diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 32dff78..2b89e3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "relative-path",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
+ "spinners",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -276,6 +277,12 @@ version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.144"
@@ -297,6 +304,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maplit"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -386,6 +399,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f3208ce4d8448b3f3e7d168a73f5e0c43a61e32930de3bceeccedb388b6bf06"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.13"
@@ -409,7 +428,7 @@ checksum = "8c805777e3930c8883389c602315a24224bcc738b63905ef87cd1420353ea93e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -425,12 +444,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsafe-libyaml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spinners"
+version = "4.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08615eea740067d9899969bc2891c68a19c315cb1f66640af9a9ecb91b13bcab"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "maplit",
+ "strum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "063e6045c0e62079840579a7e47a355ae92f60eb74daaf156fb1e84ba164e63f"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.24.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e385be0d24f186b4ce2f9982191e7101bb737312ad61c1f2f984f34bcf85d59"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.18"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa66001..43c7b45 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 #env_logger = "0.9"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 relative-path = "1.8.0"
+spinners = "4.1.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.3.2", features = ["derive", "cargo", "env", "help"] }
diff --git a/bin/install_debug b/bin/install_debug
index 4201412..d502dfd 100755
--- a/bin/install_debug
+++ b/bin/install_debug
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-cargo rustc 
-cargo install --path .
+# cargo rustc 
+cargo install --debug --path .
diff --git a/src/git.rs b/src/git.rs
index 97fd8d6..7227c14 100644
--- a/src/git.rs
+++ b/src/git.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use spinners::{Spinner, Spinners};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::canonicalize;
 use std::os::unix::fs::symlink;
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ use std::{fs, process::Command};
 
 // why not make it O(log n) instead of a vec that's /only/ O(n)
 // ...because premature optimization is the root of all evil!
+//
+// it's time
+
 #[derive(PartialOrd, Ord, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub enum RepoFlags {
     Push,
@@ -41,6 +45,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub links: Vec<Links>,
 }
 
+/// Represents a category of repositories
+///
+/// This allows you to organize your repositories into categories
 #[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Category {
     pub flags: Vec<RepoFlags>, // FIXME: not implemented
@@ -120,9 +127,9 @@ impl GitRepo {
                 .arg("clone")
                 .arg(&self.url)
                 .arg(&self.name)
-                .status()
+                .output()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to clone: {:?}", &self,));
-            info!("{out}");
+            // info!("{out}");
         } else {
             info!("{} has clone set to false, not cloned", &self.name);
         }
@@ -132,9 +139,9 @@ impl GitRepo {
         let out = Command::new("git")
             .current_dir(format!("{}{}", &self.path, &self.name))
             .arg("pull")
-            .status()
+            .output()
             .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to pull: {:?}", &self,));
-        info!("{out}");
+        // info!("{out}");
     }
     /// Adds all files in the repository.
     fn add_all(&self) {
@@ -143,9 +150,9 @@ impl GitRepo {
                 .current_dir(format!("{}{}", &self.path, &self.name))
                 .arg("add")
                 .arg(".")
-                .status()
+                .output()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to add: {:?}", &self,));
-            info!("{out}");
+            // info!("{out}");
         } else {
             info!("{} has clone set to false, not cloned", &self.name);
         }
@@ -157,9 +164,9 @@ impl GitRepo {
             let out = Command::new("git")
                 .current_dir(format!("{}{}", &self.path, &self.name))
                 .arg("commit")
-                .status()
+                .output()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to commit: {:?}", &self,));
-            info!("{out}");
+            // info!("{out}");
         } else {
             info!("{} has clone set to false, not cloned", &self.name);
         }
@@ -172,9 +179,9 @@ impl GitRepo {
                 .arg("commit")
                 .arg("-m")
                 .arg(msg)
-                .status()
+                .output()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to commit: {:?}", &self,));
-            info!("{out}");
+            // info!("{out}");
         } else {
             info!("{} has clone set to false, not cloned", &self.name);
         }
@@ -185,9 +192,9 @@ impl GitRepo {
             let out = Command::new("git")
                 .current_dir(format!("{}{}", &self.path, &self.name))
                 .arg("push")
-                .status()
+                .output()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("git repo failed to push: {:?}", &self,));
-            info!("{out}");
+            // info!("{out}");
         } else {
             info!("{} has clone set to false, not cloned", &self.name);
         }
@@ -224,7 +231,6 @@ impl Config {
         F: Fn(&GitRepo),
     {
         for (_, category) in self.categories.iter() {
-            println!("{category:?}");
             for (_, repo) in category.repos.iter() {
                 f(repo);
             }
@@ -270,10 +276,15 @@ impl Config {
     pub fn quick(&self, msg: &String) {
         debug!("exectuting quick");
         self.on_all(|repo| {
+            let mut sp = Spinner::new(Spinners::Dots10, format!("{}: pull", repo.name).into());
             repo.pull();
+            sp = Spinner::new(Spinners::Dots10, format!("{}: add_all", repo.name).into());
             repo.add_all();
+            sp = Spinner::new(Spinners::Dots10, format!("{}: commit", repo.name).into());
             repo.commit_with_msg(msg);
+            sp = Spinner::new(Spinners::Dots10, format!("{}: push", repo.name).into());
             repo.push();
+            sp.stop_and_persist("✔", format!("{}: quick", repo.name).into());
         });
     }