diff --git a/pkg/db/executor.go b/pkg/db/executor.go
index 4d48c0730..8fa06b5d1 100644
--- a/pkg/db/executor.go
+++ b/pkg/db/executor.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	alpm "github.com/Jguer/go-alpm/v2"
+
+	"github.com/Jguer/yay/v12/pkg/text"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -59,4 +61,6 @@ type Executor interface {
 	SyncPackages(...string) []IPackage
 	SyncSatisfier(string) IPackage
 	SyncSatisfierExists(string) bool
+
+	SetLogger(logger *text.Logger)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/db/ialpm/high_level.go b/pkg/db/ialpm/high_level.go
index 5694ce0c1..56a53bd02 100644
--- a/pkg/db/ialpm/high_level.go
+++ b/pkg/db/ialpm/high_level.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package ialpm
 
 import (
 	alpm "github.com/Jguer/go-alpm/v2"
+
+	"github.com/Jguer/yay/v12/pkg/text"
 )
 
 // GetPackageNamesBySource returns package names with and without correspondence in SyncDBS respectively.
@@ -43,3 +45,7 @@ func (ae *AlpmExecutor) InstalledSyncPackageNames() []string {
 
 	return ae.installedSyncPkgNames
 }
+
+func (ae *AlpmExecutor) SetLogger(logger *text.Logger) {
+	ae.log = logger
+}
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/sources.go b/pkg/upgrade/sources.go
index 19dfd5122..c065a98ed 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/sources.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/sources.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func UpDevel(
 	for pkgName, pkg := range remote {
 		if localCache.ToUpgrade(ctxTimeout, pkgName) {
 			if _, ok := aurdata[pkgName]; !ok {
-				text.Warnln(gotext.Get("ignoring package devel upgrade (no AUR info found):"), pkgName)
+				log.Warnln(gotext.Get("ignoring package devel upgrade (no AUR info found):"), pkgName)
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ func UpDevel(
 	return toUpgrade
 }
 
-func printIgnoringPackage(logger *text.Logger, pkg db.IPackage, newPkgVersion string) {
+func printIgnoringPackage(log *text.Logger, pkg db.IPackage, newPkgVersion string) {
 	left, right := GetVersionDiff(pkg.Version(), newPkgVersion)
 
-	logger.Warnln(gotext.Get("%s: ignoring package upgrade (%s => %s)",
-		text.Cyan(pkg.Name()),
+	pkgName := pkg.Name()
+	log.Warnln(gotext.Get("%s: ignoring package upgrade (%s => %s)",
+		text.Cyan(pkgName),
 		left, right,
 	))
 }
diff --git a/print.go b/print.go
index b807e0f8a..3426e0b9d 100644
--- a/print.go
+++ b/print.go
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ func printUpdateList(ctx context.Context, cfg *settings.Configuration, cmdArgs *
 	dbExecutor db.Executor, enableDowngrade bool, filter upgrade.Filter,
 ) error {
 	quietMode := cmdArgs.ExistsArg("q", "quiet")
-	logger := cfg.Runtime.Logger.Child("update-list")
-	if quietMode { // TODO: handle quiet mode in a better way
-		logger = text.NewLogger(io.Discard, os.Stdin, cfg.Debug, "update-list")
-	}
+	// TODO: handle quiet mode in a better way
+	logger := text.NewLogger(io.Discard, os.Stdin, cfg.Debug, "update-list")
+	dbExecutor.SetLogger(logger.Child("db"))
 
 	targets := mapset.NewThreadUnsafeSet(cmdArgs.Targets...)
 	grapher := dep.NewGrapher(dbExecutor, cfg.Runtime.AURCache, false, settings.NoConfirm,
@@ -141,8 +140,8 @@ func printUpdateList(ctx context.Context, cfg *settings.Configuration, cmdArgs *
 			if quietMode {
 				fmt.Printf("%s\n", pkgName)
 			} else {
-				fmt.Printf("%s %s -> %s\n", text.Bold(pkgName), text.Green(ii.LocalVersion),
-					text.Green(ii.Version))
+				fmt.Printf("%s %s -> %s\n", text.Bold(pkgName), text.Bold(text.Green(ii.LocalVersion)),
+					text.Bold(text.Green(ii.Version)))
 			}
 
 			targets.Remove(pkgName)