diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index b19953e..b21ae65 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@git.zone/tstest',
-  version: '1.0.83',
+  version: '1.0.84',
   description: 'a test utility to run tests that match test/**/*.ts'
 }
diff --git a/ts/tstest.classes.tap.parser.ts b/ts/tstest.classes.tap.parser.ts
index 92c0fb3..b540dd0 100644
--- a/ts/tstest.classes.tap.parser.ts
+++ b/ts/tstest.classes.tap.parser.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export class TapParser {
   testStatusRegex = /(ok|not\sok)\s([0-9]+)\s-\s(.*)\s#\stime=(.*)ms$/;
   activeTapTestResult: TapTestResult;
 
+  pretaskRegex = /^::__PRETASK:(.*)$/;
+
   /**
    * the constructor for TapParser
    */
@@ -49,6 +51,12 @@ export class TapParser {
 
         // initiating first TapResult
         this._getNewTapTestResult();
+      } else if (this.pretaskRegex.test(logLine)) {
+        logLineIsTapProtocol = true;
+        const pretaskContentMatch = this.pretaskRegex.exec(logLine);
+        if (pretaskContentMatch && pretaskContentMatch[1]) {
+          console.log(`${logPrefixes.TapPretaskPrefix} Pretask ->${pretaskContentMatch[1]}: Success.`);
+        }
       } else if (this.testStatusRegex.test(logLine)) {
         logLineIsTapProtocol = true;
         const regexResult = this.testStatusRegex.exec(logLine);
@@ -149,7 +157,7 @@ export class TapParser {
       this._processLog(data);
     });
     childProcessArg.on('exit', async () => {
-      await this._evaluateResult();
+      await this.evaluateFinalResult();
       done.resolve();
     });
     await done.promise;
@@ -157,10 +165,9 @@ export class TapParser {
 
   public async handleTapLog(tapLog: string) {
     this._processLog(tapLog);
-    await this._evaluateResult();
   }
 
-  private async _evaluateResult() {
+  public async evaluateFinalResult() {
     this.receivedTests = this.testStore.length;
 
     // check wether all tests ran
diff --git a/ts/tstest.classes.tstest.ts b/ts/tstest.classes.tstest.ts
index f044e53..69ed44d 100644
--- a/ts/tstest.classes.tstest.ts
+++ b/ts/tstest.classes.tstest.ts
@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ export class TsTest {
     await server.start();
 
     // lets handle realtime comms
+    const tapParser = new TapParser(fileNameArg + ':chrome');
     const wss = new plugins.ws.WebSocketServer({ port: 8080 });
     wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
       ws.on('message', (message) => {
-        console.log(message.toString());
+        tapParser.handleTapLog(message.toString());
       });
     });
 
@@ -188,10 +189,8 @@ export class TsTest {
     console.log(
       `${cs('=> ', 'blue')} Stopped ${cs(fileNameArg, 'orange')} chromium instance and server.`
     );
-    console.log(`${cs('=> ', 'blue')} See the result captured from the chromium execution:`);
     // lets create the tap parser
-    const tapParser = new TapParser(fileNameArg + ':chrome');
-    tapParser.handleTapLog(evaluation);
+    await tapParser.evaluateFinalResult();
     return tapParser;
   }
 
diff --git a/ts/tstest.logprefixes.ts b/ts/tstest.logprefixes.ts
index 3ca13b0..6abe4aa 100644
--- a/ts/tstest.logprefixes.ts
+++ b/ts/tstest.logprefixes.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as plugins from './tstest.plugins.js';
 import { coloredString as cs } from '@push.rocks/consolecolor';
 
 export const TapPrefix = cs(`::TAP::`, 'pink', 'black');
+export const TapPretaskPrefix = cs(`::PRETASK::`, 'cyan', 'black');
 export const TapErrorPrefix = cs(` !!!TAP PROTOCOL ERROR!!! `, 'red', 'black');
 
 export const TsTestPrefix = cs(`**TSTEST**`, 'pink', 'black');