diff --git a/src/cmd/aquila/showjson.zig b/src/cmd/aquila/showjson.zig
index 64c2d96b4cf05007a89f5c9bb22baf4c86ecdd54..b4f5eb8b0ae8e767318a105ec812816e47054981 100644
--- a/src/cmd/aquila/showjson.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/aquila/showjson.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const gpa = std.heap.c_allocator;
-const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
 
 const u = @import("./../../util/index.zig");
 const aq = @import("./../aq.zig");
@@ -9,6 +8,8 @@ const aq = @import("./../aq.zig");
 //
 
 pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
+    const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+
     const url = try std.mem.join(gpa, "/", &.{ aq.server_root, args[0] });
     const val = try aq.server_fetch(url);
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/zpm/search.zig b/src/cmd/zpm/search.zig
index b75106a0df671487dea985c8c983806e079d86bb..8ca76a27d10b08b27d2c3331f1dd81a9cbe9bb0c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/zpm/search.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/zpm/search.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const gpa = std.heap.c_allocator;
-const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
 
 const zfetch = @import("zfetch");
 const json = @import("json");
@@ -13,6 +12,8 @@ const zpm = @import("./../zpm.zig");
 //
 
 pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
+    const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+
     const url = try std.mem.join(gpa, "/", &.{ zpm.server_root, "packages" });
     const val = try zpm.server_fetch(url);
 
@@ -57,24 +58,24 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     };
 
     try out.writeAll("NAME");
-    try print_c_n(' ', name_col_width - 4);
+    try print_c_n(out, ' ', name_col_width - 4);
     try out.writeAll("AUTHOR");
-    try print_c_n(' ', author_col_width - 6);
+    try print_c_n(out, ' ', author_col_width - 6);
     try out.writeAll("DESCRIPTION\n");
 
     for (list) |pkg| {
         try out.writeAll(pkg.name);
-        try print_c_n(' ', name_col_width - pkg.name.len);
+        try print_c_n(out, ' ', name_col_width - pkg.name.len);
 
         try out.writeAll(pkg.author);
-        try print_c_n(' ', author_col_width - pkg.author.len);
+        try print_c_n(out, ' ', author_col_width - pkg.author.len);
 
         try out.writeAll(pkg.description);
         try out.writeAll("\n");
     }
 }
 
-fn print_c_n(c: u8, n: usize) !void {
+fn print_c_n(out: anytype, c: u8, n: usize) !void {
     for (range(n)) |_| {
         try out.writeAll(&.{c});
     }
diff --git a/src/cmd/zpm/showjson.zig b/src/cmd/zpm/showjson.zig
index 603e088beff0c7c3e03a91cfaa6d9104a673d7d6..8a4ca2518d38e95c2ce5c3845452526a6647447c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/zpm/showjson.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/zpm/showjson.zig
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ const zpm = @import("./../zpm.zig");
 //
 
 pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
+    const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+
     const url = try std.mem.join(gpa, "/", &.{ zpm.server_root, args[0] });
     const val = try zpm.server_fetch(url);
 
-    const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
     try out.print("{}\n", .{val});
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/zpm/tags.zig b/src/cmd/zpm/tags.zig
index 62376621ae708e6432728a5f6454ac02325a8981..fc95cdd65560c47bb2355d9d125da4de0dba66d1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/zpm/tags.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/zpm/tags.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const gpa = std.heap.c_allocator;
-const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
 
 const zfetch = @import("zfetch");
 const json = @import("json");
@@ -13,6 +12,8 @@ const zpm = @import("./../zpm.zig");
 //
 
 pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
+    const out = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+
     const url = try std.mem.join(gpa, "/", &.{ zpm.server_root, "tags" });
     const val = try zpm.server_fetch(url);
 
@@ -28,19 +29,19 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     };
 
     try out.writeAll("NAME");
-    try print_c_n(' ', name_col_width - 4);
+    try print_c_n(out, ' ', name_col_width - 4);
     try out.writeAll("DESCRIPTION\n");
 
     for (val.Array) |tag| {
         const name = tag.get("name").?.String;
         try out.writeAll(name);
-        try print_c_n(' ', name_col_width - name.len);
+        try print_c_n(out, ' ', name_col_width - name.len);
         try out.writeAll(tag.get("description").?.String);
         try out.writeAll("\n");
     }
 }
 
-fn print_c_n(c: u8, n: usize) !void {
+fn print_c_n(out: anytype, c: u8, n: usize) !void {
     for (range(n)) |_| {
         try out.writeAll(&.{c});
     }