diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 740e93b3..7ee7955e 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (3, 0, "0a12")
+VERSION = (3, 0, "0a13")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/builder/main.py b/platformio/builder/main.py
index 67df1f5c..356b862a 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/main.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/main.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from os import environ
 from os.path import join, normpath
 from time import time
 
-from SCons.Script import (COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS, AllowSubstExceptions,
-                          DefaultEnvironment, Progress, Variables)
+from SCons.Script import (ARGUMENTS, COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS,
+                          AllowSubstExceptions, DefaultEnvironment, Variables)
 
 from platformio import util
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ commonvars.AddVariables(
     ("UPLOAD_RESETMETHOD",)
 )  # yapf: disable
 
-DefaultEnvironment(
+DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS = dict(
     tools=[
         "ar", "as", "gcc", "g++", "gnulink",
         "platformio", "pioplatform", "piowinhooks",
@@ -93,11 +93,15 @@ DefaultEnvironment(
     ],
     PYTHONEXE=normpath(sys.executable))
 
-env = DefaultEnvironment()
-
-if env.GetOption("silent"):
+if not int(ARGUMENTS.get("PIOVERBOSE", 0)):
     print "Verbose mode can be enabled via `-v, --verbose` option"
-    Progress(env.ProgressHandler)
+    DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS['ARCOMSTR'] = "Archiving $TARGET"
+    DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS['LINKCOMSTR'] = "Linking $TARGET"
+    DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS['RANLIBCOMSTR'] = "Indexing $TARGET"
+    for k in ("ASPPCOMSTR", "CCCOMSTR", "CXXCOMSTR"):
+        DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS[k] = "Compiling $TARGET"
+
+env = DefaultEnvironment(**DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS)
 
 # decode common variables
 for k in commonvars.keys():
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
index e88ea9aa..04b2d40c 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from os.path import basename, commonprefix, isdir, isfile, join, realpath, sep
 from platform import system
 
 import SCons.Scanner
+from SCons.Script import ARGUMENTS
 
 from platformio import util
 from platformio.builder.tools import platformio as piotool
@@ -465,7 +466,8 @@ def GetLibBuilders(env):
         f.lower().strip() for f in env.get("PIOFRAMEWORK", "").split(",")
     ]
     compat_mode = int(env.get("LIB_COMPAT_MODE", 1))
-    verbose = not (env.GetOption("silent") or env.GetOption('clean'))
+    verbose = (int(ARGUMENTS.get("PIOVERBOSE", 0)) and
+               not env.GetOption('clean'))
 
     def _check_lib_builder(lb):
         if lb.name in env.get("LIB_IGNORE", []):
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@ def BuildDependentLibraries(env, src_dir):
             title = "<%s>" % lb.name
             if lb.version:
                 title += " v%s" % lb.version
-            if not env.GetOption("silent"):
+            if int(ARGUMENTS.get("PIOVERBOSE", 0)):
                 title += " (%s)" % lb.path
             print "%s|-- %s" % (margin, title)
             if lb.depbuilders:
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py
index a4f3a343..efc21679 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piomisc.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ from glob import glob
 from os import environ, remove
 from os.path import isfile, join
 
+from SCons.Action import Action
+from SCons.Script import ARGUMENTS
+
 from platformio import util
 
 
@@ -259,13 +262,11 @@ def GetActualLDScript(env):
     return None
 
 
-def ProgressHandler(env, node):
-    item = str(node)
-    if "toolchain-" in item or "tool-" in item or \
-            item.endswith((".o", ".h", ".hpp", ".ipp")):
-        return
-    item = item.replace(env['PIOHOME_DIR'], ".platformio")
-    print "Processing %s" % item
+def VerboseAction(env, act, actstr):
+    if int(ARGUMENTS.get("PIOVERBOSE", 0)):
+        return act
+    else:
+        return Action(act, actstr)
 
 
 def exists(_):
@@ -277,5 +278,5 @@ def generate(env):
     env.AddMethod(DumpIDEData)
     env.AddMethod(GetCompilerType)
     env.AddMethod(GetActualLDScript)
-    env.AddMethod(ProgressHandler)
+    env.AddMethod(VerboseAction)
     return env
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py b/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py
index 00f14697..9d2b1a6e 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ def WaitForNewSerialPort(env, before):
 
 def AutodetectUploadPort(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     env = args[0]
-    print "Looking for upload port/disk..."
 
     def _look_for_mbed_disk():
         msdlabels = ("mbed", "nucleo", "frdm", "microbit")
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ def AutodetectUploadPort(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         return port
 
     if "UPLOAD_PORT" in env:
-        print env.subst("Manually specified: $UPLOAD_PORT")
+        print env.subst("Use manually specified: $UPLOAD_PORT")
         return
 
     if env.subst("$PIOFRAMEWORK") == "mbed":
@@ -131,13 +130,13 @@ def AutodetectUploadPort(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         sys.stderr.write(
             "Error: Please specify `upload_port` for environment or use "
             "global `--upload-port` option.\n"
-            "For some development platforms this can be a USB flash "
+            "For some development platforms it can be a USB flash "
             "drive (i.e. /media/<user>/<device name>)\n")
         env.Exit(1)
 
 
 def UploadToDisk(_, target, source, env):  # pylint: disable=W0613,W0621
-    env.AutodetectUploadPort()
+    assert "UPLOAD_PORT" in env
     progname = env.subst("$PROGNAME")
     for ext in ("bin", "hex"):
         fpath = join(env.subst("$BUILD_DIR"), "%s.%s" % (progname, ext))
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ def CheckUploadSize(_, target, source, env):  # pylint: disable=W0613,W0621
     if max_size == 0 or "SIZETOOL" not in env:
         return
 
-    print "Check program size..."
     sysenv = environ.copy()
     sysenv['PATH'] = str(env['ENV']['PATH'])
     cmd = [env.subst("$SIZETOOL"), "-B", str(target[0])]
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
index e8a3c8d2..9634ef1e 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from glob import glob
 from os import sep, walk
 from os.path import basename, dirname, isdir, join, realpath
 
+from SCons.Action import Action
 from SCons.Script import COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS, DefaultEnvironment, SConscript
 from SCons.Util import case_sensitive_suffixes
 
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ def BuildProgram(env):
         join("$BUILD_DIR", env.subst("$PROGNAME")), env['PIOBUILDFILES'])
 
     if set(["upload", "uploadlazy", "program"]) & set(COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS):
-        env.AddPostAction(program, env.CheckUploadSize)
+        env.AddPostAction(program, Action(env.CheckUploadSize,
+                                          "Checking program size $TARGET"))
 
     return program
 
diff --git a/platformio/managers/package.py b/platformio/managers/package.py
index 533ce50c..23ff4483 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/package.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/package.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from platformio.downloader import FileDownloader
 from platformio.unpacker import FileUnpacker
 from platformio.vcsclient import VCSClientFactory
 
-
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 
 
diff --git a/platformio/managers/platform.py b/platformio/managers/platform.py
index c4642365..4372bb0c 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/platform.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/platform.py
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ class PlatformRunMixin(object):
             "-j %d" % self.get_job_nums(), "--warn=no-no-parallel-support",
             "-f", join(util.get_source_dir(), "builder", "main.py")
         ]
-        if not self.verbose and "-c" not in targets:
-            cmd.append("--silent")
+        cmd.append("PIOVERBOSE=%d" % (1 if self.verbose else 0))
         cmd += targets
 
         # encode and append variables