diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 8254b2819..f13a183f2 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -709,7 +709,8 @@ detect_os() {
 			exit 1
 		fi
 
-		echo "Installing required packages to run installer..." >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+		# Print message to stdout so the user knows setup is doing something
+		echo "Installing required packages to run installer..."
 		# Install bind-utils so the host command exists
 		if [[ ! $is_iso ]]; then
 		  if ! command -v host > /dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -743,6 +744,7 @@ detect_os() {
 			exit 1
 		fi
 
+		# Print message to stdout so the user knows setup is doing something
 		echo "Installing required packages to run installer..."
 		# Install network manager so we can do interface stuff
 		if ! command -v nmcli > /dev/null 2>&1; then