diff --git a/Fonderie/singlepass.c b/Fonderie/singlepass.c
index 2796127c..c3154b2f 100644
--- a/Fonderie/singlepass.c
+++ b/Fonderie/singlepass.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ if (0 == globbuf.gl_pathc) {
 for (idx=0; idx<globbuf.gl_pathc; idx++) {
 
 	fname = globbuf.gl_pathv[idx];		/* alias of filename */
-	fprintf(stderr, "  %6ld  %s\r", (long)globbuf.gl_pathc-idx, fname);
 
 	if (0==image.width && 0==image.height) {
 		foo = fimg_create_from_dump(fname, &image);
@@ -84,6 +83,13 @@ for (idx=0; idx<globbuf.gl_pathc; idx++) {
 		return -1;
 		}
 
+	if (0 == idx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "image size %dx%d\n",
+					image.width, image.height);
+		}
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "  %6ld  %s\r", (long)globbuf.gl_pathc-idx, fname);
+
 	foo = filterstack_run(fchain, &image, 0);
 	if (foo) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: filterstack run --> %d\n",
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ puts("------ Single pass serial filter ------\nusage:");
 puts("\t-F\tdefine:the:filter:chain");
 puts("\t-g\tinput glob pattern");
 puts("\t-L\tlist available filters");
-puts("\t-O\t/output/directory");
+puts("\t-O\t/output/directory   (default ./p8)");
 // puts("\t-s\tdo single test");
 puts("\t-v\tspit more messages");