diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 5c81603d..7d441edb 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-python3 prebuild.py
-SRC=$(find src/ -name "*.cpp")
-FLAGS="-std=c++17 -O2 -stdlib=libc++ -Wfatal-errors -Iinclude"
+#!/bin/bash
 
+echo -n "Running prebuild.py... "
+python3 prebuild.py
+echo "Done"
+
+echo -n "Finding source files... "
+SRC=$(find src/ -name "*.cpp")
+echo "Done"
+
+echo -n "Compiling and linking source files... "
+FLAGS="-std=c++17 -O2 -stdlib=libc++ -Wfatal-errors -Iinclude"
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     LIB_EXTENSION=".dylib"
     FLAGS="$FLAGS -undefined dynamic_lookup"
@@ -10,7 +18,23 @@ else
     LIB_EXTENSION=".so"
     LINK_FLAGS="-Wl,-rpath=."
 fi
+
 clang++ $FLAGS -o libpocketpy$LIB_EXTENSION $SRC -fPIC -shared -ldl
 
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Library build successful: libpocketpy$LIB_EXTENSION"
+else
+    echo "Library build failed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # compile main.cpp and link to libpocketpy.so
-clang++ $FLAGS -o main src2/main.cpp -L. -lpocketpy $LINK_FLAGS
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Compiling main.cpp and linking to libpocketpy$LIB_EXTENSION..."
+clang++ $FLAGS -o main src2/main.cpp -L. -lpocketpy $LINK_FLAGS
+
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Build completed successfully."
+else
+    echo "Build failed."
+    exit 1
+fi