diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index 24771b2..de58ff1 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@ part_menu()
 				txt+="A $boot_fs efi boot partition (512M)\n- "
 			fi
 			txt+="An ext4 partition using all remaining space ($root_size)\n\nDo you want to continue?\n"
-			yesno "Auto Partition" "$txt" && part_auto "$device" "$table" "$boot_fs" "$root_size"
+			yesno "Auto Partition" "$txt" && msg "Info" "\nGathering device info.\n" 0 && part_auto "$device" "$table" "$boot_fs" "$root_size"
+				
 		else
 			clear
 			tput cnorm
@@ -1930,6 +1931,7 @@ prerun_systemd-boot()
 
 lvm_menu()
 {
+	msg "Info" "\nGathering device info.\n" 0
 	is_bg_install || return 1
 	lvm_detect
 	local choice
@@ -2025,14 +2027,14 @@ get_lv_size()
 lvm_mkgroup()
 {
 	local named=''
-	local txt="\nConfirm creation of volume group: $VGROUP\n\nwith the following partition(s):"
 
 	until [[ $named ]]; do
 		lvm_partitions || return 1
 		lvm_group_name || return 1
-		yesno "$_lvmnew" "$txt $LVM_PARTS\n" && named=true
+		yesno "$_lvmnew" "\nConfirm creation of volume group: $VGROUP\n\nwith the following partition(s): $LVM_PARTS\n" && named=true
 	done
 
+	msg "$_lvmnew" "\nCreating group: $VGROUP (${SIZE}$SIZE_UNIT)\n" 0
 	vgcreate -f "$VGROUP" $LVM_PARTS >/dev/null 2>$ERR
 	errshow "vgcreate -f $VGROUP $LVM_PARTS" || return 1
 
@@ -2045,7 +2047,7 @@ lvm_mkgroup()
 		VGROUP_MB=$SIZE
 	fi
 
-	msg "$_lvmnew" "\nVolume group: $VGROUP ($SIZE $SIZE_UNIT) has been created\n"
+	msg "$_lvmnew" "\nVolume group: $VGROUP (${SIZE}$SIZE_UNIT) has been created\n"
 	return 0
 }
 
@@ -2110,7 +2112,7 @@ lvm_group_name()
 		dlg VGROUP input "$_lvmnew" "$_lvmvgname" "mygroup"
 		if [[ -z $VGROUP ]]; then
 			return 1
-		elif [[ ${VGROUP:0:1} == "/" || $VGROUP =~ \ |\' ]] || lsblk | grep -q "$VGROUP"; then
+		elif [[ ${VGROUP:0:1} == "/" || $VGROUP =~ \ |\' ]] || vgdisplay | grep -q "$VGROUP"; then
 			msg "LVM Name Error" "$_lvmerrvgname"
 			VGROUP=''
 		fi