diff --git a/src/artifact/arch.rs b/src/artifact/arch.rs
index 6fedf1f..ef08e44 100644
--- a/src/artifact/arch.rs
+++ b/src/artifact/arch.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use eyre::Result;
 use regex::Regex;
 use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+use tracing::*;
 
 use crate::fs::MemFS;
 use crate::util::config::Injection;
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for ArchProducer {
         let size = get_artifact_size(previous).await?;
         let builddate = util::get_current_time()?;
 
+        info!("generating .PKGINFO...");
         let content = indoc::formatdoc! {r#"
             # generated by peckish
             pkgname = {name}
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for ArchProducer {
             arch = self.package_arch,
         };
 
+        info!("creating package...");
         let mut new_injections = self.injections.clone();
         new_injections.push(Injection::Create {
             path: PathBuf::from(".PKGINFO"),
diff --git a/src/artifact/deb.rs b/src/artifact/deb.rs
index d016b53..f746e76 100644
--- a/src/artifact/deb.rs
+++ b/src/artifact/deb.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ impl DebArtifact {
         let mut archive = {
             let path = self.path.clone();
             tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                debug!("decompressing deb into memory...");
                 let mut decompressed = vec![];
                 // Decompress deb into memory
                 let mut file = std::fs::File::open(path).unwrap();
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ impl DebArtifact {
             let mut ar_entry = entry?;
             let path = String::from_utf8_lossy(ar_entry.header().identifier()).to_string();
             if path.starts_with("data.tar") {
+                debug!("found data.dar!");
                 let ar_buf = {
                     use std::io::Read;
                     let mut b = vec![];
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ impl DebArtifact {
                 let decompressed_tarball = produce_from_tmp.path_view().join("decompressed.tar");
                 let output_tmp = TempDir::new().await?;
 
+                debug!("extracting to {}", produce_from_tarball.display());
                 // Write ar_buf to produce_from_tmp
                 let mut ar_file = File::create(&produce_from_tarball).await?;
                 ar_file.write_all(&ar_buf).await?;
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ impl DebArtifact {
                 .produce_from(&decompressed_artifact)
                 .await?;
 
+                debug!("copying data artifact to memfs...");
                 // Copy decompressed_data_artifact to fs
                 fs.copy_files_from_paths(
                     &vec![output_tmp.path_view()],
@@ -304,6 +308,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for DebProducer {
         let tmp = TempDir::new().await?;
 
         // Create data.tar from previous artifact in tmp using TarballProducer
+        info!("packaging data files...");
         debug!("producing data.tar from previous artifact...");
         let data_tar = tmp.path_view().join("data.tar");
         let _tar_artifact = TarballProducer {
@@ -316,6 +321,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for DebProducer {
         .await?;
 
         // Create control.tar from control file in tmp
+        info!("packaging metadata files...");
         debug!("producing control.tar...");
         let control_tar = tmp.path_view().join("control.tar");
         let mut control_tar_builder = tokio_tar::Builder::new(File::create(&control_tar).await?);
@@ -361,6 +367,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for DebProducer {
             debug!("wrote postinst file {} to control.tar", postinst.display());
         }
 
+        info!("computing checksums...");
         // Compute the md5sums of every file in the memfs
         let mut md5sums = vec![];
         let memfs = previous.extract().await?;
@@ -412,7 +419,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for DebProducer {
         }
 
         // Create .deb ar archive from debian-binary, control.tar, and data.tar
-        debug!("building final .deb...");
+        info!("building final .deb...");
         let mut deb_builder = ar::Builder::new(std::fs::File::create(&self.path)?);
 
         deb_builder.append_path(&debian_binary)?;
diff --git a/src/artifact/docker.rs b/src/artifact/docker.rs
index b8f0148..77d0645 100644
--- a/src/artifact/docker.rs
+++ b/src/artifact/docker.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ impl Artifact for DockerArtifact {
         let docker = Docker::connect_with_local_defaults()?;
         let (image, tag) = split_image_name_into_repo_and_tag(&self.image);
 
+        info!("attempting to pull {}...", self.image);
         // Attempt to download the image
         let mut pull = docker.create_image(
             Some(CreateImageOptions {
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ impl Artifact for DockerArtifact {
         // Export image to a TAR file
         let tmp = TempDir::new().await?;
 
