diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index a5c2441..9245d80 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -4798,12 +4798,12 @@ run_prototest_openssl() {
 
      # check whether the protocol being tested is supported by $OPENSSL
      $OPENSSL s_client "$1" -connect x 2>&1 | grep -aq "unknown option" && return 7
-     $OPENSSL s_client $(s_client_options "-state $1 $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY $SNI") >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+     $OPENSSL s_client $(s_client_options "-state $1 $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY $SNI") >$TMPFILE 2>&1 </dev/null
      sclient_connect_successful $? $TMPFILE
      ret=$?
      debugme grep -E "error|failure" $ERRFILE | grep -Eav "unable to get local|verify error"
      # try again without $PROXY
-     $OPENSSL s_client $(s_client_options "-state $1 $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $SNI") >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+     $OPENSSL s_client $(s_client_options "-state $1 $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $SNI") >$TMPFILE 2>&1 </dev/null
      sclient_connect_successful $? $TMPFILE
      ret=$?
      debugme grep -E "error|failure" $ERRFILE | grep -Eav "unable to get local|verify error"