diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index caa19cd37..0c18c4482 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -145,12 +145,21 @@ retry() {
 	maxAttempts=$1
 	sleepDelay=$2
 	cmd=$3
+	expectedOutput=$4
 	attempt=0
 	while [[ $attempt -lt $maxAttempts ]]; do			
 		attempt=$((attempt+1))
-		logCmd "$cmd"
+		info "Executing command with retry support: $cmd"
+		output=$($cmd)
+		info "Results: $output"
 		exitcode=$?
-		if [[ $exitcode -eq 0 ]]; then
+		if [ -n "$expectedOutput" ]; then
+			if [[ "$output" =~ "$expectedOutput" ]]; then
+				return $exitCode
+			else
+				info "Expected '$expectedOutput' but got '$output'"
+			fi
+		elif [[ $exitcode -eq 0 ]]; then
 			return $exitCode
 		fi
 		info "Command failed with exit code $exitcode; will retry in $sleepDelay seconds ($attempt / $maxAttempts)..."
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index b2b7b688c..e9de76233 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1970,9 +1970,11 @@ set_progress_str() {
 
 	echo -e "$percentage_str"
 
+	info "Progressing ($percentage%): $progress_bar_text"
+
 	printf '%s\n' \
 	'----'\
-	info "$percentage% - ${progress_bar_text^^}"\
+	"$percentage% - ${progress_bar_text^^}"\
 	"----" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 }
 
diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index 28f0bc0bb..e62dc434f 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -637,12 +637,12 @@ set_redirect >> $setup_log 2>&1
 
 	if [[ $is_minion ]]; then
 		set_progress_str 20 'Accepting Salt key on manager'
-		retry 20 10	accept_salt_key_remote
+		retry 20 10	accept_salt_key_remote "going to be accepted"
 	fi
 
 	if [[ $is_manager || $is_import || $is_helix ]]; then
 		set_progress_str 20 'Accepting Salt key'
-		retry 20 10 "salt-key -ya $MINION_ID"
+		retry 20 10 "salt-key -ya $MINION_ID" "going to be accepted"
 	fi
 
 	set_progress_str 21 'Copying minion pillars to manager'