diff --git a/cmd/ci_wait.go b/cmd/ci_wait.go
index 58f98d23ec4122b5153bb690f9295d0659f98c33..5c0eeb9dc15a8584d154ad3f985fb7f79789727b 100644
--- a/cmd/ci_wait.go
+++ b/cmd/ci_wait.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type ciWaitBaseURLData struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
+	ciWaitCmd.PersistentFlags().String("project-name", os.Getenv("CI_PROJECT_NAME"), "Name of project (CI_PROJECT_NAME)")
+	ciWaitCmd.PersistentFlags().String("sha", os.Getenv("CI_COMMIT_SHA"), "Commit SHA (CI_COMMIT_SHA)")
+	ciWaitCmd.PersistentFlags().String("tag", os.Getenv("CI_COMMIT_TAG"), "Commit tag (CI_COMMIT_TAG)")
 	ciWaitCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceP("urls", "u", ciWaitURLsDefault, "List of URL templates to check in order to find version endpoint")
 	ciWaitCmd.PersistentFlags().Int("url-max-tries", 10, "Max tries to locate the version endpoint")
 	ciWaitCmd.PersistentFlags().Duration("url-delay", 10*time.Second, "Time to wait between attempts to locate version endpoint")
@@ -57,15 +60,14 @@ func init() {
 func runCiWaitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	start := time.Now()
 	data := ciWaitBaseURLData{
-		Project: os.Getenv("CI_PROJECT_NAME"),
+		Project: viper.GetString("project-name"),
 		Env:     environmentSuffix,
 	}
-	newCommit := os.Getenv("CI_COMMIT_SHA")
-	newVersion := os.Getenv("CI_COMMIT_TAG")
+	newCommit := viper.GetString("sha")
+	newVersion := viper.GetString("tag")
 
 	var url string
 	var initialBody []byte
-	var newBody []byte
 	hc := &http.Client{Timeout: viper.GetDuration("timeout")}
 
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
@@ -138,10 +140,12 @@ func runCiWaitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		"delay":    viper.GetDuration("update-delay").String(),
 	}).Infof("Waiting for version update")
 
-	cli.Default.Padding = 2 * InitialPadding
 	// wait for version to update
 	for i := 1; i <= viper.GetInt("update-max-tries"); i++ {
+		cli.Default.Padding = InitialPadding
 		log.WithField("try", i).Infof("Checking URL: %s", url)
+		cli.Default.Padding = 2 * InitialPadding
+
 		// check version url and compare
 		resp, err := hc.Get(url)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -190,8 +194,13 @@ func runCiWaitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			} else {
 				log.Warn("No update to version endpoint")
 			}
+
+			log.Infof("Initial: %s", initialBody)
+			log.Infof("Current: %s", newBody)
+
+		} else {
+			log.WithFields(log.Fields{"code": resp.StatusCode}).Warn("No OK response")
 		}
-		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"code": resp.StatusCode}).Warn("No OK response")
 
 		log.Warnf("Sleeping for %s ...", viper.GetDuration("update-delay").String())
 		time.Sleep(viper.GetDuration("update-delay"))
@@ -200,8 +209,6 @@ func runCiWaitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 		"url":     url,
-		"old":     initialBody,
-		"new":     newBody,
 		"commit":  newCommit,
 		"version": newVersion,
 	}).Errorf("Did not observe an update to the version endpoint after %s", time.Since(start).Truncate(time.Millisecond))
@@ -215,7 +222,6 @@ func runCiWaitCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 // or 3) if all else fails, newBody is different from oldBody
 func ciWaitVersionCompare(initialBody []byte, newBody []byte, commit string, version string) bool {
 	var nb map[string]interface{}
-
 	err := json.Unmarshal(newBody, &nb)
 	if err != nil {
 		// unable to unmarshal newBody, do a straight string comparison