diff --git a/src/releases.js b/src/releases.js
index f30680ee..496ece93 100644
--- a/src/releases.js
+++ b/src/releases.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { niceDate } from './utils'
 const MERGE_COMMIT_PATTERN = /^Merge (remote-tracking )?branch '.+'/
 const COMMIT_MESSAGE_PATTERN = /\n+([\S\s]+)/
 
-async function createRelease (tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options) {
+async function createRelease (tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options, onParsed) {
   const commits = await fetchCommits(diff, remote, options)
   const merges = commits.filter(commit => commit.merge).map(commit => commit.merge)
   const fixes = commits.filter(commit => commit.fixes).map(commit => ({ fixes: commit.fixes, commit }))
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ async function createRelease (tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options) {
     .filter(commit => filterCommit(commit, options, merges))
     .sort(commitSorter(options))
     .slice(0, getCommitLimit(options, emptyRelease, breakingCount))
-  return {
+  const release = {
     tag,
     title: tag || 'Unreleased',
     date,
@@ -29,19 +29,23 @@ async function createRelease (tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options) {
     major: Boolean(!options.tagPattern && tag && previousTag && semver.diff(tag, previousTag) === 'major'),
     href: getCompareLink(previousTag, tag, remote, options)
   }
+  if (onParsed) {
+    onParsed(release)
+  }
+  return release
 }
 
-export function parseReleases (tags, remote, latestVersion, options) {
+export function parseReleases (tags, remote, latestVersion, options, onParsed) {
   const releases = tags.map((tag, index, tags) => {
     const previousTag = tags[index + 1]
     const diff = previousTag ? `${previousTag}..${tag}` : tag
-    return createRelease(tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options)
+    return createRelease(tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options, onParsed)
   })
   if (latestVersion || options.unreleased) {
     const tag = latestVersion || null
     const previousTag = tags[0]
     const diff = `${previousTag}..`
-    releases.unshift(createRelease(tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options))
+    releases.unshift(createRelease(tag, previousTag, diff, remote, options, onParsed))
   }
   return Promise.all(releases)
 }
diff --git a/src/run.js b/src/run.js
index d5e2a34c..342b3298 100644
--- a/src/run.js
+++ b/src/run.js
@@ -88,18 +88,18 @@ export default async function run (argv) {
   const log = string => options.stdout ? null : updateLog(string)
   log('Fetching remote…')
   const remote = await fetchRemote(options)
-  // const commitProgress = bytes => log(`Fetching commits… ${formatBytes(bytes)} loaded`)
-  // const commits = await fetchCommits(remote, options, null, commitProgress)
-  log('Generating changelog…')
+  log('Fetching tags…')
   const tags = await fetchTags(options)
+  log(`${tags.length} version tags found…`)
   const latestVersion = await getLatestVersion(options, tags)
-  const releases = await parseReleases(tags, remote, latestVersion, options)
+  const onParsed = ({ title }) => log(`Fetched ${title}…`)
+  const releases = await parseReleases(tags, remote, latestVersion, options, onParsed)
   const changelog = await compileTemplate(options, { releases })
   if (options.stdout) {
     process.stdout.write(changelog)
-  } else {
-    await writeFile(options.output, changelog)
+    process.exit(0)
   }
+  await writeFile(options.output, changelog)
   const bytes = Buffer.byteLength(changelog, 'utf8')
   log(`${formatBytes(bytes)} written to ${options.output}\n`)
 }