diff --git a/share/jmk/jmk.m4 b/share/jmk/jmk.m4
index b454398..06ca08a 100644
--- a/share/jmk/jmk.m4
+++ b/share/jmk/jmk.m4
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 define(`_foreach', `ifelse(`$2', `()', `',
   `define(`$1', _arg1$2)$3`'$0(`$1', (shift$2), `$3')')')
 
-
+define(status_log, `	@printf " \e[1;34m%8s\e[m  %s\n" "$1" "$2"')
+define(DO_MAKE, `$(MAKE) --no-print-directory MAKEFILE_DEPTH="$$(( $(MAKEFILE_DEPTH) + 1))"')
 
 define(init,
 `jmk_project := $1
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@
 CC ?= gcc
 LD ?= ld
 CFLAGS += -I$(ROOT)/include
+jmk_clean_libs =
+
+MAKEFILE_DEPTH ?= 1
 
 all: $(jmk_target)')
 
@@ -30,8 +34,7 @@
         $1, `debug', `CFLAGS += -g',
         $1, `32', `CFLAGS += -m32',
         $1, `warn', `CFLAGS += -Wall -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable',
-        $1, `nasm', `ASM = nasm'
-    )')
+        $1, `nasm', `ASM = nasm')')
 
 dnl this is really, really terrible, but to my knowledge there is no
 dnl other way to escape a $. The manual says nothing about this.
@@ -41,20 +44,26 @@
 dnl archetype enables a language archetype
 define(archetype,
     `ifelse($1, c, `.c.o:
-	$(CC) -c $< -o dollar_at $(CFLAGS)',
+status_log(CC, $<)
+	@$(CC) -c $< -o dollar_at $(CFLAGS)',
         $1, asm, `.s.o:
-	$(ASM) $(ASMFLAGS) $< -o dollar_at'
-    )'
-)
+status_log(AS, $<)
+	@$(ASM) $(ASMFLAGS) $< -o dollar_at')')
 
 dnl depends declares an external dependency
 define(`depends', `
+jmk_clean_libs += jmk_lib_clean_$1
 jmk_lib_path_$1 = $2
 jmk_lib_target_$1 = ifelse($3, `', $1.a, $3)
 jmk_libs_phony += $(jmk_lib_path_$1)/$(jmk_lib_target_$1)
 
 $(jmk_lib_path_$1)/$(jmk_lib_target_$1):
-	$(MAKE) -C $(jmk_lib_path_$1) $(jmk_lib_target_$1)')
+status_log(MAKE[$(MAKEFILE_DEPTH)], Entering $2)
+	@DO_MAKE -C $(jmk_lib_path_$1) $(jmk_lib_target_$1)
+status_log(MAKE[$(MAKEFILE_DEPTH)], Leaving $2)
+
+jmk_lib_clean_$1:
+	@DO_MAKE -C $2 clean')
 
 dnl lib is used to list an external dependency declared with depends()
 define(`lib', `$(jmk_lib_path_$1)/$(jmk_lib_target_$1)')
@@ -65,25 +74,28 @@
 define(type,
     `ifelse($1, executable,
 `$(jmk_target): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) -o dollar_at $^ $(CFLAGS)',
+status_log(CC, dollar_at)
+	@$(CC) -o dollar_at $^ $(CFLAGS)',
     $1, static_lib,
 `$(jmk_target): $(OBJECTS)
-	ar rcs dollar_at $^',
+status_log(AR, dollar_at)
+	@ar rcs dollar_at $^',
     $1, custom_link,
 `$(jmk_target): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o dollar_at $^'
-    )')
+status_log(LD, dollar_at)
+	@$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o dollar_at $^')')
 
 dnl finish is required at the end of the Jmk file to generate some
 dnl final declarations
 
 define(finish,
-`clean:
-	rm -f *.o *.a *.so $(jmk_target)
+`clean: $(jmk_clean_libs)
+	@rm -f *.o *.a *.so $(jmk_target)
 
 Makefile: Jmk
-	cd "jmk_build_dir" && jmk_build_cmd
+status_log(JMK, jmk_build_dir)
+	@cd "jmk_build_dir" && jmk_build_cmd
 
-.PHONY: $(jmk_libs_phony) $(jmk_custom_phony) clean all')
+.PHONY: $(jmk_libs_phony) $(jmk_custom_phony) $(jmk_clean_libs) clean all')
 
 divert(0)dnl