diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 75313d2f..41b73b41 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const { namespace } = require('@dhis2/cli-helpers-engine')
 const command = namespace('style', {
     desc: 'DHIS2 programmatic style for commit msgs/code',
     aliases: 's',
-    builder: require('./src/cmds'),
+    builder: require('./src/cmds.js'),
 })
 
 module.exports = command
diff --git a/src/cmds/git-commit.js b/src/cmds/git-commit.js
index 7479a6a5..36198610 100644
--- a/src/cmds/git-commit.js
+++ b/src/cmds/git-commit.js
@@ -43,4 +43,3 @@ exports.handler = async function(argv) {
         process.exit(1)
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/cmds/javascript.js b/src/cmds/javascript.js
index a085007f..42383144 100644
--- a/src/cmds/javascript.js
+++ b/src/cmds/javascript.js
@@ -30,31 +30,31 @@ function cwd() {
 }
 
 // plugin
-exports.command = 'js <action>'
+exports.command = 'js <cmd>'
 
 exports.describe = 'Format javascript according to standards'
 
-exports.builder = yargs => {
-    yargs
-        .positional('action', {
-            describe: 'Print the changes to stdout or apply them to your files',
-            choices: ['check', 'apply'],
-            type: 'string',
-        })
-        .option('all', {
-            describe: 'If set scans all files, default is to scan staged files',
-            default: false,
-            type: 'boolean',
-        })
+exports.builder = {
+    cmd: {
+        describe: 'check or apply style',
+        choices: ['check', 'apply'],
+        type: 'string',
+    },
+    all: {
+        type: 'boolean',
+        default: false,
+        describe:
+            'default is to only check staged files, use this to check all files',
+    },
 }
 
 exports.handler = function(argv) {
-    const { all, action } = argv
+    const { all, cmd } = argv
     const root_dir = process.cwd()
     const dep_dir = cwd()
 
-    const check = action === 'check'
-    const apply = action === 'apply'
+    const check = cmd === 'check'
+    const apply = cmd === 'apply'
 
     let codeFiles
     if (all) {
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ exports.handler = function(argv) {
 
     const prettyFiles = prettify(dep_dir, codeFiles, check)
 
-    if (apply) {
-        log.debug('Pretty?', prettyFiles)
+    prettyFiles.length > 0
+        ? log.info(`Files to style:\n${prettyFiles.join('\n')}`)
+        : log.info('No files to style.')
 
+    if (apply) {
         configure(dep_dir, root_dir)
 
         const stagedFiles = stage(prettyFiles, root_dir)
diff --git a/src/prettier.js b/src/prettier.js
index 34acb7d1..df009d90 100644
--- a/src/prettier.js
+++ b/src/prettier.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function prettify(cwd, files, check = false) {
     return files
         .map(file => {
             const text = readFile(file)
+            const name = path.basename(file)
 
             if (!text) {
                 log.debug('No text work on.', file, text)
@@ -26,15 +27,15 @@ function prettify(cwd, files, check = false) {
                     config: prettierConfig,
                 })
 
-
                 if (check) {
                     const checked = prettier.check(text, {
                         ...options,
                         filepath: file,
                     })
 
-                    if (!checked) {
-                        log.info(`... ${file}`)
+                    if (checked) {
+                        log.debug(`${name} is formatted according to style`)
+                        return null
                     }
                 } else {
                     if (text.startsWith('#!')) {
@@ -59,11 +60,11 @@ function prettify(cwd, files, check = false) {
                             ? log.debug('file written to disk')
                             : log.debug('file write FAILED')
                     } else {
-                        log.debug('Input/output identical, skipping.', file)
+                        log.debug('Input/output identical, skipping.', name)
                         return null
                     }
 
-                    log.info(`Reformatted: ${file}`)
+                    log.info(`Reformatted: ${name}`)
                 }
             } catch (error) {
                 log.error('Formatting failed.', file, error)