diff --git a/internal/runner/run.go b/internal/runner/run.go
index c52845b..035a6b4 100644
--- a/internal/runner/run.go
+++ b/internal/runner/run.go
@@ -15,15 +15,24 @@ type logsWriter struct {
 	outfd int // 0(manual message) 1(stdout) or 2(stderr)
 }
 
-func (l *logsWriter) Write(data []byte) (len int, err error) {
+func (l *logsWriter) Write(data []byte) (written int, err error) {
+	datalen := len(data)
+	written = datalen
+
 	l.lock.Lock()
 	defer l.lock.Unlock()
 
+	for data[datalen-1] == byte('\n') {
+		datalen--
+	}
+	data = data[:datalen]
+
 	*l.logs = append(*l.logs, LogEntry{
 		Time:  time.Now(),
 		Text:  string(data),
 		OutFd: l.outfd,
 	})
+
 	return
 }
 
@@ -53,13 +62,15 @@ func (p *Profile) Run(dir string, outfile string) (logs Logs, exitcode int, err
 
 	var systime, usrtime time.Duration
 
+	fmt.Fprintf(logman, "building %s", p.Name)
+
 	// Run commands
 runcmds:
 	for i, str := range p.Commands {
 
 		fmt.Fprintf(logman, "[%d/%d] running \"%s\"", i, len(p.Commands), str)
 
-		cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", str)
+		cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "exec "+str)
 		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, env...)
 		cmd.Stdout = logout
 		cmd.Stderr = logerr
@@ -91,7 +102,7 @@ runcmds:
 	packstr := "zip -r - " + strings.Join(p.Output, " ")
 	fmt.Fprintf(logman, "[fin] packing output: \"%s\"", packstr)
 
-	packcmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", packstr)
+	packcmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "exec "+packstr)
 	packcmd.Dir = p.OutputDir
 	packcmd.Stdout = writer
 	packcmd.Stderr = logerr
@@ -101,5 +112,7 @@ runcmds:
 		return
 	}
 
+	fmt.Fprintf(logman, "output is at %s", outfile)
+
 	return
 }