diff --git a/Libraries/Utility/src/utility/error_handling.py b/Libraries/Utility/src/utility/error_handling.py
index a657614ad..8ceff0d32 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utility/src/utility/error_handling.py
+++ b/Libraries/Utility/src/utility/error_handling.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
+import os
 import sys
 import traceback
 import types
@@ -293,6 +294,8 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> RT | None:
                 full_message: str = "\n".join(detailed_message)
 
                 if action == "stderr":
+                    if sys.stderr is None:
+                        sys.stderr = open(os.devnull, "w")  # noqa: PTH123, SIM115, PLW1514  # pylint: disable=all
                     print(full_message, sys.stderr)  # noqa: T201
                 elif action == "print":
                     print(full_message)  # noqa: T201
diff --git a/Tools/HoloPatcher/src/__main__.py b/Tools/HoloPatcher/src/__main__.py
index b1a770730..f94da1481 100644
--- a/Tools/HoloPatcher/src/__main__.py
+++ b/Tools/HoloPatcher/src/__main__.py
@@ -546,14 +546,14 @@ def handle_exit_button(self):
         i = 0
         while self.task_thread.is_alive():
             try:
-                self.task_thread._stop()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-                print("force terminate of install thread succeeded", sys.stdout)  # noqa: T201
+                self.task_thread._stop()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+                print("force terminate of install thread succeeded")
             except BaseException as e:  # pylint: disable=W0718  # noqa: BLE001
                 self._handle_general_exception(e, "Error using self.install_thread._stop()", msgbox=False)
             try:
                 if self.task_thread.ident is None:
                     msg = "task ident is None, expected an int."
-                    raise ValueError(msg)
+                    raise ValueError(msg)  # noqa: TRY301
                 self.async_raise(self.task_thread.ident, SystemExit)
             except BaseException as e:  # pylint: disable=W0718  # noqa: BLE001
                 self._handle_general_exception(e, "Error using async_raise(self.install_thread.ident, SystemExit)", msgbox=False)