc8cf 100644
--- a/moo/lib/exec.c
+++ b/moo/lib/exec.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static int delete_from_sem_io (moo_t* moo, moo_oop_semaphore_t sem, int force)
 	moo_poptmp (moo);
 	if (x <= -1) 
 	{
-		MOO_LOG3 (moo, MOO_LOG_WARN, "Failed to delete an IO semaphore at index %zd of type %d on handle %zd\n", index, (int)io_type, io_handle);
+		MOO_LOG3 (moo, MOO_LOG_WARN, "Failed to delete an IO semaphored handle %zd at index %zd of type %d\n", io_handle, index, (int)io_type);
 		if (!force) return -1;
 
 		/* NOTE: 
@@ -1290,10 +1290,13 @@ static int delete_from_sem_io (moo_t* moo, moo_oop_semaphore_t sem, int force)
 		 *   assuming the callback works correctly, it's not likely that the
 		 *   underlying operating system returns failure for no reason.
 		 *   i should inspect the overall vm implementation */
-		MOO_LOG3 (moo, MOO_LOG_ERROR, "Forcibly unmapping the handle %zd despite failure\n", index, (int)io_type, io_handle);
+		MOO_LOG1 (moo, MOO_LOG_ERROR, "Forcibly unmapping the IO semaphored handle %zd as if it's deleted\n", io_handle);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		MOO_LOG3 (moo, MOO_LOG_DEBUG, "Deleted an IO semaphored handle %zd at index %zd of type %d\n", io_handle, index, (int)io_type);
 	}
 
-	MOO_LOG3 (moo, MOO_LOG_DEBUG, "Deleted an IO semaphore at index %zd of type %d on handle %zd\n", index, (int)io_type, io_handle);
 	sem->io_index = moo->_nil;
 	sem->io_type = moo->_nil;
 	sem->io_handle = moo->_nil;
diff --git a/moo/lib/main.c b/moo/lib/main.c
index 827c9f8..0f8d2ec 100644
--- a/moo/lib/main.c
+++ b/moo/lib/main.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static void log_write (moo_t* moo, moo_oow_t mask, const moo_ooch_t* msg, moo_oo
 	if (xtn->logfd_istty)
 	{
 		if (mask & MOO_LOG_FATAL) write_all (logfd, "\x1B[1;31m", 7);
-		else if (mask & MOO_LOG_ERROR) write_all (logfd, "\x1B[1;36m", 7);
+		else if (mask & MOO_LOG_ERROR) write_all (logfd, "\x1B[1;32m", 7);
 		else if (mask & MOO_LOG_WARN) write_all (logfd, "\x1B[1;33m", 7);
 	}