diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index b7403ddbe..84904ec6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This file documents all notable changes to https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy[IDE
 
 Release with new features and bugfixes:
 
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/894[#894]: Fix ide.bat printing for initialization and error output
 
 The full list of changes for this release can be found in https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/milestone/18?closed=1[milestone 2025.01.001].
 
diff --git a/cli/src/main/package/bin/ide.bat b/cli/src/main/package/bin/ide.bat
index 6f0bdec0c..b3e8e0a33 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/package/bin/ide.bat
+++ b/cli/src/main/package/bin/ide.bat
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ if exist "%GIT_CORE%" (
 
 if not "%1%" == "" (
   ideasy %IDE_OPTIONS% %*
-  if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
-    echo %_fBRed%Error: IDEasy failed with exit code %ERRORLEVEL% %_RESET%
-    exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
-  )
+  goto :output_error
 )
 
 REM https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61888625/what-is-f-in-the-for-loop-command
@@ -32,6 +29,14 @@ for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('ideasy %IDE_OPTIONS% env') do (
   call set %%i
 )
 
-if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+ideasy %IDE_OPTIONS% env>nul
+
+if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
   echo IDE environment variables have been set for %IDE_HOME% in workspace %WORKSPACE%
 )
+
+:output_error
+if not %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+  echo %_fBRed%Error: IDEasy failed with exit code %ERRORLEVEL% %_RESET%
+  exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
+)