diff --git a/internal/dl/dl.go b/internal/dl/dl.go
index 36ceb0e..c858563 100644
--- a/internal/dl/dl.go
+++ b/internal/dl/dl.go
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ func Youtube(d Download, p config.Provider) {
 	}
 
 	if d.DryRun == true {
-		log.Println("/!\\ DRY RUN ENABLED /!\\")
 		args = append(args, "--simulate")
 	} else {
 		args = append(args, "--no-simulate")
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ func Youtube(d Download, p config.Provider) {
 	// of 1 ... this results in zero videos being downloaded.
 
 	if d.Metadata == true {
-		log.Println("Downloading channel metadata")
 		mArgs := []string{
 			"--skip-download",
 			"--no-overwrites",
@@ -171,7 +169,6 @@ func Youtube(d Download, p config.Provider) {
 		}
 		args = append(args, mArgs...)
 	} else {
-		log.Println("Downloading video")
 		archive := filepath.Join(d.OutDir, "archive.txt")
 		throttle := strconv.Itoa(p.Throttle)
 
@@ -244,16 +241,17 @@ func Youtube(d Download, p config.Provider) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("[%s] running yt-dlp with args: %v\n", d.OutDir, args)
-
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(2)
 
+	var outBuf, errBuf strings.Builder
+
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-			log.Printf("[%s] %s\n", d.OutDir, scanner.Text())
+			outBuf.WriteString(scanner.Text())
+			outBuf.WriteString("\n")
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -261,7 +259,8 @@ func Youtube(d Download, p config.Provider) {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stderr)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-			log.Printf("[%s] %s\n", d.OutDir, scanner.Text())
+			errBuf.WriteString(scanner.Text())
+			errBuf.WriteString("\n")
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -273,8 +272,20 @@ func Youtube(d Download, p config.Provider) {
 	wg.Wait()
 	err = cmd.Wait()
 
+	combined := outBuf.String() + errBuf.String()
+
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Error: %s\n", err)
+		log.Printf("FAIL %s\n", d.Url)
+		log.Printf("  cmd: %s %s\n", p.Cmd, strings.Join(args, " "))
+		for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(combined), "\n") {
+			log.Printf("  | %s\n", line)
+		}
+	} else if d.Metadata {
+		// metadata downloads are silent on success
+	} else if strings.Contains(combined, "has already been recorded in the archive") {
+		log.Printf("SKIP %s (archived)\n", d.Url)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("  OK %s\n", d.Url)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d28002c..59df306 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ func run(cfg config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	for _, outlines := range opml.Body.Outline {
-		log.Printf("Archiving videos from OPML: %s\n", outlines.Title)
-
 		for _, outline := range outlines.Outlines {
 			rssData, err := dl.RssDownloader(outline.XmlUrl)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ func run(cfg config.Config) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			// download the channel
 			dl.Youtube(dl.Download{
 				Url:      feed.Author.Uri,
 				OutDir:   paths.ChannelsDir,
@@ -65,12 +62,11 @@ func run(cfg config.Config) {
 				Metadata: true,
 			}, provider)
 
-			log.Printf("Downloaded RSS feed for %s with %d entries", feed.Title, len(feed.Entries))
+			log.Printf("[%s] %d entries", feed.Title, len(feed.Entries))
 
 			for _, entry := range feed.Entries {
 				url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/watch?v=%s", provider.Url, entry.VideoId)
 
-				log.Printf("Entry: %#v", entry)
 				dl.Youtube(dl.Download{
 					Url:      url,
 					OutDir:   paths.EpisodesDir,