diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c0b84656..31524c77 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ rustc-serialize = "*"
 pulldown-cmark = "*"
 
 [features]
+default = ["output"]
 debug = []
+output = []
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index bb5271e3..551eded8 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -9,3 +9,15 @@ macro_rules! debug {
     ($fmt:expr) => ();
     ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => ();
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "output")]
+macro_rules! output {
+    ($fmt:expr) => (println!($fmt));
+    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => (println!($fmt, $($arg)*));
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "output"))]
+macro_rules! output {
+    ($fmt:expr) => ();
+    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => ();
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
index 1a1a5f70..093ee1bf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use renderer::Renderer;
 use book::{BookItems, BookConfig};
 use {theme, utils};
 
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf, Component};
-use std::fs::{self, File, metadata};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
@@ -86,20 +86,22 @@ impl Renderer for HtmlHandlebars {
                 debug!("[*]: Render template");
                 let rendered = try!(handlebars.render("index", &data));
 
-                debug!("[*] Write to file");
+                debug!("[*]: Create file {:?}", &config.dest().join(&item.path).with_extension("html"));
                 // Write to file
                 let mut file = try!(utils::path::create_file(&config.dest().join(&item.path).with_extension("html")));
+                output!("[*] Creating {:?} ✓", &config.dest().join(&item.path).with_extension("html"));
+
                 try!(file.write_all(&rendered.into_bytes()));
 
                 // Create an index.html from the first element in SUMMARY.md
                 if index {
-                    debug!("[*] index.html");
+                    debug!("[*]: index.html");
                     try!(fs::copy(
                         config.dest().join(&item.path.with_extension("html")),
                         config.dest().join("index.html")
                     ));
 
-                    println!(
+                    output!(
                         "[*] Creating index.html from {:?} ✓",
                         config.dest().join(&item.path.with_extension("html"))
                         );