diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 393cd70..1ffd320 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) and
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **`ConsoleChannel` sent error-level lines to stdout when handed a command's output.**
+  `Illuminate\Console\Command::run()` wraps the terminal output in an `OutputStyle`, which is not a
+  `ConsoleOutputInterface`, so the `instanceof` check never found the error stream. The channel now
+  unwraps the style first, a local copy of `laranail/console`'s `ErrorOutput::unwrap()` since this
+  module carries no `laranail/*` dependency. Nothing in the package passes it an `OutputStyle`
+  today; an application that injected `$this->output` from a command did. `require` now names
+  `illuminate/console` for `OutputStyle`; `laravel/framework` already replaces it, so an
+  application installs nothing new.
+
 ### Changed
 
 - `require` declares what `src/` uses directly: `illuminate/filesystem` and `illuminate/log`
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a1d7b7e..f5c24ab 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         "php": "^8.3 || ^8.4 || ^8.5",
         "illuminate/bus": "^13.0",
         "illuminate/cache": "^13.0",
+        "illuminate/console": "^13.0",
         "illuminate/contracts": "^13.0",
         "illuminate/database": "^13.0",
         "illuminate/filesystem": "^13.0",
diff --git a/src/Channels/ConsoleChannel.php b/src/Channels/ConsoleChannel.php
index 90db6c2..e6af622 100644
--- a/src/Channels/ConsoleChannel.php
+++ b/src/Channels/ConsoleChannel.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Simtabi\Laranail\Notifications\Channels;
 
 use Throwable;
+use Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputInterface;
 use Simtabi\Laranail\Notifications\DataTransferObjects\NotificationMessage;
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@
  * legacy adapter delegated to `laranail/console-tools`, which is removed here.
  * Output goes to an injected {@see OutputInterface} when one is available,
  * otherwise straight to STDOUT/STDERR via `fwrite` with a safe fallback.
+ *
+ * Error-level lines go to the error stream. A command's output is an {@see OutputStyle}, which
+ * `Illuminate\Console\Command::run()` wraps around the terminal's `ConsoleOutput` and which is not
+ * a {@see ConsoleOutputInterface}, so it is unwrapped first. This is a local copy of
+ * `laranail/console`'s `Tools\Support\ErrorOutput::unwrap()`, kept local because this module
+ * carries no `laranail/*` dependency.
  */
 class ConsoleChannel extends AbstractNotificationChannel
 {
@@ -39,8 +46,10 @@ public function send(NotificationMessage $message): bool
 
         try {
             if ($this->output !== null) {
-                if ($isError && $this->output instanceof ConsoleOutputInterface) {
-                    $this->output->getErrorOutput()->writeln($line);
+                $console = $this->output instanceof OutputStyle ? $this->output->getOutput() : $this->output;
+
+                if ($isError && $console instanceof ConsoleOutputInterface) {
+                    $console->getErrorOutput()->writeln($line);
                 } else {
                     $this->output->writeln($line);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ConsoleChannelStreamTest.php b/tests/Unit/ConsoleChannelStreamTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6e9b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/ConsoleChannelStreamTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Simtabi\Laranail\Notifications\Tests\Unit;
+
+use LogicException;
+use Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
+use Simtabi\Laranail\Notifications\Tests\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\BufferedOutput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleSectionOutput;
+use Simtabi\Laranail\Notifications\Channels\ConsoleChannel;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputInterface;
+use Simtabi\Laranail\Notifications\DataTransferObjects\NotificationMessage;
+
+/**
+ * A terminal stand-in: stdout and stderr are separate buffers, as they are for a real
+ * `ConsoleOutput`, so a test can tell which one a line went to.
+ */
+final class SplitBufferedOutput extends BufferedOutput implements ConsoleOutputInterface
+{
+    private OutputInterface $stderr;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->stderr = new BufferedOutput;
+    }
+
+    public function getErrorOutput(): OutputInterface
+    {
+        return $this->stderr;
+    }
+
+    public function setErrorOutput(OutputInterface $error): void
+    {
+        $this->stderr = $error;
+    }
+
+    public function section(): ConsoleSectionOutput
+    {
+        throw new LogicException('Sections are not used by these tests.');
+    }
+
+    public function stderr(): string
+    {
+        return $this->stderr instanceof BufferedOutput ? $this->stderr->fetch() : '';
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stream routing when the channel is handed a command's output.
+ *
+ * `Illuminate\Console\Command::run()` wraps the terminal output in an `OutputStyle`, which is not a
+ * `ConsoleOutputInterface`, so a bare `instanceof` check sends error-level lines to stdout.
+ */
+final class ConsoleChannelStreamTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test_an_error_reaches_stderr_through_an_output_style(): void
+    {
+        $console = new SplitBufferedOutput;
+        $channel = new ConsoleChannel([], new OutputStyle(new ArrayInput([]), $console));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($channel->send(new NotificationMessage('disk full', level: 'error')));
+
+        $this->assertSame('', $console->fetch());
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('[ERROR] disk full', $console->stderr());
+    }
+
+    public function test_an_info_line_stays_on_stdout_through_an_output_style(): void
+    {
+        $console = new SplitBufferedOutput;
+        $channel = new ConsoleChannel([], new OutputStyle(new ArrayInput([]), $console));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($channel->send(new NotificationMessage('deployed', level: 'info')));
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('[INFO] deployed', $console->fetch());
+        $this->assertSame('', $console->stderr());
+    }
+
+    public function test_an_error_reaches_stderr_on_a_bare_console_output(): void
+    {
+        $console = new SplitBufferedOutput;
+        $channel = new ConsoleChannel([], $console);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($channel->send(new NotificationMessage('disk full', level: 'error')));
+
+        $this->assertSame('', $console->fetch());
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('[ERROR] disk full', $console->stderr());
+    }
+}