diff --git a/cmd/driver/config/config.go b/cmd/driver/config/config.go
index 215972c3..c3a915f6 100644
--- a/cmd/driver/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/driver/config/config.go
@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@ package driverconfig
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v12 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 
 	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/internal/config"
+	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/internal/utils"
 	driverdistro "github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/driver/distro"
 	driverkernel "github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/driver/kernel"
 	drivertype "github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/driver/type"
@@ -125,10 +131,69 @@ func (o *driverConfigOptions) RunDriverConfig(_ context.Context) error {
 	driverCfg.Type = dType
 
 	if o.Update {
-		err = drivertype.Commit(driverCfg.HostRoot, dType)
+		err = commit(driverCfg.HostRoot, dType)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	return config.StoreDriver(&driverCfg, o.ConfigFile)
 }
+
+func replaceDriverTypeInFalcoConfig(filePath string, driverType drivertype.DriverType) error {
+	return utils.ReplaceLineInFile(filePath, "driver_mode:", "driver_mode: "+driverType.String(), 1)
+}
+
+// commit saves the updated driver type to Falco config,
+// either to the local falco.yaml or updating the deployment configmap.
+func commit(hostRoot string, driverType drivertype.DriverType) error {
+	err := replaceDriverTypeInFalcoConfig(hostRoot+"/etc/falco/falco.yaml", driverType)
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	// falco config does not exist; try K8S.
+
+	// TODO double check
+	// creates the in-cluster config
+	cfg, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cl, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	configMapList, err := cl.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(v1.NamespaceAll).List(context.TODO(), v12.ListOptions{
+		LabelSelector: "app.kubernetes.io/instance: falco",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if configMapList.Size() == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf(`no configmaps matching "app.kubernetes.io/instance: falco" label were found`)
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < configMapList.Size(); i++ {
+		configMap := configMapList.Items[i]
+		// Modify the data in the ConfigMap ONLY if driver_mode is NOT set to plugin
+		// TODO: we must be sure that we are modifying the configmap for a Falco
+		// that is running with drivers, and not plugins.
+		// Scenario: user has multiple Falco pods deployed in its cluster, one running with driver,
+		// other running with plugins. We must only touch the one running with driver.
+		if val, ok := configMap.Data["driver_mode"]; !ok || val == "plugin" {
+			continue
+		}
+		configMap.Data["driver_mode"] = driverType.String()
+
+		// Update the ConfigMap
+		_, loopErr := cl.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(configMap.Namespace).Update(context.TODO(), &configMap, v12.UpdateOptions{})
+		if loopErr != nil {
+			return loopErr
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go b/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go
index 287d1f27..cc2ce560 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ func Build(d Distro,
 	// be loaded directly by dkms.
 	driverFileName := toFilename(d, &kr, driverName, driverType)
 	filePath := toLocalPath(driverVer, driverFileName, kr.Architecture.ToNonDeb())
+	printer.Logger.Info("Copying built driver to its destination.", printer.Logger.Args("src", path, "dst", filePath))
 	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // false positive
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go b/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go
index 6c246baa..bd6baa1f 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ func (b *bpf) Build(printer *output.Printer,
 	for key, val := range env {
 		makeCmd.Env = append(makeCmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, val))
 	}
-	_, err := makeCmd.Output()
-	return srcPath + "/probe.o", err
+	err := runCmdPipingStdout(printer, makeCmd)
+	outProbe := fmt.Sprintf("%s/probe.o", srcPath)
+	if err == nil {
+		printer.Logger.Info("Probe successfully built.", printer.Logger.Args("file", outProbe))
+	} else {
+		printer.Logger.Info("Failed to build probe.", printer.Logger.Args("err", err))
+	}
+	return outProbe, err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/driver/type/kmod.go b/pkg/driver/type/kmod.go
index 7febb50c..754919b4 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/type/kmod.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/type/kmod.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -229,26 +228,7 @@ func (k *kmod) Build(printer *output.Printer,
 
