diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d18f3a96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@changesets/config@1.6.0/schema.json",
+  "changelog": "@changesets/cli/changelog",
+  "commit": false,
+  "linked": [],
+  "access": "public",
+  "baseBranch": "develop",
+  "updateInternalDependencies": "patch",
+  "ignore": []
+}
diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-nails-count.md b/.changeset/lovely-nails-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bfc9eae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lovely-nails-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@chugsplash/plugins': patch
+---
+
+Adds some nice spinners to hardhat tasks
diff --git a/packages/plugins/package.json b/packages/plugins/package.json
index 343fc963b..d51aa4060 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugins/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "ethers": "^5.6.9",
     "ipfs-http-client": "56.0.3",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
+    "ora": "^5.4.1",
     "semver": "^7.3.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/tasks.ts b/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/tasks.ts
index b2486df3c..4340476d0 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/tasks.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   CanonicalChugSplashConfig,
   ChugSplashActionBundle,
 } from '@chugsplash/core'
+import ora from 'ora'
 
 import { getContractArtifact, getStorageLayout } from './artifacts'
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ const TASK_CHUGSPLASH_BUNDLE_REMOTE = 'chugsplash-bundle-remote'
 const TASK_CHUGSPLASH_VERIFY = 'chugsplash-verify'
 const TASK_CHUGSPLASH_COMMIT = 'chugsplash-commit'
 
+const spinner = ora()
+
 subtask(TASK_CHUGSPLASH_LOAD)
   .addParam('deployConfig', undefined, undefined, types.string)
   .setAction(
@@ -157,9 +160,11 @@ task(TASK_CHUGSPLASH_COMMIT)
       },
       hre
     ) => {
+      spinner.start('Compiling deploy config...')
       const config: ChugSplashConfig = await hre.run(TASK_CHUGSPLASH_LOAD, {
         deployConfig: args.deployConfig,
       })
+      spinner.succeed('Compiled deploy config')
 
       const ipfs = create({
         url: args.ipfsUrl || 'https://ipfs.infura.io:5001/api/v0',
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ task(TASK_CHUGSPLASH_COMMIT)
         })
 
       // Publish config to IPFS
+      spinner.start('Publishing config to IPFS...')
       const configPublishResult = await ipfs.add(
         JSON.stringify(
           {
@@ -201,13 +207,16 @@ task(TASK_CHUGSPLASH_COMMIT)
           2
         )
       )
+      spinner.succeed('Published config to IPFS')
 
+      spinner.start('Building artifact bundle...')
       const bundle = await hre.run(TASK_CHUGSPLASH_BUNDLE_LOCAL, {
         deployConfig: args.deployConfig,
       })
+      spinner.succeed('Built artifact bundle')
 
-      console.log(`Config: ipfs://${configPublishResult.path}`)
-      console.log(`Bundle: ${bundle.root}`)
+      spinner.succeed(`Config: ipfs://${configPublishResult.path}`)
+      spinner.succeed(`Bundle: ${bundle.root}`)
     }
   )
 
@@ -226,22 +235,30 @@ task(TASK_CHUGSPLASH_VERIFY)
       config: CanonicalChugSplashConfig
       bundle: ChugSplashActionBundle
     }> => {
+      spinner.start('Fetching config, this might take a while...')
       const config: CanonicalChugSplashConfig = await hre.run(
         TASK_CHUGSPLASH_FETCH,
         {
           configUri: args.configUri,
         }
       )
+      spinner.succeed('Fetched config')
 
