diff --git a/regenerate-archives.sh b/regenerate-archives.sh
index 61bc24b..7333a34 100644
--- a/regenerate-archives.sh
+++ b/regenerate-archives.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # remove preexisting archives
+echo "[INFO] Removing pre-existing archives"
 find ./static/files -name '*.tar.gz' -exec rm {} \;
 find ./static/files -name '*.tar.bz2' -exec rm {} \;
 
 for relative_path in $(find ./static/files -name '.archive' -print); do
+    echo;
+
     relative_path=$(dirname $relative_path)
     base=$(basename $relative_path)
     cd $relative_path/..
 
     all_files=$(find $base/** ! -name '.archive' -print)
-    tar cvaf $base.tar.gz $all_files
-    tar cvaf $base.tar.bz2 $all_files
 
-    cd -
+    echo "[INFO] Compressing $base.tar.gz"
+    tar caf $base.tar.gz $all_files
+
+    echo "[INFO] Compressing $base.tar.bz2"
+    tar caf $base.tar.bz2 $all_files
+
+    cd - &> /dev/null
 done;
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