diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2828b3..ac7318e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Development environment base packages:
 
 ## TODO
 
-* add verbose options to commands
-		* install-wordpress.sh - move virtual host to files/
+* install-wordpress.sh - move virtual host to files/
+* quieter make?
diff --git a/install-local.sh b/install-local.sh
index abfe485..a1f0f41 100755
--- a/install-local.sh
+++ b/install-local.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ done
 echo "Updating .."
 ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+	apt-get -qq -y update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade
 EOSSH
 echo "Update complete"
 
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/install-apache2.sh b/scripts/debian10/install-apache2.sh
index 658b920..dd69e9c 100755
--- a/scripts/debian10/install-apache2.sh
+++ b/scripts/debian10/install-apache2.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ fi
 ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
 	echo "Installing Apache2"
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	apt-get install -y apache2
+	echo "Installing packages .."
+	apt-get install -qq -y apache2
+	echo "Packages installed"
 	ufw allow in "WWW Full"
 
 	sed -i '/export APACHE_RUN_USER=/c\export APACHE_RUN_USER='"$user" /etc/apache2/envvars
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/install-base.sh b/scripts/debian10/install-base.sh
index 50fd9fa..c7c35b3 100755
--- a/scripts/debian10/install-base.sh
+++ b/scripts/debian10/install-base.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ sed -i '/PermitRootLogin/c\PermitRootLogin prohibit-password' /etc/ssh/sshd_conf
 systemctl restart sshd
 
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-apt-get install -y ufw || (echo "ERROR while installing ufw" ; exit 15)
+echo "Installing packages .."
+apt-get install -qq -y ufw || (echo "ERROR while installing ufw" ; exit 15)
+echo "Packages installed"
 
 ufw allow ssh || (echo "Error while configuring ufw to allow ssh" ; exit 20 )
 yes | ufw enable
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/install-dev-base.sh b/scripts/debian10/install-dev-base.sh
index c6089ee..1245cd7 100755
--- a/scripts/debian10/install-dev-base.sh
+++ b/scripts/debian10/install-dev-base.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
 
 echo "Installing packages .."
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-apt-get -y install curl gnupg2 ninja-build gettext libtool libtool-bin autoconf automake cmake g++ pkg-config unzip python-pip python3-pip fzf vim ctags
+echo "Installing packages .."
+apt-get -qq -y install curl gnupg2 ninja-build gettext libtool libtool-bin autoconf automake cmake g++ pkg-config unzip python-pip python3-pip fzf vim ctags
+echo "Packages installed"
 
 echo "Installing lazygit .."
 curl -fsSL https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/download/v0.22.1/lazygit_0.22.1_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz --output /tmp/lazygit.tar.gz
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/install-mariadb.sh b/scripts/debian10/install-mariadb.sh
index a6f5906..853b86e 100755
--- a/scripts/debian10/install-mariadb.sh
+++ b/scripts/debian10/install-mariadb.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
 	echo "Installing MariaDB"
 
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	apt-get install -y mariadb-server
+	echo "Installing packages .."
+	apt-get install -qq -y mariadb-server
+	echo "Packages installed"
 
 	$_mysql_cmd "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';"
 	$_mysql_cmd "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1');"
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/install-mysql.sh b/scripts/debian10/install-mysql.sh
index 2356ec2..8a56266 100755
--- a/scripts/debian10/install-mysql.sh
+++ b/scripts/debian10/install-mysql.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
 	echo "Installing MySQL"
 
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	apt-get install -y mysql-server
+	echo "Installing packages .."
+	apt-get install -qq -y mysql-server
+	echo "Packages installed"
 
 	$_mysql_cmd "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';"
 	$_mysql_cmd "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1');"
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/install-php.sh b/scripts/debian10/install-php.sh
index 2f8db2f..20f1a3a 100755
--- a/scripts/debian10/install-php.sh
+++ b/scripts/debian10/install-php.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ if [ -n "$wp_user" ] ; then
 
 ssh -T $ssh << 'EOSSH'
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	apt-get install -y php libapache2-mod-php php-fpm php-bcmath php-curl php-gd php-imagick php-mbstring \
+	echo "Installing packages .."
+	apt-get install -qq -y php libapache2-mod-php php-fpm php-bcmath php-curl php-gd php-imagick php-mbstring \
 		php-mysql php-soap php-xml php-zip
+	echo "Packages installed"
 
 	_php_config_file=$(php --ini | grep Loaded | awk '{ print $4 }')
 	sed -i '/memory_limit/c\memory_limit = 256M' "$_php_config_file"
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ else
 
 ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	apt-get install -y php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
+	echo "Installing packages .."
+	apt-get install -qq -y php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
+	echo "Packages installed"
 EOSSH
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/install-user.sh b/scripts/debian10/install-user.sh
index a57f8f6..070c353 100755
--- a/scripts/debian10/install-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/debian10/install-user.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
 
 	echo "Installing required packages .."
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	apt-get --assume-yes install sudo git tmux zsh curl
+	echo "Installing packages .."
+	apt-get -qq -y install sudo git tmux zsh curl
+	echo "Packages installed"
 
 	echo "Cloning configuration files .."
 	su --login "$user"