diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 151d1b0..9f640de 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -6,35 +6,42 @@
 # exit on error
 set -e
 
-printf "> upgrading installed packages...\n"
+# font styles & colors
+font_default="\e[0m"
+font_colored="\e[32;1m"
+font_colored_bold="\e[31;1m"
+
+printf ""$font_colored_bold">> installation started..."$font_default"\n"
+
+printf ""$font_colored"> upgrading installed packages..."$font_default"\n"
 pkg upgrade
 
-printf "> changing repositories...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> changing repositories..."$font_default"\n"
 termux-change-repo
 
-printf "> installing additional packages...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> installing additional packages..."$font_default"\n"
 pkg install wget curl tsu htop neovim git zsh openssh rsync 
 
-printf "> cleaning package cache...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> cleaning package cache..."$font_default"\n"
 pkg autoclean
 pkg clean
 
-printf "> cleaning motd...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> cleaning motd..."$font_default"\n"
 printf "" > "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/motd"
 
-printf "> changing shell to 'zsh'...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> changing shell to 'zsh'..."$font_default"\n"
 chsh -s "zsh"
 
-printf "> configuring git...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> configuring git..."$font_default"\n"
 git config --global user.name "velvettear"
 git config --global user.email "daniel.sommer@velvettear.de"
 git config --global credential.helper store
 
-printf "> cloning git repository...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> cloning git repository..."$font_default"\n"
 git clone --recursive "https://git.velvettear.de/velvettear/termux.git" "$HOME/tmp"
 
-printf "> moving files and cleaning up...\n"
+printf ""$font_colored"> moving files and cleaning up..."$font_default"\n"
 rsync -av "$HOME/tmp/" "$HOME"
 rm -rf "$HOME/tmp"
 
-read -p "> script executed successfully - restart termux now!"
+printf ""$font_colored_bold">> installation finished after "$SECONDS" seconds!"$font_default"\n"