diff --git a/github/api.go b/github/api.go
index 82df2cc..101ee2d 100644
--- a/github/api.go
+++ b/github/api.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func fetchRepoJson(repoURL string, token string) Repository {
 		"Authorization": {"token " + token},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		logging.Printlnf("an error occurred in fetching repository %s: %v", repoURL, err)
+		logging.Verbosef("an error occurred in fetching repository %s: %v", repoURL, err)
 		return Repository{}
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func fetchRepoJson(repoURL string, token string) Repository {
 	var repo Repository
 	err = decoder.Decode(&repo)
 	if err != nil {
-		logging.Printlnf("could not decode JSON body for repository %s", repoURL)
+		logging.Verbosef("could not decode JSON body for repository %s", repoURL)
 		return Repository{}
 	}
 	return repo
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func getRepoStars(repoURL string, token string, retries int) int {
 	repo := fetchRepoJson(repoURL, token)
 	if repo.Message != "" && repo.Message != "Not Found" {
 		if retries > 0 {
-			logging.Printlnf("temporary error message for repo %s: %s. Retrying...", repoURL, repo.Message)
+			logging.Verbosef("temporary error message for repo %s: %s. Retrying...", repoURL, repo.Message)
 			time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 			return getRepoStars(repoURL, token, retries-1)
 		} else {
diff --git a/logging/printer.go b/logging/printer.go
index 94cc0dd..722c76f 100644
--- a/logging/printer.go
+++ b/logging/printer.go
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ func SetVerbose(b bool) {
 	verboseFlagEnabled = b
 }
 
-func Println(a ...interface{}) {
+func Verbose(a ...interface{}) {
 	if verboseFlagEnabled {
 		fmt.Println(a...)
 	}
 }
 
-func Printlnf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+func Verbosef(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 	if verboseFlagEnabled {
 		fmt.Printf(format+"\n", a...)
 	}
 }
+
+func Inlinef(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	if !verboseFlagEnabled {
+		fmt.Printf("\r"+format, a...)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f80a6ea..0dd4ecf 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("A URL to the markdown file must be provided!")
 	}
 	link := args[0]
-	logging.Printlnf("URL to parse markdown: %s", link)
+	logging.Verbosef("URL to parse markdown: %s", link)
 
 	// check file path
 	outputFileName := *outputPtr
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to write to file %s: %v", outputFileName, err)
 		}
+		fmt.Printf("Wrote to file: %s\n", outputFileName)
 	} else {
 		fmt.Println(sortedContents)
 	}
diff --git a/parser/markdown.go b/parser/markdown.go
index 6535907..ab39483 100644
--- a/parser/markdown.go
+++ b/parser/markdown.go
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ type Markdown struct {
 }
 
 func ParseMarkdown(url string) *Markdown {
-	logging.Println("Retrieving markdown...")
+	defer fmt.Println(" Done!")
+	logging.Verbose("Retrieving markdown...")
 	now := time.Now()
 	resp, err := requests.Get(url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func ParseMarkdown(url string) *Markdown {
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	took := time.Now().Sub(now)
-	logging.Printlnf("Markdown retrieved in %v", took.String())
+	logging.Verbosef("Markdown retrieved in %v", took.String())
 
 	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func ParseMarkdown(url string) *Markdown {
 	start := 0
 	end := 0
 	for i, line := range lines {
+		logging.Inlinef("Parsing markdown for potential repository links: %d/%d lines.", i+1, len(lines))
 		submatches := regexUrlLine.FindStringSubmatch(line)
 		if len(submatches) > 0 {
 			separator := submatches[1]
@@ -208,17 +210,17 @@ func readHTMLTextForGithubURL(urlString string) string {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	logging.Printlnf("checking HTML from %s", urlString)
+	logging.Verbosef("checking HTML from %s", urlString)
 	resp, err := requests.Get(urlString, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		logging.Printlnf("a non-fatal error occurred retrieving the HTML for url (%s): %v", urlString, err)
+		logging.Verbosef("a non-fatal error occurred retrieving the HTML for url (%s): %v", urlString, err)
 		return ""
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	htmlText, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		logging.Printlnf("a non-fatal error occurred reading the HTML for url (%s): %v", urlString, err)
+		logging.Verbosef("a non-fatal error occurred reading the HTML for url (%s): %v", urlString, err)
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -249,17 +251,20 @@ func (md *Markdown) CountAll() int {
 }
 
 func (md *Markdown) FetchStars(token string, subBlockSize int) {
+	defer fmt.Println(" Done!")
 	blockCount := len(md.blocks)
 
-	logging.Printlnf("%d blocks to fetch info for", blockCount)
 	for i, githubBlock := range md.blocks {
+		logging.Inlinef("Found %d blocks of repositories. Fetching stars for blocks: %d/%d.", blockCount, i+1, blockCount)
 		githubBlock.fetchStars(token, i, subBlockSize)
 	}
 }
 
 func (md *Markdown) Sort() {
+	defer fmt.Println(" Done!")
 	for blockNum, githubBlock := range md.blocks {
-		logging.Printlnf("Sorting block %d", blockNum)
+		logging.Verbosef("Sorting block %d", blockNum)
+		logging.Inlinef("Sorting blocks by stars: %d/%d.", blockNum+1, len(md.blocks))
 		sort.Sort(ByStars(githubBlock.repositories))
 
 		start := githubBlock.start
@@ -281,7 +286,7 @@ func (b *GithubBlock) fetchStars(token string, blockNumber int, subBlockSize int
 
 	subBlocks := int(math.Ceil(float64(repoCount) / float64(subBlockSize)))
 
-	logging.Printlnf("Started fetching stars for block %d. Splitting into %d sub-blocks of size %d", blockNumber, subBlocks, subBlockSize)
+	logging.Verbosef("Started fetching stars for block %d. Splitting into %d sub-blocks of size %d", blockNumber, subBlocks, subBlockSize)
 
 	for i := 0; i < subBlocks; i++ {
 		start := i * subBlockSize
@@ -306,5 +311,5 @@ func (b *GithubBlock) fetchStars(token string, blockNumber int, subBlockSize int
 
 		wg.Wait()
 	}
-	logging.Printlnf("fetching stars for block %d done.", blockNumber)
+	logging.Verbosef("fetching stars for block %d done.", blockNumber)
 }