diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 569e833..414134a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 "use strict";
 /// <reference path="./typings/index.d.ts" />
-console.log("**** starting NPMTS ****");
+var early = require("early");
+early.start("NPMTS");
 var plugins = require("./npmts.plugins");
 var npmts_promisechain_1 = require("./npmts.promisechain");
+early.stop();
 plugins.beautylog.figletSync("NPMTS");
 try {
     npmts_promisechain_1.promisechain();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d278e5..2bbee2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/pushrocks/npmts#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "beautylog": "5.0.4",
+    "beautylog": "5.0.5",
+    "early": "^1.0.7",
     "fs-extra": "^0.30.0",
     "gulp": "3.9.1",
     "gulp-codecov": "^2.0.1",
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 8b0ce74..7bdff15 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 /// <reference path="./typings/index.d.ts" />
-console.log("**** starting NPMTS ****");
+import * as early from "early";
+early.start("NPMTS");
 import * as plugins from "./npmts.plugins"
 import {promisechain} from "./npmts.promisechain";
+early.stop();
+
 plugins.beautylog.figletSync("NPMTS");
 
 try {