diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 741b975..1c4410b 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#
 # this script is intended to be run in MSYS2 CLANG64
-#
 
 VERSION="5.15.2"
 
+BOLD="\x1b[1m"
+GREEN="\x1b[32m"
+RESET="\x1b[0m"
+
 # system update (skip this most of the time)
+echo -e "${BOLD}Updating system...${RESET}"
 pacman -Syu
 
 # install deps
+echo -e "${BOLD}Installing dependencies...${RESET}"
 pacman -S zip git mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-{clang,cmake,ninja,curl-winssl,libpng,libjpeg-turbo,freetype,libogg,libvorbis,sqlite3,openal,zstd,gettext,luajit,SDL2}
 
-# download and extract sources
+# download and extract sources - TODO: download, compile, and use luajit
+echo -e "${BOLD}Downloading Luanti source code...${RESET}"
 curl -Lo luanti.tar.gz https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/archive/refs/tags/${VERSION}.tar.gz
 
 gunzip luanti.tar.gz
@@ -20,19 +25,21 @@ tar -xf luanti.tar
 cd luanti-${VERSION}/
 
 # configure
+echo -e "${BOLD}Preparing to compile...${RESET}"
 cmake . -G Ninja -DRUN_IN_PLACE=TRUE -DBUILD_CLIENT=FALSE -DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE
 
 # compile
+echo -e "${BOLD}Compiling Luanti...${RESET}"
 ninja -j$(nproc)
 
 # bundle DLLs
+echo -e "${BOLD}Bundling DLLs...${RESET}"
 chmod +x ../bundle_dlls.sh
-
 ../bundle_dlls.sh bin/luantiserver.exe bin/
 
 # build the zip archive of luantiserver
-mkdir luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/
-mkdir luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/{textures,games}
+echo -e "${BOLD}Building zip file...${RESET}"
+mkdir -p luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/{textures,games}
 
 cp -r bin/ builtin/ mods/ worlds/ luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/
 cp textures/texture_packs_here.txt luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/textures/
@@ -40,8 +47,9 @@ cp textures/texture_packs_here.txt luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/textures/
 zip -r9 luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64.zip luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64/
 
 # clean up
+echo -e "${BOLD}Cleaning up...${RESET}"
 mv luantiserver-${VERSION}-msys2-win64.zip ..
 cd ..
 rm -rf luanti{.tar,-${VERSION}}
 
-echo "done"
+echo -e "${BOLD}${GREEN}Done!${RESET}"