diff --git a/install/preview/entrypoint.sh b/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
index fc6e963e5d9ab8..250edc5e9626e5 100755
--- a/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ done
 
 ctr images pull "docker.io/gitpod/workspace-full:latest" >/dev/null &
 
+echo "images pulled"
 /gitpod-installer render --use-experimental-config --config config.yaml --output-split-files /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod
 
 # store files in `gitpod.debug` for debugging purposes
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ mv -f /app/manifests/coredns.yaml /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/custom-c
 for f in /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod/*.yaml; do (cat "$f"; echo) >> /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod.yaml; done
 rm -rf /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod
 
+echo "manifests generated"
 # waits for gitpod pods to be ready, and manually runs the `gitpod-telemetry` cronjob
 run_telemetry(){
   # wait for the k3s cluster to be ready and Gitpod workloads are added
diff --git a/install/preview/prettylog/main.go b/install/preview/prettylog/main.go
index 44e884ca496875..c1953ccb2bd952 100644
--- a/install/preview/prettylog/main.go
+++ b/install/preview/prettylog/main.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ var (
 	}{
 		{Msg: "checking prerequisites", Fail: "requires a system with at least", Success: "Gitpod Domain:", Status: "checking prerequisites"},
 		{Msg: "preparing system", Success: "extracting images to download ahead"},
-		{Msg: "downloading images", Success: "--output-split-files"},
-		{Msg: "preparing Gitpod preview installation", Success: "rm -rf /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod"},
+		{Msg: "downloading images", Success: "images pulled"},
+		{Msg: "preparing Gitpod preview installation", Success: "manifests generated"},
 		{Msg: "starting Gitpod", Success: "Gitpod pods are ready", Status: "starting gitpod"},
 		{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("Gitpod is running. Visit https://%s to access the dashboard", os.Getenv("DOMAIN")), Status: "gitpod ready"},
 	}