diff --git a/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts b/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts
index 69453b16..73519a50 100644
--- a/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts
+++ b/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export class PyWidget extends HTMLElement {
             }
 
             if (this.hasAttribute('std-err')) {
-                this.outputElement = document.getElementById(this.getAttribute('std-err'));
+                this.errorElement = document.getElementById(this.getAttribute('std-err'));
             } else {
                 this.errorElement = this.outputElement;
             }
diff --git a/pyscriptjs/src/components/pyscript.ts b/pyscriptjs/src/components/pyscript.ts
index f6ee96c5..20df424e 100644
--- a/pyscriptjs/src/components/pyscript.ts
+++ b/pyscriptjs/src/components/pyscript.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class PyScript extends BaseEvalElement {
             }
 
             if (this.hasAttribute('std-err')) {
-                this.outputElement = document.getElementById(this.getAttribute('std-err'));
+                this.errorElement = document.getElementById(this.getAttribute('std-err'));
             } else {
                 this.errorElement = this.outputElement;
             }