diff --git a/taskman.inc.php b/taskman.inc.php
index a4fda5b..569b258 100644
--- a/taskman.inc.php
+++ b/taskman.inc.php
@@ -132,25 +132,29 @@ class TaskmanTask
 
     try
     {
+      $TASKMAN_STACK[] = $this;
+
+      $level = count($TASKMAN_STACK)-1; 
+
+      msg_sys("***** ".str_repeat('-', $level)."task '" . $this->getName() . "' start *****\n");
+
       if(!$TASKMAN_NO_DEPS)
       {
         run_many($this->_getBeforeDeps());
         run_many($this->_getDeps());
       }
 
-      msg_sys("***** '" . $this->getName() . "' start *****\n");
+      $TASKMAN_CURRENT_TASK = $this;
 
       $bench = microtime(true);
 
-      $TASKMAN_CURRENT_TASK = $this;
-      $TASKMAN_STACK[] = $this;
       call_user_func_array($this->func, array($this->args));
       array_pop($TASKMAN_STACK);
 
       if(!$TASKMAN_NO_DEPS)
         run_many($this->_getAfterDeps());
 
-      msg_sys("***** '" . $this->getName() . "' done(" . 
+      msg_sys("***** ".str_repeat('-', $level)."task '" . $this->getName() . "' done(" . 
                      round(microtime(true)-$bench,2) . '/' .round(microtime(true)-$TASKMAN_START_TIME,2) . " sec.) *****\n");
 
       $this->has_run[$args_str] = true;
@@ -644,7 +648,7 @@ function main($argv = array(), $help_func = null, $proc_argv = true)
   else if($default_task)
     $default_task->run($argv);
 
-  msg_sys("**** All done (".round(microtime(true)-$GLOBALS['TASKMAN_START_TIME'],2)." sec.) ****\n");
+  msg_sys("***** All done (".round(microtime(true)-$GLOBALS['TASKMAN_START_TIME'],2)." sec.) *****\n");
 }
 
 function usage($script_name = "<taskman-script>")