diff --git a/core/instrument/src/misc/jest-tests.ts b/core/instrument/src/misc/jest-tests.ts
index f0b50a93e..ce3a84bea 100644
--- a/core/instrument/src/misc/jest-tests.ts
+++ b/core/instrument/src/misc/jest-tests.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   findJestConfig,
   getRelatedTests,
 } from '@component-controls/jest-extract';
+import { log } from '@component-controls/logger';
 import { resolveSnapshotFile } from '@component-controls/core/node-utils';
 import { JestTests } from '@component-controls/core';
 import { CachedFileResource } from './chached-file';
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ export const extractTests = async (
       return cachedResults;
     }
     const projectFolder = findJestConfig(tests.testFiles[0]);
+    log('jest tests', tests.testFiles[0], [115, 245, 184]);
     const testResults = await runProjectTests({
       testFiles: tests.testFiles.map(
         f => `.${path.sep}${path.relative(projectFolder, f)}`,
diff --git a/core/logger/src/index.ts b/core/logger/src/index.ts
index 0097e100a..51ebb80cb 100644
--- a/core/logger/src/index.ts
+++ b/core/logger/src/index.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,33 @@ const defaultOptions: LogOptions = {
 
 let logOptions: LogOptions = { ...defaultOptions };
 
-const output = (heading: string, text: string) => {
-  console.log(chalk.bgRgb(...logOptions.colors)(`@${heading}`), text);
+const output = (
+  heading: string,
+  text: string,
+  bgColor?: [number, number, number],
+) => {
+  console.log(
+    chalk.bgRgb(...(bgColor || logOptions.colors))(`@${heading}`),
+    text,
+  );
 };
 
-export const log = (heading: string, text: string): void => {
+export const log = (
+  heading: string,
+  text: string,
+  bgColor?: [number, number, number],
+): void => {
   if (logOptions.logLevel === 'all') {
-    output(heading, text);
+    output(heading, text, bgColor);
   }
 };
-export const error = (heading: string, text: string): void => {
+export const error = (
+  heading: string,
+  text: string,
+  bgColor?: [number, number, number],
+): void => {
   if (logOptions.logLevel !== 'none') {
-    output(heading, text);
+    output(heading, text, bgColor);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/cc-cli/package.json b/plugins/cc-cli/package.json
index f95b2b7a7..0baf14e8a 100644
--- a/plugins/cc-cli/package.json
+++ b/plugins/cc-cli/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@component-controls/instrument": "^3.9.0",
     "@component-controls/jest-axe-matcher": "^3.8.1",
+    "@component-controls/logger": "^3.8.2",
     "@component-controls/store": "^3.9.0",
     "@component-controls/test-renderers": "^3.9.0",
     "@component-controls/webpack-compile": "^3.9.1",
diff --git a/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-data-template.ts b/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-data-template.ts
index 2d902c29b..1f45dfc72 100644
--- a/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-data-template.ts
+++ b/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-data-template.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { dynamicRequire } from '@component-controls/core/node-utils';
+import { log } from '@component-controls/logger';
 import { CliOptions, getTestFolder } from './utils';
 import { TemplateOptions, DataImportOptions, relativeImport } from '../utils';
 import { createDataTemplate } from '../data-templates/data-template';
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ export const saveDataTemplate = async <P extends TemplateOptions>(
     .split('.')
     .map((e, i) => (i === 1 ? 'data' : e))
     .join('.');
+
   const filePath = path.resolve(testFolder, dataName);
+  log('saving data', filePath, [184, 226, 255]);
   let existing: Record<string, any> | undefined = undefined;
   if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
     if (overwrite) {
diff --git a/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-test-template.ts b/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-test-template.ts
index 9104f118d..955c9baf4 100644
--- a/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-test-template.ts
+++ b/plugins/cc-cli/src/cli/save-test-template.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import { log } from '@component-controls/logger';
 import { CliOptions, getTestFolder } from './utils';
 import { TemplateFunction, TemplateOptions } from '../utils';
 import { saveDataTemplate } from './save-data-template';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export const saveTemplate = async <P extends TemplateOptions>(
     );
     return;
   }
+  log('saving test', testFilePath, [115, 245, 184]);
   const dataTemplate = await saveDataTemplate(options);
 
   const content = await templateFn(