+        info!("exporting to tarball...");
         let mut export = docker.export_image(&self.image);
-        let export_name = format!("{}.tar", self.name);
+        let export_name = format!("{}.tar", self.name.replace(['/', ':', ' '], "_"));
         let export_path = tmp.path_view().join(&export_name);
         tokio::fs::create_dir_all(export_path.parent().unwrap())
             .await
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ impl Artifact for DockerArtifact {
         tokio::fs::remove_dir_all(&tmp).await?;
 
         // Collect layers
+        info!("gathering docker layers...");
         let mut manifest = basic_tar_fs.open_file("/manifest.json").await?;
         let mut buf = String::new();
         manifest.read_to_string(&mut buf).await?;
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ impl Artifact for DockerArtifact {
             .map(|v| v.as_str().unwrap())
             .collect();
 
+        info!("extracting docker layers into memfs...");
         let tmp = TempDir::new().await?;
         for layer in layers {
             // For each layer, extract it into the tmp directory.
diff --git a/src/artifact/rpm.rs b/src/artifact/rpm.rs
index 9068c47..1664cad 100644
--- a/src/artifact/rpm.rs
+++ b/src/artifact/rpm.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl Artifact for RpmArtifact {
     async fn extract(&self) -> Result<MemFS> {
         use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 
-        debug!("reading rpm: {}", &self.path.display());
+        info!("extracting {}...", &self.path.display());
         let mut rpm_file = tokio::fs::File::open(&self.path).await?;
         let metadata = rpm_file.metadata().await?;
         let size = metadata.len();
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for RpmProducer {
 
     /// Produce a new artifact, given a previous artifact.
     async fn produce_from(&self, previous: &dyn Artifact) -> Result<Self::Output> {
+        info!("producing {}", self.path.display());
         debug!("extracting previous artifact to tmpdir");
         let tmp = TempDir::new().await?;
         let file_artifact = FileProducer {
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for RpmProducer {
             pkg = pkg.requires(rpm::Dependency::any(dep));
         }
 
-        debug!("building package!");
+        info!("building final rpm...");
         let pkg = pkg.build().unwrap();
         let path_clone = self.path.clone();
         let join_handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
diff --git a/src/artifact/tarball.rs b/src/artifact/tarball.rs
index 913a8de..fe54255 100644
--- a/src/artifact/tarball.rs
+++ b/src/artifact/tarball.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl Artifact for TarballArtifact {
         // filesystem.
         // This is sadly necessary because Rust's tar libraries don't allow for
         // in-memory manipulation.
-        debug!("unpacking tarball to {:?}", self.path);
+        info!("unpacking {}", self.path.display());
 
         let decompress_tmpdir = TempDir::new().await?;
         let decompressed_tarball = decompress_tmpdir.path_view().join("decompressed.tar");
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl SelfValidation for TarballArtifact {
         }
 
         if !errors.is_empty() {
-            return Err(eyre!("Tarball artifact not valid:\n{}", errors.join("\n")));
+            return Err(eyre!("tarball artifact not valid:\n{}", errors.join("\n")));
         }
 
         Ok(())
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ impl ArtifactProducer for TarballProducer {
     }
 
     async fn produce_from(&self, previous: &dyn Artifact) -> Result<TarballArtifact> {
+        info!("producing {}", self.path.display());
         let memfs = previous.extract().await?;
         let memfs = self.inject(&memfs).await?;
         let paths = traverse_memfs(memfs, &PathBuf::from("/"), Some(true)).await?;
diff --git a/src/pipeline/mod.rs b/src/pipeline/mod.rs
index f7eac57..27933c8 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/mod.rs
+++ b/src/pipeline/mod.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl Pipeline {
         let mut output_artifacts: Vec<Box<dyn Artifact>> = vec![];
 
         for (i, producer) in config.output.iter().enumerate() {
-            info!("step {}: {}", i + 1, producer.name());
+            info!("* step {}: {}", i + 1, producer.name());
             let next_artifact: Box<dyn Artifact> = match producer {
                 ConfiguredProducer::File(producer) => {
                     producer.validate().await?;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl Pipeline {
                 input_artifact = next_artifact.try_clone()?;
             }
 
-            info!("created artifact: {}", next_artifact.name());
+            info!("* created artifact: {}", next_artifact.name());
             output_artifacts.push(next_artifact);
         }