diff --git a/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp b/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp
index 2bf62905e..45ef1d8fa 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp
+++ b/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ try
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    std::cerr << "Peak RAM: " << osrm::util::PeakRAMUsedInBytes() / (1024 * 1024) << "MB" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Peak RAM: " << osrm::util::PeakRAMUsedInBytes() / (1024 * 1024) << "MB" << std::endl;
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 catch (const std::exception &e)