diff --git a/src/file.c b/src/file.c
index eba640d..e67beb3 100644
--- a/src/file.c
+++ b/src/file.c
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ int create_data_dir()
   struct stat st;
   int dir_exists = stat(DATA_DIR, &st);
   if (-1 == dir_exists) {
-    dbg("%s", "creating data dir");
     char *path = get_path();
     if (path && 0 != (ret = mkdir(path, 0700))) {
       error("%s", "failed to create directory");
+    } else {
+      info("%s", "created data directory");
     }
     free(path);
   }
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ int remove_data_dir()
   if (path) {
     // here: for loop to delete all entries in directory
     ret = remove(path);
+    if (0 == ret) {
+      info("%s", "removed data directory");
+    } else {
+      error("%s", "failed to remove data directory");
+    }
     free(path);
   }
   dbg("ret: %d", ret);
diff --git a/src/wte.h b/src/wte.h
index b11abed..b9d9823 100644
--- a/src/wte.h
+++ b/src/wte.h
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #define error(format, ...) do {\
-  fprintf(stderr, c_red "[ERROR] "format c_end"\n", __VA_ARGS__); \
+  fprintf(stderr, c_red format c_end"\n", __VA_ARGS__); \
 } while(0)
 
+#define info(format, ...) do {\
+  fprintf(stdout, c_blue format c_end "\n", __VA_ARGS__); \
+} while(0);
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define dbg(format, ...) do { \
-  printf("\033[1;35m[DEBUG] (func: %s) msg:\033[0;35m " format "\033[0m\n",__func__, __VA_ARGS__); \
+  printf(c_bold c_lila"[DEBUG] (func: %s) msg: " c_end c_lila format c_end "\n",__func__, __VA_ARGS__); \
 } while(0)
 #else
 #define dbg(format, ...)
 #endif
 
-#define c_red "\033[1;31m"
-#define c_green "\033[1;32m"
-#define c_yellow "\033[1;33m"
+/* easy colors */
+#define c_red "\033[31m"
+#define c_green "\033[32m"
+#define c_yellow "\033[33m"
+#define c_blue "\033[34m"
+#define c_lila "\033[35m"
+#define c_bold "\033[1m"
 #define c_end "\033[0m"
 
 /* path to data storage */