diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/Compiler.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/Compiler.kt
index 084eca94e..8e64f8be7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/Compiler.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/Compiler.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ fun compileProgram(args: CompilerArguments): CompilationResult {
         val totalTime = measureTimeMillis {
             // import main module and everything it needs
             val (programresult, compilationOptions, imported) = parseImports(args.filepath, args.errors, compTarget, args.sourceDirs)
-            println("${args.filepath} parsed.\u001B[0K")
+            print("Parsed ${args.filepath}")
+            ModuleImporter.ansiEraseRestOfLine(true)
+
             with(compilationOptions) {
                 slowCodegenWarnings = args.slowCodegenWarnings
                 optimize = args.optimize
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ fun parseImports(filepath: Path,
                  errors: IErrorReporter,
                  compTarget: ICompilationTarget,
                  sourceDirs: List<String>): Triple<Program, CompilationOptions, List<Path>> {
-    println("Compiler target: ${compTarget.name}. Parsing...")
+    println("Compiler target: ${compTarget.name}")
     val bf = BuiltinFunctionsFacade(BuiltinFunctions)
     val program = Program(filepath.nameWithoutExtension, bf, compTarget, compTarget)
     bf.program = program
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/ModuleImporter.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/ModuleImporter.kt
index c03d153df..88e8e9569 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/ModuleImporter.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/ModuleImporter.kt
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ class ModuleImporter(private val program: Program,
             else -> candidates.first()  // when more candiates, pick the one from the first location
         }
 
-        print(" importing '${filePath.nameWithoutExtension}' (from file $srcPath)\r")
-        val module = importModule(SourceCode.File(srcPath))
-        return Ok(module)
+        val source = SourceCode.File(srcPath)
+        return Ok(importModule(source))
     }
 
     fun importLibraryModule(name: String): Module? {
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ class ModuleImporter(private val program: Program,
     }
 
     private fun importModule(src: SourceCode) : Module {
+        printImportingMessage(src.name, src.origin)
         val moduleAst = Prog8Parser.parseModule(src)
         program.addModule(moduleAst)
 
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ class ModuleImporter(private val program: Program,
         val importedModule =
             moduleResourceSrc.fold(
                 success = {
-                    print(" importing '$moduleName' (from internal ${it.origin})\r")
                     importModule(it)
                 },
                 failure = {
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ class ModuleImporter(private val program: Program,
                     val moduleSrc = getModuleFromFile(moduleName, importingModule)
                     moduleSrc.fold(
                         success = {
-                            print(" importing '$moduleName' (from file ${it.origin})\r")
                             importModule(it)
                         },
                         failure = {
@@ -150,4 +148,18 @@ class ModuleImporter(private val program: Program,
 
         return Err(NoSuchFileException(File("name")))
     }
+
+    fun printImportingMessage(module: String, origin: String) {
+        print(" importing '$module'  (from ${origin})")
+        ansiEraseRestOfLine(false)
+        print("\r")
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        fun ansiEraseRestOfLine(newline: Boolean) {
+            print("\u001b[0K")
+            if(newline)
+                println()
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt b/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt
index b74d6f7d0..1d30b8fd2 100644
--- a/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt
+++ b/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.Path
+import kotlin.io.path.name
 import kotlin.io.path.readText
+import kotlin.io.path.toPath
 
 /**
  * Encapsulates - and ties together - actual source code (=text) and its [origin].
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
      */
     abstract val isFromFilesystem: Boolean
 
+    /**
+     * The logical name of the source code unit. Usually the module's name.
+     */
+    abstract val name: String
+
     /**
      * Where this [SourceCode] instance came from.
      * This can be one of the following:
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
         override val isFromResources = false
         override val isFromFilesystem = false
         override val origin = "$stringSourcePrefix${System.identityHashCode(text).toString(16)}>"
+        override val name = "<unnamed-text>"
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,6 +82,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
     class File(path: Path): SourceCode() {
         override val text: String
         override val origin: String
+        override val name: String
         override val isFromResources = false
         override val isFromFilesystem = true
 
@@ -82,6 +91,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
             origin = relative(normalized).toString()
             try {
                 text = normalized.readText()
+                name = normalized.toFile().nameWithoutExtension
             } catch (nfx: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException) {
                 throw NoSuchFileException(normalized.toFile()).also { it.initCause(nfx) }
             } catch (iox: IOException) {
@@ -100,6 +110,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
         override val isFromFilesystem = false
         override val origin = "$libraryFilePrefix$normalized"
         override val text: String
+        override val name: String
 
         init {
             val rscURL = object {}.javaClass.getResource(normalized)
@@ -112,6 +123,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
             }
             val stream = object {}.javaClass.getResourceAsStream(normalized)
             text = stream!!.reader().use { it.readText() }
+            name = Path.of(pathString).toFile().nameWithoutExtension
         }
     }
 
@@ -122,6 +134,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
         override val isFromResources: Boolean = false
         override val isFromFilesystem: Boolean = false
         override val origin: String = name
+        override val name: String = name
         override val text: String = "<generated code node, no text representation>"
     }
 }