diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker/content/run_fastagency.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker/content/run_fastagency.sh
index ffd7525..b1e5ca8 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker/content/run_fastagency.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker/content/run_fastagency.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ do
     sed -i "5i\    server 127.0.0.1:$PORT;" nginx.conf.template
 done
 envsubst '${MESOP_PORT}' < nginx.conf.template >/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+echo "Nginx config:"
 cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 
 # Start nginx
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/build_docker.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/build_docker.sh
index fc83d0c..47a834b 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/build_docker.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/build_docker.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-docker build -t deploy_fastagency -f docker/Dockerfile --progress plain .
+echo -e "\033[0;32mBuilding fastagency docker image\033[0m"
+docker build -t deploy_fastagency -f docker/Dockerfile --progress plain . && \
+echo -e "\033[0;32mSuccessfully built fastagency docker image\033[0m"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/deploy_to_fly_io.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/deploy_to_fly_io.sh
index 3d557d1..46e58ff 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/deploy_to_fly_io.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/deploy_to_fly_io.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo -e "\033[0;32mLogging into fly.io\033[0m"
 fly auth login
 
+echo -e "\033[0;32mDeploying to fly.io\033[0m"
 fly launch --config fly.toml --copy-config --yes
 
+echo -e "\033[0;32mSetting secrets\033[0m"
 fly secrets set OPENAI_API_KEY=$OPENAI_API_KEY