diff --git a/src/client/client.c b/src/client/client.c
index fdb4bdb..1ce3e61 100644
--- a/src/client/client.c
+++ b/src/client/client.c
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (is_remote_dest(config->receive_root_directory)) {
       config->transport = TRANSPORT_SSH;
       config->ssh_destination = str_dup(config->receive_root_directory);
+      char *colon = strchr(config->receive_root_directory, ':');
+      char *path = str_dup(colon + 1);
+      free(config->receive_root_directory);
+      config->receive_root_directory = path;
     }
   } else if (positional_count == 1) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Error: missing destination argument\n");
diff --git a/src/shared/log.c b/src/shared/log.c
index ffdc748..872f046 100644
--- a/src/shared/log.c
+++ b/src/shared/log.c
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ void log_message(LogLevel log_level, char *format, ...) {
   time_t now = time(NULL);
   struct tm *t = localtime(&now);
 
-  // Print timestamp and log level to the file
-  printf("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d [%s]: ", t->tm_year + 1900,
-         t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_hour, t->tm_min, t->tm_sec,
-         log_level_strings[log_level]);
+  fprintf(stderr, "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d [%s]: ", t->tm_year + 1900,
+          t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_hour, t->tm_min, t->tm_sec,
+          log_level_strings[log_level]);
 
   va_list args;
   va_start(args, format);
-  vprintf(format, args);
+  vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
   va_end(args);
-  printf("\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 }
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 2575ab1..f41e74e 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def run_profile(profile_name, source_dir, dest_dir):
             for case in SSH_CASES:
                 flags = BASE_CLIENT_FLAGS + (["-M"] if case.get("use_metadata", True) else []) + case["flags"]
                 ssh_dest = f"localhost:{dest_dir}_ssh"
-                cmd = client_prefix + BASE_CLIENT_CMD + [source_dir, ssh_dest] + flags
+                cmd = BASE_CLIENT_CMD + [source_dir, ssh_dest] + flags
                 print(f"\n  --- {case['name']} ---\n    Running: {' '.join(cmd)}")
                 try:
                     r = run_single_test(cmd, case["name"], source_dir, f"{dest_dir}_ssh", no_server=True)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ def run_profile(profile_name, source_dir, dest_dir):
                     results.append(r)
                 except Exception as e:
                     results.append({"name": case["name"], "suite": profile_name, "status": "Error", "time": "N/A", "error": str(e)})
-
+    
         port, conf, daemon = start_rsync_daemon(source_dir)
         try:
             for case in RSYNC_CASES: