diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 633d63c..a238443 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "rm_rf",
  "serde",
+ "spinoff",
  "ureq",
 ]
 
@@ -252,6 +253,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maplit"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matches"
 version = "0.1.9"
@@ -447,6 +454,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "stacker",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97477e48b4cf8603ad5f7aaf897467cf42ab4218a38ef76fb14c2d6773a6d6a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -517,6 +530,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spinoff"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c139aa6a2b4ed01ef761dfd593eb5b02218dbf35a3a0f10940b72f5bfe70426"
+dependencies = [
+ "colored",
+ "maplit",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stacker"
 version = "0.1.15"
@@ -536,6 +561,28 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "063e6045c0e62079840579a7e47a355ae92f60eb74daaf156fb1e84ba164e63f"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.24.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e385be0d24f186b4ce2f9982191e7101bb737312ad61c1f2f984f34bcf85d59"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.99"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aee3c3d..736946d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ ureq = { version = "2.4.0", default-features = false, features = [ "native-tls",
 serde = { version = "1.0.138", default-features = false, features = [ "derive", "serde_derive" ] }
 native-tls = { version = "0.2.10", default-features = false }
 libc = { version = "0.2.126", default-features = false }
-rm_rf = { version = "0.6.2", default-features = false }
\ No newline at end of file
+rm_rf = { version = "0.6.2", default-features = false }
+spinoff = { version = "0.5.3", default-features = false }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/internal/detect.rs b/src/internal/detect.rs
index 9553b56..b9b88dd 100644
--- a/src/internal/detect.rs
+++ b/src/internal/detect.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 use crate::internal::commands::ShellCommand;
 use crate::internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
 use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
-use crate::{info, prompt, warn};
+use crate::{prompt, warn, spinner};
+use std::env;
 
 pub fn detect() {
-    info!("Scanning for pacnew files");
+    // Start spinner
+    let sp = spinner!("Scanning for pacnew files");
 
     let mut pacnew = vec![];
 
     // Run `find` to find pacnew files and split by lines into a vec
-    let find = std::process::Command::new("sudo")
-        .arg("pacdiff")
-        .arg("-f")
-        .output()
-        .unwrap();
-    let find_lines = std::str::from_utf8(&find.stdout).unwrap().split('\n');
+    let find = ShellCommand::pacdiff()
+        .args(&["-o", "-f"])
+        .elevated()
+        .wait_with_output()
+        .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
+    let find_lines = find.stdout.split('\n');
     for line in find_lines {
         if !line.is_empty() {
             pacnew.push(line.to_string());
@@ -23,16 +25,28 @@ pub fn detect() {
 
     // If pacnew files are found, warn the user and prompt to pacdiff
     if !pacnew.is_empty() {
-        let choice = prompt!(default false, "It appears that at least one program you have installed / upgraded has installed a .pacnew/.pacsave config file. Would you like to run pacdiff to deal with this? You can always deal with this later by running `sudo pacdiff`");
+        sp.stop_bold("It appears that at least one program you have installed / upgraded has installed a .pacnew/.pacsave config file. These are created when you have modified a program's configuration, and a package upgrade could not automatically merge the new file.");
+
+        let choice = prompt!(default false, "Would you like to run pacdiff to deal with this? You can always deal with this later by running `sudo pacdiff`");
         if choice {
-            warn!("Unless you've set an alternative using the DIFFPROG environment variable, pacdiff uses `vimdiff` by default to edit files for merging. Make sure you know how to exit vim before proceeding");
-            let cont = prompt!(default false, "Continue?");
-            if cont {
+            if env::var("PACDIFF_WARNING").unwrap_or_else(|_| "1".to_string()) != "0" {
+                warn!("Pacdiff uses `vimdiff` by default to edit files for merging. Make sure you know how to exit vim before proceeding!");
+                warn!("You can surpress this warning in the future by setting the `PACDIFF_WARNING` environment variable to `0`");
+                let cont = prompt!(default false, "Continue?");
+                if cont {
+                    ShellCommand::pacdiff()
+                        .elevated()
+                        .wait()
+                        .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
+                }
+            } else {
                 ShellCommand::pacdiff()
                     .elevated()
                     .wait()
                     .silent_unwrap(AppExitCode::PacmanError);
             }
         }
+    } else {
+        sp.stop_bold("No pacnew files found");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/internal/utils.rs b/src/internal/utils.rs
index eadb0ec..ee04076 100644
--- a/src/internal/utils.rs
+++ b/src/internal/utils.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ macro_rules! prompt {
     }
 }
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! spinner {
+    ($($arg:tt)+) => {
+        $crate::internal::utils::spinner_fn(format!($($arg)+))
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn log_info<S: ToString>(msg: S) {
     let msg = msg.to_string();
     let msg = if internal::uwu_enabled() {
@@ -137,3 +144,42 @@ pub fn prompt_yn<S: ToString>(question: S, default_true: bool) -> bool {
         default_true
     }
 }
+
+pub struct Spinner {
+    spinner: spinoff::Spinner,
+}
+
+impl Spinner {
+    pub fn stop_bold(self, text: &str) {
+        let text = if internal::uwu_enabled() {
+            uwu!(text)
+        } else {
+            text.to_string()
+        };
+
+        let symbol = Box::new(format!("{}", OK_SYMBOL.purple()));
+        let text = Box::new(format!("{}", text.bold()));
+
+        let symbol: &'static str = Box::leak(symbol);
+        let text: &'static str = Box::leak(text);
+
+        self.spinner.stop_and_persist(symbol, text);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn spinner_fn(text: String) -> Spinner {
+    let text = if internal::uwu_enabled() {
+        uwu!(&text)
+    } else {
+        text
+    };
+    Spinner {
+        spinner: spinoff::Spinner::new(
+            spinoff::Spinners::Line,
+            format!("{}",
+            text.bold()),
+            spinoff::Color::Magenta,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/operations/aur_install.rs b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
index f8ed002..87b4729 100644
--- a/src/operations/aur_install.rs
+++ b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ pub fn aur_install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
         }
 
         // Sort dependencies and makedepends
-        log!("Sorting dependencies");
+        if verbosity >= 1 {
+            log!("Sorting dependencies and makedepends");
+        }
         let sorted = crate::internal::sort(&rpcres.package.as_ref().unwrap().depends, options);
-        log!("Sorting make dependencies");
         let md_sorted =
             crate::internal::sort(&rpcres.package.as_ref().unwrap().make_depends, options);
 
diff --git a/src/operations/upgrade.rs b/src/operations/upgrade.rs
index 0de1221..6c5c9eb 100644
--- a/src/operations/upgrade.rs
+++ b/src/operations/upgrade.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::internal::error::SilentUnwrap;
 use crate::internal::exit_code::AppExitCode;
 use crate::internal::rpc::rpcinfo;
 use crate::operations::aur_install::aur_install;
-use crate::{info, log, prompt, Options};
+use crate::{info, log, prompt, Options, spinner};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct QueriedPackage {
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ pub fn upgrade(options: Options) {
         log!("Checking AUR upgrades...");
     }
 
+    // Start spinner
+    let sp = spinner!("Checking AUR upgrades...");
+
     // List non-native packages using `pacman -Qm` and collect to a Vec<String>
     let non_native = ShellCommand::pacman()
         .arg("-Qm")
@@ -101,6 +104,8 @@ pub fn upgrade(options: Options) {
         }
     }
 
+    sp.stop_bold("Finished!");
+
     // If vector isn't empty, prompt to install AUR packages from vector, effectively upgrading
     if !aur_upgrades.is_empty() {
         let cont = prompt!(default false,