diff --git a/gitlab/functions.sh b/gitlab/functions.sh
index a5c46d1d27f74a3a49937e1c6fe40bc2d85de3cf..a282533847de891f0791577bc8361b492aadfa88 100644
--- a/gitlab/functions.sh
+++ b/gitlab/functions.sh
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ arch() {
 
 # Functions for coloring echo commands
 log_info() {
-  echo -e "\033[1;32m[(`date +%c`)]${@}\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\033[1;32m[`date +%c`] ${@}\033[0m"
 }
 
 
 log_warn() {
-  echo -e "\033[1;33m[(`date +%c`)]${@}\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\033[1;33m[`date +%c`] ${@}\033[0m"
 }
 
 
 log_error() {
-  echo -e "\033[1;31m[(`date +%c`)]${@}\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\033[1;31m[`date +%c`] ${@}\033[0m"
 }
 
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ check_env() {
 
 # Function for running command and echoing results
 run_cmd() {
-  log_info "Running \"${@}\"..."
+  log_info "$ ${@}"
   ${@}
   local status=$?
   if [ ${status} != 0 ]; then
diff --git a/gitlab/install.sh b/gitlab/install.sh
index 7ad140f419c5b58100d499d1bb05728bdd50c77e..3cc2f6dbe40de765fe8f9e913c1fedcfd936a174 100755
--- a/gitlab/install.sh
+++ b/gitlab/install.sh
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ fi
 
 # Functions for coloring echo commands
 log_info() {
-  echo -e "\033[1;32m[(`date +%c`)]${@}\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\033[1;32m[`date +%c`] ${@}\033[0m"
 }
 
 log_error() {
-  echo -e "\033[1;31m[(`date +%c`)]${@}\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\033[1;31m[`date +%c`] ${@}\033[0m"
 }
 
 # Function for running command and echoing results
 run_cmd() {
-  log_info "Running \"${@}\"..."
+  log_info "$ ${@}"
   ${@}
   local status=$?
   if [ ${status} != 0 ]; then