diff --git a/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/functions/Get-WebFile.ps1 b/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/functions/Get-WebFile.ps1
index 142edd6009..e3c64e025b 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/functions/Get-WebFile.ps1
+++ b/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/functions/Get-WebFile.ps1
@@ -162,10 +162,12 @@ param(
           }
           
           if ($total -eq $goal) {
-            Write-Progress "Completed download of $url." "Completed a total of $total bytes of $fileName" -id 0 -Completed
+            Write-Progress "Completed download of $url." "Completed download of $fileName ($goalFormatted)." -id 0 -Completed
           }
         }
       } while ($count -gt 0)
+	  Write-Host ""
+	  Write-Host "Download of $([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($fileName)) ($goalFormatted) completed."
     } catch {
       throw $_.Exception
     } finally {
diff --git a/src/chocolatey.tests.integration/Scenario.cs b/src/chocolatey.tests.integration/Scenario.cs
index 3a5b5b60d5..1b0f30b10f 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey.tests.integration/Scenario.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey.tests.integration/Scenario.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ private static ChocolateyConfiguration baseline_configuration()
             config.Verbose = false;
             config.Input = config.PackageNames = string.Empty;
             config.ListCommand.LocalOnly = false;
+            //config.Features.UsePowerShellHost = true;
+            //config.Features.AutoUninstaller = true;
+            //config.Features.CheckSumFiles = true;
 
             return config;
         }
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/PowershellService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/PowershellService.cs
index 140756815d..ab652db687 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/PowershellService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/PowershellService.cs
@@ -450,10 +450,27 @@ private PowerShellExecutionResults run_host(ChocolateyConfiguration config, stri
                     {
                         pipeline.Invoke();
                     }
+                    catch (RuntimeException ex)
+                    {
+                        var errorStackTrace = ex.StackTrace;
+                        var record = ex.ErrorRecord;
+                        if (record != null)
+                        {
+                            // not available in v1
+                            //errorStackTrace = record.ScriptStackTrace;
+                            var scriptStackTrace = record.GetType().GetProperty("ScriptStackTrace");
+                            if (scriptStackTrace != null)
+                            {
+                                var scriptError = scriptStackTrace.GetValue(record, null).to_string();
+                                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(scriptError)) errorStackTrace = scriptError;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        this.Log().Error("ERROR: {0}{1}".format_with(ex.Message, !config.Debug ? string.Empty : "{0} {1}".format_with(Environment.NewLine,errorStackTrace)));
+                    }
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {
                         // Unfortunately this doesn't print line number and character. It might be nice to get back to those items unless it involves tons of work.
-                        this.Log().Error("ERROR: {0}".format_with(ex.Message)); //, !config.Debug ? string.Empty : "{0} {1}".format_with(Environment.NewLine,ex.StackTrace)));
+                        this.Log().Error("ERROR: {0}{1}".format_with(ex.Message, !config.Debug ? string.Empty : "{0} {1}".format_with(Environment.NewLine,ex.StackTrace)));
                     }
 
                     if (pipeline.PipelineStateInfo != null)
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/commands/Execute.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/commands/Execute.cs
index a64640d15e..0e0455ee6a 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/commands/Execute.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/commands/Execute.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 namespace chocolatey.infrastructure.commands
 {
     using System;
+    using System.Threading;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -61,10 +62,15 @@ public T command<T>(Func<T> function, T timeoutDefaultValue)
         {
             if (function == null) return timeoutDefaultValue;
 
-            var task = Task<T>.Factory.StartNew(function);
+            var cancelToken = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            cancelToken.Token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            var task = Task<T>.Factory.StartNew(function, cancelToken.Token); //,TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning| TaskCreationOptions.AttachedToParent);
+           
             task.Wait(_timespan);
-
             if (task.IsCompleted) return task.Result;
+
+            cancelToken.Cancel();
+            
             return timeoutDefaultValue;
 
             //T result = timeoutDefaultValue;
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/powershell/PoshHostUserInterface.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/powershell/PoshHostUserInterface.cs
index 38ce8c2d6e..6e6ee21814 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/powershell/PoshHostUserInterface.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/powershell/PoshHostUserInterface.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public override void Write(ConsoleColor foregroundColor, ConsoleColor background
 
         public override void WriteLine()
         {
-            base.WriteLine();
+            this.Log().Info("");
         }
 
         public override void WriteLine(ConsoleColor foregroundColor, ConsoleColor backgroundColor, string value)
@@ -118,14 +118,27 @@ public override void WriteDebugLine(string message)
             this.Log().Debug(message);
         }
 
+        private bool hasLoggedStartProgress = false;
+        private bool hasLoggedFinalProgress = false;
         public override void WriteProgress(long sourceId, ProgressRecord record)
-        {
+        {  
             if (record.PercentComplete == -1) return;
-
-            if (record.PercentComplete == 100) this.Log().Debug(() => "Progress: 100%{0}".format_with(" ".PadRight(20)));
+            if (hasLoggedFinalProgress) return;
+            if (!hasLoggedStartProgress)
+            {
+                hasLoggedStartProgress = true;
+                this.Log().Debug(record.Activity);
+            }
 
             // http://stackoverflow.com/a/888569/18475
-            Console.Write("\rProgress: {0}%{1}".format_with(record.PercentComplete, " ".PadRight(20)));
+            Console.Write("\rProgress: {0}% - {1}".format_with(record.PercentComplete.to_string(), record.StatusDescription.PadRight(50, ' ')));
+
+            if (record.PercentComplete == 100 && !hasLoggedFinalProgress)
+            {
+                hasLoggedFinalProgress = true;
+                //this.Log().Info("");
+                //this.Log().Info(record.StatusDescription.Replace("Saving","Finished downloading. Saved"));
+            }
         }
 
         public override void WriteVerboseLine(string message)