 		// Try the build through dkms
 		dkmsCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", dkmsCmdArgs) //nolint:gosec // false positive
-		var stdout io.ReadCloser
-		stdout, err = dkmsCmd.StdoutPipe()
-		if err != nil {
-			printer.Logger.Warn("Failed to pipe dkms output. Trying without piping.", printer.Logger.Args("err", err))
-			_, err = dkmsCmd.Output()
-		} else {
-			err = dkmsCmd.Start()
-			if err != nil {
-				printer.Logger.Warn("Failed to execute dkms.", printer.Logger.Args("err", err))
-				continue
-			}
-
-			// print the output of the subprocess line by line
-			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
-			for scanner.Scan() {
-				m := scanner.Text()
-				fmt.Println(m)
-			}
-			err = dkmsCmd.Wait()
-		}
+		err = runCmdPipingStdout(printer, dkmsCmd)
 		if err == nil {
 			koGlob := fmt.Sprintf("/var/lib/dkms/%s/%s/%s/%s/module/%s", driverName, driverVersion, kr.String(), kr.Architecture.ToNonDeb(), driverName)
 			var koFiles []string
diff --git a/pkg/driver/type/type.go b/pkg/driver/type/type.go
index 7587bbe8..6d076304 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/type/type.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/type/type.go
@@ -17,17 +17,12 @@
 package drivertype
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 
 	"github.com/falcosecurity/driverkit/pkg/kernelrelease"
-	"golang.org/x/net/context"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	v12 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 
-	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/output"
 )
 
@@ -66,61 +61,25 @@ func Parse(driverType string) (DriverType, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("wrong driver type specified: %s", driverType)
 }
 
-func replaceDriverTypeInFalcoConfig(filePath string, driverType DriverType) error {
-	return utils.ReplaceLineInFile(filePath, "driver_mode:", "driver_mode: "+driverType.String(), 1)
-}
-
-// Commit saves the updated driver type to Falco config,
-// either to the local falco.yaml or updating the deployment configmap.
-func Commit(hostRoot string, driverType DriverType) error {
-	err := replaceDriverTypeInFalcoConfig(hostRoot+"/etc/falco/falco.yaml", driverType)
-	if err == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return err
-	}
-	// falco config does not exist; try K8S.
-
-	// TODO double check
-	// creates the in-cluster config
-	config, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cl, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+func runCmdPipingStdout(printer *output.Printer, cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	configMapList, err := cl.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(v1.NamespaceAll).List(context.TODO(), v12.ListOptions{
-		LabelSelector: "app.kubernetes.io/instance: falco",
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if configMapList.Size() == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(`no configmaps matching "app.kubernetes.io/instance: falco" label were found`)
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < configMapList.Size(); i++ {
-		configMap := configMapList.Items[i]
-		// Modify the data in the ConfigMap ONLY if driver_mode is NOT set to plugin
-		// TODO: we must be sure that we are modifying the configmap for a Falco
-		// that is running with drivers, and not plugins.
-		// Scenario: user has multiple Falco pods deployed in its cluster, one running with driver,
-		// other running with plugins. We must only touch the one running with driver.
-		if val, ok := configMap.Data["driver_mode"]; !ok || val == "plugin" {
-			continue
-		}
-		configMap.Data["driver_mode"] = driverType.String()
-
-		// Update the ConfigMap
-		_, loopErr := cl.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(configMap.Namespace).Update(context.TODO(), &configMap, v12.UpdateOptions{})
-		if loopErr != nil {
-			return loopErr
+		printer.Logger.Warn("Failed to pipe output. Trying without piping.", printer.Logger.Args("err", err))
+		_, err = cmd.Output()
+	} else {
+		defer stdout.Close()
+		err = cmd.Start()
+		if err != nil {
+			printer.Logger.Warn("Failed to execute command.", printer.Logger.Args("err", err))
+		} else {
+			// print the output of the subprocess line by line
+			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+			for scanner.Scan() {
+				m := scanner.Text()
+				fmt.Println(m)
+			}
+			err = cmd.Wait()
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	return err
 }