diff --git a/src/ClaudeDev.ts b/src/ClaudeDev.ts
index bbe72e2..751ba59 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDev.ts
+++ b/src/ClaudeDev.ts
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ ${
 				details += `\n## ${busyTerminal.lastCommand}`
 				const newOutput = this.terminalManager.getUnretrievedOutput(busyTerminal.id)
 				if (newOutput) {
-					details += `\n...\n${newOutput}`
+					details += `\nNew Output:\n${newOutput}`
 				} else {
 					// details += `\n(Still running, no new output)` // don't want to show this right after running the command
 				}
diff --git a/src/integrations/TerminalManager.ts b/src/integrations/TerminalManager.ts
index da7dd4e..d3445fc 100644
--- a/src/integrations/TerminalManager.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/TerminalManager.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ export class TerminalProcess extends EventEmitter<TerminalProcessEvents> {
 			// todo: need to handle errors
 			let isFirstChunk = true
 			let didOutputNonCommand = false
+			let didEmitEmptyLine = false
 			for await (let data of stream) {
 				console.log("original chunk:", data)
 				if (isFirstChunk) {
@@ -326,6 +327,12 @@ export class TerminalProcess extends EventEmitter<TerminalProcessEvents> {
 					data = lines.join("\n")
 				}
 
+				// For non-immediately returning commands we want to show loading spinner right away but this wouldnt happen until it emits a line break, so as soon as we get any output we emit "" to let webview know to show spinner
+				if (!didEmitEmptyLine && !this.fullOutput && data) {
+					this.emit("line", "") // empty line to indicate start of command output stream
+					didEmitEmptyLine = true
+				}
+
 				console.log(`parsed chunk:`, data)
 				this.fullOutput += data
 				if (this.isListening) {