diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 9b22914..f147e0e 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -43,8 +43,14 @@ func TerramaidCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Terraform directory \"%s\" does not exist", options.TFDir)
 			}
 
-			if options.TFDir != "" && !utils.TerraformFilesExist(options.TFDir) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Terraform files do not exist in directory \"%s\"", options.TFDir)
+			if options.TFDir != "" {
+				exists, err := utils.TerraformFilesExist(options.TFDir)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("error checking Terraform files in directory \"%s\": %v", options.TFDir, err)
+				}
+				if !exists {
+					return fmt.Errorf("Terraform files do not exist in directory \"%s\"", options.TFDir)
+				}
 			}
 
 			if options.WorkingDir != "" && !utils.DirExists(options.WorkingDir) {
@@ -68,6 +74,8 @@ func TerramaidCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			sp := utils.NewSpinner("Generating Terramaid Diagrams")
+			sp.Start()
 			graph, err := internal.ParseTerraform(options.WorkingDir, options.TFBinary, options.TFPlan)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("error parsing Terraform: %w", err)
@@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ func TerramaidCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return fmt.Errorf("error writing to file: %w", err)
 			}
 
+			sp.Stop()
 			fmt.Printf("Mermaid diagram successfully written to %s\n", options.Output)
 
 			return nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e02cb1..e0fa717 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/awalterschulze/gographviz v2.0.3+incompatible
+	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.1
 	github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.2.2
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-exec v0.21.0
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0
 )
@@ -17,11 +19,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-json v0.22.1 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.14.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.1.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8affef9..03fbac0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 h1:uYvfpb3DyLSCGWnctWKGj857c6ew
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0/go.mod h1:K8XmNZdhEBkdlyDdvbmmsvpAG721bKi0joRfFdHIWJ4=
 github.com/awalterschulze/gographviz v2.0.3+incompatible h1:9sVEXJBJLwGX7EQVhLm2elIKCm7P2YHFC8v6096G09E=
 github.com/awalterschulze/gographviz v2.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:GEV5wmg4YquNw7v1kkyoX9etIk8yVmXj+AkDHuuETHs=
+github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.1 h1:t5fDPmScwUjozhDj4FA46p5acZWIPXYE30qW2Ptu650=
+github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.1/go.mod h1:LaZeM4wm2Ywy6vO571mvhQNRcWfRUnXOs0RcKV0wYKM=
 github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.2.2 h1:95fApNrUyueipoZN/EhA8mMxiNxrBwDa+oAZrMWl3Kg=
 github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.2.2/go.mod h1:JBfcdeQiBoI3Zh1QRAWfe+tpiNTmDtcCj/hHHHMx0vc=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 h1:qlCDlTPz2n9fu58M0Nh1J/JzcFpfgkFHHX3O35r5vcU=
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.1.0 h1:g6Z6vPFA9dYBAF7DWcH6sCcOntplXsDKcliusYijMlw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.1.0/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 h1:XtiM5bkSOt+ewxlOE/aE/AKEHibwj/6gvWMl9Rsh0Qc=
 golang.org/x/text v0.17.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 h1:XvMDiNzPAl0jr17s6W9lcaIhGUfUORdGCNsuLmPG224=
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 1b3bae5..5b1827e 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -1,24 +1,39 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/briandowns/spinner"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
+)
+
+const (
+	ColorReset     = "\033[0m"
+	ColorGreen     = "\033[32m"
+	ColorYellow    = "\033[33m"
+	ColorRed       = "\033[31m"
+	ColorBold      = "\033[1m"
+	ColorUnderline = "\033[4m"
 )
 
+type Spinner struct {
+	s *spinner.Spinner
+}
+
 // Check if a directory exists
 func DirExists(dir string) bool {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(dir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
+	_, err := os.Stat(dir)
+	return !os.IsNotExist(err)
 }
 
 // Check if Terraform files exist in a directory
-func TerraformFilesExist(dir string) bool {
+func TerraformFilesExist(dir string) (bool, error) {
 	validExtensions := []string{".tf", ".tf.json", ".tftest.hcl", ".tftest.json", "terraform.tfvars", "terraform.tfvars.json"}
 
-	found := false
+	var found bool
 	err := filepath.Walk(dir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -32,8 +47,28 @@ func TerraformFilesExist(dir string) bool {
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return false
+		return false, err
 	}
 
-	return found
+	return found, nil
+}
+
+// Initialize a new spinner
+func NewSpinner(text string) *Spinner {
+	s := spinner.New(spinner.CharSets[14], 100*time.Millisecond)
+	s.Color("blue")
+	s.Writer = colorable.NewColorableStdout() // Ensure colors are supported on Windows
+	s.Suffix = " " + text
+	return &Spinner{s: s}
+}
+
+// Start the spinner
+func (sp *Spinner) Start() {
+	fmt.Printf("%s%s%s ", ColorBold+ColorGreen, sp.s.Suffix, ColorReset)
+	sp.s.Start()
+}
+
+// Stop the spinner
+func (sp *Spinner) Stop() {
+	sp.s.Stop()
 }