diff --git a/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go b/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go
index 87011d1a..54e6c5b2 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	logAction("waiting for kustomization sync")
+	logWaiting("waiting for kustomization sync")
 	if err := wait.PollImmediate(2*time.Second, timeout,
 		isKustomizationReady(ctx, kubeClient, name, namespace)); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/tk/create_source_git.go b/cmd/tk/create_source_git.go
index 3dc1acb1..245c4d99 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/create_source_git.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/create_source_git.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	logAction("waiting for git sync")
+	logWaiting("waiting for git sync")
 	if err := wait.PollImmediate(2*time.Second, timeout,
 		isGitRepositoryReady(ctx, kubeClient, name, namespace)); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/tk/install.go b/cmd/tk/install.go
index 256e264b..04a093b2 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/install.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/install.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func installCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	logSuccess("build completed")
 
-	logAction("installing components in %s namespace", namespace)
+	logWaiting("installing components in %s namespace", namespace)
 	applyOutput := ModeStderrOS
 	if verbose {
 		applyOutput = ModeOS
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func installCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		logSuccess("install completed")
 	}
 
-	logAction("verifying installation")
+	logWaiting("verifying installation")
 	for _, deployment := range components {
 		command = fmt.Sprintf("kubectl -n %s rollout status deployment %s --timeout=%s",
 			namespace, deployment, timeout.String())
diff --git a/cmd/tk/log.go b/cmd/tk/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c06f3b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/tk/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func logAction(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Println(`✚`, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+}
+
+func logWaiting(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Println(`◎`, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+}
+
+func logSuccess(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Println(`✔`, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+}
+
+func logFailure(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Println(`✗`, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/tk/main.go b/cmd/tk/main.go
index 17660b77..b113fee9 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -78,23 +77,14 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func homeDir() string {
-	if h := os.Getenv("HOME"); h != "" {
-		return h
+func kubeconfigFlag() {
+	if home := homeDir(); home != "" {
+		rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", filepath.Join(home, ".kube", "config"),
+			"path to the kubeconfig file")
+	} else {
+		rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "",
+			"absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
 	}
-	return os.Getenv("USERPROFILE") // windows
-}
-
-func logAction(format string, a ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Println(`✚`, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
-}
-
-func logSuccess(format string, a ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Println(`✔`, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
-}
-
-func logFailure(format string, a ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Println(`✗`, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
 }
 
 func generateDocs() {
@@ -110,12 +100,9 @@ func generateDocs() {
 	}
 }
 
-func kubeconfigFlag() {
-	if home := homeDir(); home != "" {
-		rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", filepath.Join(home, ".kube", "config"),
-			"path to the kubeconfig file")
-	} else {
-		rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "",
-			"absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
+func homeDir() string {
+	if h := os.Getenv("HOME"); h != "" {
+		return h
 	}
+	return os.Getenv("USERPROFILE") // windows
 }