diff --git a/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.py b/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.py
index f9c1469..17551a2 100644
--- a/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.py
+++ b/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.py
@@ -74,4 +74,5 @@ def formatted_print(message):
 
 formatted_print(">>> %s launched with job id  %s" % (message_text.capitalize(), str(job_id)))
 
+task.setStatusLine("Job id %s launched" % job_id)
 task.schedule("ansibletower/launchAndWait.wait_for_completion.py", int(wait_interval))
diff --git a/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.wait_for_completion.py b/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.wait_for_completion.py
index d4a84e0..c2c8401 100644
--- a/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.wait_for_completion.py
+++ b/src/ansibletower/launchAndWait.wait_for_completion.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def formatted_print(message):
     result = json.loads(response.response)
     status=result['status']
     print status
+    task.setStatusLine("Job id %s %s" % (job_id, status))        
     if status in ["running","pending","waiting"]:
         num_tries += 1
         if max_retries: