diff --git a/packages/core/src/Site/index.js b/packages/core/src/Site/index.js
index 8530a1f7f2..356a8ccb49 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Site/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/Site/index.js
@@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ class Site {
     const pagesCount = pageGenerationTasks.reduce((acc, task) => acc + task.pages.length, 0);
     const progressBar = new ProgressBar(`[:bar] :current / ${pagesCount} pages built`, { total: pagesCount });
     progressBar.render();
+    logger.setProgressBar(progressBar);
 
     const startTime = new Date();
     let isCompleted = true;
@@ -1113,6 +1114,7 @@ class Site {
         isCompleted = await this.generatePagesAsyncThrottled(task.pages, progressBar);
       }
 
+      logger.removeProgressBar();
       this.siteLinkManager.validateAllIntralinks();
     });
     return isCompleted;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/progress/node-progress.js b/packages/core/src/lib/progress/node-progress.js
index 3178c0eeed..5e6a726686 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/progress/node-progress.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/progress/node-progress.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
 /*
- * Patch for node-progress to fix display issue in certain terminals.
+ * Patch #1 for node-progress to fix display issue in certain terminals.
  * Issue related: https://github.com/MarkBind/markbind/issues/416
  * The **only** changes are based on the following PR and its comments:
  * https://github.com/visionmedia/node-progress/pull/168
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
  * to fix the issue for markbind's usecase.
  */
 
+/*
+ * Patch #2 for node-progress to allow logging without disturbing the progress bar.
+ * The changes are based on the following PR:
+ * https://github.com/visionmedia/node-progress/pull/155
+ */
+
 /*!
  * node-progress
  * Copyright(c) 2011 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ exports = module.exports = ProgressBar;
 function ProgressBar(fmt, options) {
   this.stream = options.stream || process.stderr;
 
-  // patch
+  // patch #1
   // options.forceTTY is undefined in git-bash on mintty Windows
   if (!process.stderr.isTTY) {
     var tty = require('tty').WriteStream.prototype;
@@ -256,3 +262,25 @@ ProgressBar.prototype.terminate = function () {
     this.stream.write('\n');
   }
 };
+
+// patch #2 Add interruptBegin & interruptEnd
+/**
+ * Begin a interrupt so the user can manually write messages above the bar.
+ *
+ * @api public
+ */
+
+ProgressBar.prototype.interruptBegin = function () {
+  this.stream.clearLine();
+  this.stream.cursorTo(0);
+};
+
+/**
+ * End a interrupt, rendering the last draw again.
+ *
+ * @api public
+ */
+
+ProgressBar.prototype.interruptEnd = function () {
+  this.stream.write(this.lastDraw);
+}; // end patch
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts
index f8f2dfd8b5..1d3a0be65a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import winston from 'winston';
 
-const consoleTransport = new (winston.transports.Console)({
+let progressBar: any;
+
+const setProgressBar = (bar: any) => {
+  progressBar = bar;
+};
+const removeProgressBar = () => {
+  progressBar = null;
+};
+
+const consoleTransport = new winston.transports.Console({
   colorize: true,
   handleExceptions: true,
   humanReadableUnhandledException: true,
@@ -13,10 +22,48 @@ winston.configure({
   transports: [consoleTransport],
 });
 
-export = {
-  error: winston.error,
-  warn: winston.warn,
-  info: winston.info,
-  verbose: winston.verbose,
-  debug: winston.debug,
+// create a wrapper for error messages
+const errorWrap = (input: any) => {
+  if (progressBar) {
+    progressBar.interruptBegin();
+    winston.error(input);
+    progressBar.interruptEnd();
+  } else {
+    winston.error(input);
+  }
+};
+
+// create a wrapper for warning messages
+const warnWarp = (input: any) => {
+  if (progressBar) {
+    progressBar.interruptBegin();
+    winston.warn(input);
+    progressBar.interruptEnd();
+  } else {
+    winston.warn(input);
+  }
+};
+
+// create a wrapper for info messages
+const infoWarp = (input: any) => {
+  if (progressBar) {
+    progressBar.interruptBegin();
+    winston.info(input);
+    progressBar.interruptEnd();
+  } else {
+    winston.info(input);
+  }
+};
+
+const { debug } = winston;
+const { verbose } = winston;
+
+export {
+  errorWrap as error,
+  warnWarp as warn,
+  infoWarp as info,
+  verbose,
+  debug,
+  setProgressBar,
+  removeProgressBar,
 };