diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 096aeb1..ce2b385 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "moment": "^2.10.6",
     "parse-filepath": "^0.6.3",
     "path-exists": "^2.1.0",
+    "printf": "^0.2.3",
     "recursive-readdir-sync": "^1.0.6",
     "simple-html-tokenizer": "^0.2.0",
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/cli/error-handler.js b/src/cli/error-handler.js
index 7a865dc..5af601f 100644
--- a/src/cli/error-handler.js
+++ b/src/cli/error-handler.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
       }
       else {
         o( ex );
-        var stackTrace = ex.stack || (ex.inner && ex.inner.stack)
+        var stackTrace = ex.stack || (ex.inner && ex.inner.stack);
         if( stackTrace && this.debug )
           o( ex.stack || ex.inner.stack );
 
diff --git a/src/cli/main.js b/src/cli/main.js
index c06ea3e..1c6fb40 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.js
+++ b/src/cli/main.js
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ Definition of the `main` function.
   }
 
 
+
   /**
   Invoke a HackMyResume verb.
   */
diff --git a/src/cli/out.js b/src/cli/out.js
index 2ef4198..06d604b 100644
--- a/src/cli/out.js
+++ b/src/cli/out.js
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ Output routines for HackMyResume.
 
     log: function( msg ) {
       msg = msg || '';
-      this.opts.silent || console.log.apply( console.log, arguments );
+      var printf = require('printf');
+      var finished = printf.apply( printf, arguments );
+      this.opts.silent || console.log( finished );
     },
 
 
diff --git a/test/test-stdout.js b/test/test-stdout.js
index 68af4f1..ff0a381 100644
--- a/test/test-stdout.js
+++ b/test/test-stdout.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('Testing Ouput interface', function () {
 
 
   function MyConsoleLog( msg ) {
-    gather += msg;
+    gather += Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' ');
     ConsoleLogOrg.apply(this, arguments);
   }
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('Testing Ouput interface', function () {
         'test/sandbox/temp/janeq-1.all',
         '-o',
         "{ theme: 'compact', debug: true, pdf: 'wkhtmltopdf' }"],
-      [ 'Applying COMPACT theme', '(with wkhtmltopdf)'] );
+      [ 'Applying COMPACT theme (', '(with wkhtmltopdf)'] );
 
   run('HMR should accept a JSON settings file via --options',
       [