diff --git a/lib/pipeline.js b/lib/pipeline.js
index a917c13b2..11ab55169 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/pipeline.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /*jshint esversion: 6, loopfunc: true */
 var fs = require('fs');
-var grunt = require('grunt');
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 
 var Pipeline = function(options) {
diff --git a/lib/template_generator.js b/lib/template_generator.js
index 3cee1ee77..d7784d3bd 100644
--- a/lib/template_generator.js
+++ b/lib/template_generator.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ var path = require('path');
 var wrench = require('wrench');
 
 var run = function(cmd) {
-  if (exec(cmd).code !== 0) {
+  var result = exec(cmd, {silent: true});
+  if (result.code !== 0) {
+    console.log(result.stderr);
     exit();
   }
 };
@@ -15,13 +17,25 @@ var TemplateGenerator = function(templateName) {
 
 TemplateGenerator.prototype.generate = function(destinationFolder, name) {
   var templatePath = path.join(__dirname, '/../', this.templateName);
+  console.log('Initializing Embark Template....'.green);
 
   wrench.copyDirSyncRecursive(templatePath, destinationFolder + name);
-
   cd(destinationFolder + name);
+
+  console.log('Installing packages.. this can take a few seconds'.green);
   run('npm install');
-  console.log('\n\ninit complete'.green);
-  console.log('\n\app ready at '.green + destinationFolder + name);
+  console.log('Init complete'.green);
+  console.log('\nApp ready at '.green + destinationFolder + name);
+
+  if (name === 'embark_demo') {
+    console.log('-------------------'.yellow);
+    console.log('next steps:'.green);
+    console.log(('-> cd ' + destinationFolder + name).green);
+    console.log('-> embark blockchain or embark simulator'.green);
+    console.log('open another console in the same directory and run'.green);
+    console.log('-> embark run'.green);
+    console.log('For more info go to http://github.com/iurimatias/embark-framework'.green);
+  }
 };
 
 module.exports = TemplateGenerator;