+      spinner.start('Building artifact bundle...')
       const bundle: ChugSplashActionBundle = await hre.run(
         TASK_CHUGSPLASH_BUNDLE_REMOTE,
         {
           deployConfig: config,
         }
       )
+      spinner.succeed('Built artifact bundle')
 
       if (bundle.root !== args.bundleHash) {
-        throw new Error('bundle hash does not match')
+        spinner.fail(
+          'Bundle hash generated from downloaded config does NOT match given hash'
+        )
+      } else {
+        spinner.succeed('Bundle hash verified')
       }
 
       return {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 99eef64f8..1bfbe820c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1924,6 +1924,15 @@ bintrees@1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bintrees/-/bintrees-1.0.2.tgz#49f896d6e858a4a499df85c38fb399b9aff840f8"
   integrity sha512-VOMgTMwjAaUG580SXn3LacVgjurrbMme7ZZNYGSSV7mmtY6QQRh0Eg3pwIcntQ77DErK1L0NxkbetjcoXzVwKw==
 
+bl@^4.1.0:
+  version "4.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bl/-/bl-4.1.0.tgz#451535264182bec2fbbc83a62ab98cf11d9f7b3a"
+  integrity sha512-1W07cM9gS6DcLperZfFSj+bWLtaPGSOHWhPiGzXmvVJbRLdG82sH/Kn8EtW1VqWVA54AKf2h5k5BbnIbwF3h6w==
+  dependencies:
+    buffer "^5.5.0"
+    inherits "^2.0.4"
+    readable-stream "^3.4.0"
+
 blakejs@^1.1.0:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/blakejs/-/blakejs-1.2.1.tgz#5057e4206eadb4a97f7c0b6e197a505042fc3814"
@@ -2294,6 +2303,11 @@ cli-cursor@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     restore-cursor "^3.1.0"
 
+cli-spinners@^2.5.0:
+  version "2.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-spinners/-/cli-spinners-2.6.1.tgz#adc954ebe281c37a6319bfa401e6dd2488ffb70d"
+  integrity sha512-x/5fWmGMnbKQAaNwN+UZlV79qBLM9JFnJuJ03gIi5whrob0xV0ofNVHy9DhwGdsMJQc2OKv0oGmLzvaqvAVv+g==
+
 cli-truncate@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-truncate/-/cli-truncate-2.1.0.tgz#c39e28bf05edcde5be3b98992a22deed5a2b93c7"
@@ -4514,6 +4528,11 @@ is-hex-prefixed@1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-hex-prefixed/-/is-hex-prefixed-1.0.0.tgz#7d8d37e6ad77e5d127148913c573e082d777f554"
   integrity sha512-WvtOiug1VFrE9v1Cydwm+FnXd3+w9GaeVUss5W4v/SLy3UW00vP+6iNF2SdnfiBoLy4bTqVdkftNGTUeOFVsbA==
 
+is-interactive@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-interactive/-/is-interactive-1.0.0.tgz#cea6e6ae5c870a7b0a0004070b7b587e0252912e"
+  integrity sha512-2HvIEKRoqS62guEC+qBjpvRubdX910WCMuJTZ+I9yvqKU2/12eSL549HMwtabb4oupdj2sMP50k+XJfB/8JE6w==
+
 is-ip@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-ip/-/is-ip-3.1.0.tgz#2ae5ddfafaf05cb8008a62093cf29734f657c5d8"
@@ -5799,6 +5818,21 @@ optionator@^0.9.1:
     type-check "^0.4.0"
     word-wrap "^1.2.3"
 
+ora@^5.4.1:
+  version "5.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ora/-/ora-5.4.1.tgz#1b2678426af4ac4a509008e5e4ac9e9959db9e18"
+  integrity sha512-5b6Y85tPxZZ7QytO+BQzysW31HJku27cRIlkbAXaNx+BdcVi+LlRFmVXzeF6a7JCwJpyw5c4b+YSVImQIrBpuQ==
+  dependencies:
+    bl "^4.1.0"
+    chalk "^4.1.0"
+    cli-cursor "^3.1.0"
+    cli-spinners "^2.5.0"
+    is-interactive "^1.0.0"
+    is-unicode-supported "^0.1.0"
+    log-symbols "^4.1.0"
+    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
+    wcwidth "^1.0.1"
+
 os-tmpdir@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/os-tmpdir/-/os-tmpdir-1.0.2.tgz#bbe67406c79aa85c5cfec766fe5734555dfa1274"