diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index ad6aeda97d857328c79c06ac02d5e18290a80b19..1b543923773f5b3425cd499b607cfe89db41a04d 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - cta/CTA#224 - Improve error message for cta-verify-file whn VID does not exist
 - cta/CTA#230 - Modify CTA code to enforce VID uppercase
 - cta/CTA#239 - Add improvments to the cta-change-storage-class tool
+- cta/CTA#248 - Clean up output from cta-readtp
 ### Bug Fixes
 - cta/CTA#234 - Replace stoi with toUint64 in standalone cli tool
 - cta/CTA#238 - Compilation fails when using cta::common::Configuration::getConfEntInt(...)
diff --git a/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdMain.cpp b/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdMain.cpp
index a6facb6732ac0c5be9e46c43afe0fcd249c7bdfb..d34ae19b10f4c5ca3a3f51c1bfc18487aea18792 100644
--- a/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdMain.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdMain.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
 #include "tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/EncryptionControl.hpp"
 #include "tapeserver/daemon/TapedConfiguration.hpp"
 #include "tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmd.hpp"
@@ -46,16 +47,14 @@ int main(const int argc, char *const *const argv) {
   try {
     // Config file needed to find the cta-get-encryption-key script
     const cta::tape::daemon::TapedConfiguration tapedConfig =
-      cta::tape::daemon::TapedConfiguration::createFromCtaConf(DAEMON_CONFIG, log);
+      cta::tape::daemon::TapedConfiguration::createFromCtaConf(DAEMON_CONFIG, dummyLog);
     externalEncryptionKeyScript = tapedConfig.externalEncryptionKeyScript.value();
-    useEncryption = tapedConfig.useEncryption.value() == "yes" ? true : false;
-  }
-  catch(...) {
-    cta::exception::Exception ex;
-    ex.getMessage() << "ReadtpCmd: Error while trying to read TapedConfiguration config file: " << DAEMON_CONFIG;
-    throw ex;
-  }
+    useEncryption = tapedConfig.useEncryption.value() == "yes";
 
-  cta::tapeserver::readtp::ReadtpCmd cmd(std::cin, std::cout, std::cerr, log, dummyLog, mc, useEncryption, externalEncryptionKeyScript);
-  return cmd.main(argc, argv);
+    cta::tapeserver::readtp::ReadtpCmd cmd(std::cin, std::cout, std::cerr, log, dummyLog, mc, useEncryption, externalEncryptionKeyScript);
+    return cmd.main(argc, argv);
+  } catch(cta::exception::Exception &ex) {
+    std::cerr << ex.getMessageValue() << std::endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
 }
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