diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index bc82761..3d4df4e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     catch (std::exception &e)
     { // Exceptions we can't recover from or ones we don't know.
-        cerr << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
+        cerr << '\n' << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
         cerr << translate("Error while parsing options.") << '\n';
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             }
             catch (const epubgrep::zip::exception &e)
             {
-                cerr << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
+                cerr << '\n' << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
                 cerr << translate("Error while processing EPUB file.") << '\n';
                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
             }