diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 74f57f4..34f76ea 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
-	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 // reports externally if something has changed
diff --git a/git.go b/git.go
index e87860e..cef5d05 100644
--- a/git.go
+++ b/git.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 	"io/ioutil"
 
-	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 func (rs *RepoStatus) GetCurrentBranchName() string {
diff --git a/new.go b/new.go
index fd1afef..7e4b545 100644
--- a/new.go
+++ b/new.go
@@ -154,7 +154,12 @@ func Clone(wdir string, path string) error {
 		path = "go.googlesource.com/xerrors"
 	}
 
-	shell.PathRun(fulldir, []string{"git", "clone", "http://" + path})
+	r := shell.PathRunRealtime(fulldir, []string{"git", "clone", "--verbose", "--progress", "http://" + path})
+	if r.Error != nil {
+		log.Warn("git clone error", r.Error)
+		log.Error(r.Error)
+	}
+
 	if IsDirectory(fullpath) {
 		// clone worked
 		return nil
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ func Clone(wdir string, path string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Info("URL:", url)
-	shell.PathRun(fulldir, []string{"git", "clone", url, base})
+	shell.PathRunRealtime(fulldir, []string{"git", "clone", url, base})
 	if IsDirectory(fullpath) {
 		// clone worked
 		return nil