diff --git a/coub-dl.py b/coub-dl.py
index 80a2c83..6d99409 100755
--- a/coub-dl.py
+++ b/coub-dl.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ class coub_dl:
         self.mux_streams()
 
 
-    @call_verbose(before_message='Downloading audio stream... ')
     def download_audio_stream(self):
         call(('youtube-dl', '--ignore-config',
               '--extract-audio',
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ class coub_dl:
              stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
 
 
-    @call_verbose(before_message='Downloading video stream... ')
     def download_video_stream(self):
         call(('youtube-dl', '--ignore-config',
               '--output', '{}.%(ext)s'.format(self._files_dict[Stream.VIDEO]),
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ class coub_dl:
             f.write(bytes(2))
 
 
-    @call_verbose(before_message='Looping shorter stream... ')
     def loop_shorter_stream(self, shorter, shorter_file, loop_fraction):
         # prepare last fractional loop
         call(('ffmpeg', '-i', shorter_file, '-t', str(loop_fraction * shorter.total_seconds()),
@@ -134,7 +131,6 @@ class coub_dl:
              stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
 
 
-    @call_verbose(before_message='Muxing streams... ')
     def mux_streams(self):
         call(('ffmpeg', '-i', self._files_dict[File.LOOP],
               '-i', self._files_dict[Stream.AUDIO],
@@ -216,10 +212,20 @@ def parse_cmd_arguments():
     return args
 
 
+def decorate_coubdl_uimsgs(*args):
+    for item in args:
+        setattr(coub_dl, item[0],
+                call_verbose(**item[1])(getattr(coub_dl, item[0])))
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     signal(SIGINT, lambda a, b: exit('\nExiting!'))
     args = parse_cmd_arguments()
     utility.VERBOSE = False if args.nonverbose else True
+    decorate_coubdl_uimsgs(('download_audio_stream', {'before_message': 'Downloading audio stream... '}),
+                           ('download_video_stream', {'before_message': 'Downloading video stream... '}),
+                           ('loop_shorter_stream',   {'before_message': 'Looping shorter stream... '}),
+                           ('mux_streams',           {'before_message': 'Muxing streams... '}))
 
     check_dependencies((('youtube-dl', '--version'), ('ffmpeg', '-version')))