diff --git a/overlays/pkgSets.nix b/overlays/pkgSets.nix
index 76c4d68b..18372104 100644
--- a/overlays/pkgSets.nix
+++ b/overlays/pkgSets.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 self: super: {
   # pkgs assumed to be present on a non nixos host
-  nixFlakes = self.writeShellScriptBin "flaky-nix" ''exec ${self.nixUnstable}/bin/nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" "$@"'';
+  nixFlakes = self.writeShellScriptBin "flaky-nix" ''exec ${self.nixUnstable}/bin/nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" --log-format bar-with-logs "$@"'';
   core-system-pkgs = {
     inherit (self)
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