diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index a884e45..a3e07a0 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -74,11 +74,15 @@ char includeConfig() {
 	FILE *emkconfig, *emkfile, *emkfile_new;
 	char filename[100], contents;
 
+	printf(COL_BLUE "INF" COL_RESET " | parsing config.emk\n");
 	emkconfig = fopen(EMKCONFIG, "r");
+	printf(COL_BLUE "INF" COL_RESET " | parsing emkfile\n");
 	emkfile = fopen(EMKFILE, "r");
 
+	printf(COL_BLUE "INF" COL_RESET " | creating new emkfile\n");
 	emkfile_new = fopen(EMKFILE_NEW, "a+");
 
+	printf(COL_BLIE "INF" COL_RESET " | running preprocessing tasks...\n");
 	/* write emkconfig to new emkfile */
 	contents = fgetc(emkconfig);
 	while (contents != EOF) {
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ char includeConfig() {
 		contents = fgetc(emkfile);
 	}
 
+	printf(COL_BLUE "INF" COL_RESET " | closing files\n");
 	fclose(emkconfig);
 	fclose(emkfile);
 	fclose(emkfile_new);