diff --git a/.synccmd.sh b/.synccmd.sh
index ce6d85a..d85e23a 100755
--- a/.synccmd.sh
+++ b/.synccmd.sh
@@ -29,18 +29,16 @@ sync() {
   if [ ! -f $logfile ]; then 
     touch $logfile
   fi
-  echo $src
-  echo $logfile
-  echo $syncloopfile
   # PUSH TO REMOTE - and PULL FROM REMOTE swapping `src` with `dest`
   #echo "executing rsync -aPu --log-file=$LOGFILE -e ssh $otheropts $src $dest"
   # NOTE REMOTEDIR ALREADY EXISTS IN DESTINATION
   # in this form rsync receive only data from source 1>$syncloopfile 2>&1
   rsync -ni -aPu --progress --out-format="%i ${GREEN}%n%L${ENDCOLOR} %''b" --log-file=$logfile -e ssh $otheropts $src $dest | \
-    grep -e "[<|>]" | \
-    sed -E  "s~<(\w|\W){10}~\\${PURPLE}Sending\\${ENDCOLOR} TO ${dest}~g" | \
-    sed -E  "s~>(\w|\W){10}~\\${CYAN}Receiving\\${ENDCOLOR} FROM ${src}~g" | \
-    xargs -0 printf 1>>$syncloopfile 2>&1
+    grep -E "(<|>|deleting)" | \
+    sed -E  "s~<(\w|\W){10}~\\${PURPLE}\[SEND\]\\${ENDCOLOR} to remote ~g" | \
+    sed -E  "s~>(\w|\W){10}~\\${PURPLE}\[RECEIVE\]\\${ENDCOLOR} from remote ~g" | \
+    sed -E  "s~\*deleting(\s)*~\\${PURPLE}\[DELETE\]\\${ENDCOLOR} in local ~g" | \
+    xargs -r -0 printf 1>>$syncloopfile 2>&1
   # last command execution exit code $?"
   rsync_result=$?
   if [[ ${rsync_result} -ne 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/syncloop.sh b/syncloop.sh
index fb12714..fe9c58c 100755
--- a/syncloop.sh
+++ b/syncloop.sh
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ synccycle() {
       if [ -f "$tmpqueuedeletes" ]; then 
         ndeletes=$(wc -l < ${tmpqueuedeletes})
         while [ $ndeletes -gt 0 ]; do
-          echo -n -e "syncloop delete at remote: ${RED}$(head -n $ndeletes ${tmpqueuedeletes} | tr '\n', ' ')${ENDCOLOR}"
+          echo -e "${PURPLE}[DELETE]${ENDCOLOR} at remote: ${RED}$(head -n $ndeletes ${tmpqueuedeletes} | tr '\n', ' ')${ENDCOLOR}"
           ssh $REMOTEHOST "rm -rf $(head -n $ndeletes ${tmpqueuedeletes} | tr '\n', ' ')"
-          echo -e " ${PURPLE}DONE${ENDCOLOR}"
+          echo -e " ${PURPLE}[DONE]${ENDCOLOR}"
           # remove the first ndeletes lines
           flock $lock_deletes
           tmpfile=$(mktemp)
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ synccycle() {
         nqueue=$(wc -l < ${tmpqueuefile})
         while [ $nqueue -gt 0 ]; do
           #echo "${tmpqueuefile} not empty consume ${nqueue} updates in queue"
-          echo -n "syncloop START SYNC"
           sync $LOCALPATH_HASH $LOCALPATH $REMOTEPATH 
-          echo -e " ${PURPLE}DONE${ENDCOLOR}"
+          echo -e "${PURPLE}[DONE]${ENDCOLOR}"
           # remove the first nqueue lines from queue
           flock $lock_queue
           tmpfile=$(mktemp)
@@ -108,9 +107,9 @@ synccycle() {
     elapsed="$(bc <<<"$now-$lastsynctime")"
     ## if elapsed is greater than maxpulllimit sync from remote with delete option
     if [ 1 -eq $(echo "$elapsed>$maxpulllimit" | bc) ]; then
-      echo -n "syncloop $maxpulllimit seconds reached: sync from remote with --delete option..."
+      echo -e "${PURPLE}[PULL LIMIT]${ENDCOLOR} $maxpulllimit seconds reached: sync from remote with --delete option..."
       sync $LOCALPATH_HASH $REMOTEPATH $LOCALPATH '--delete' 
-      echo -e " ${PURPLE}DONE${ENDCOLOR}"
+      echo -e "${PURPLE}[PULL LIMIT DONE]${ENDCOLOR}"
       lastsynctime="$(date -u +%s.%N)"
       ## increment the pull iteration or reset it
       if [ ${pulliteration} -eq  ${maxpulliteration} ]; then