diff --git a/packages/cli/src/constants.js b/packages/cli/src/constants.js
index aa49523d4e..6b0265ffd2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/constants.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/constants.js
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ exports.AnalyticsEvents = {
 }
 
 exports.POSTHOG_TOKEN = "phc_yGOn4i7jWKaCTapdGR6lfA4AvmuEQ2ijn5zAVSFYPlS"
+
+exports.GENERATED_USER_EMAIL = "admin@admin.com"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hosting/genUser.js b/packages/cli/src/hosting/genUser.js
index b6e078c8bd..7ee11179af 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hosting/genUser.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hosting/genUser.js
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 const { success } = require("../utils")
 const { updateDockerComposeService } = require("./utils")
 const randomString = require("randomstring")
+const { GENERATED_USER_EMAIL } = require("../constants")
 
-exports.generateUser = async () => {
-  const email = "admin@admin.com"
-  const password = randomString.generate({ length: 6 })
+exports.generateUser = async (password, silent) => {
+  const email = GENERATED_USER_EMAIL
+  if (!password) {
+    password = randomString.generate({ length: 6 })
+  }
   updateDockerComposeService(service => {
     service.environment["BB_ADMIN_USER_EMAIL"] = email
     service.environment["BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD"] = password
   })
-  console.log(
-    success(
-      `User admin credentials configured, access with email: ${email} - password: ${password}`
+  if (!silent) {
+    console.log(
+      success(
+        `User admin credentials configured, access with email: ${email} - password: ${password}`
+      )
     )
-  )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hosting/init.js b/packages/cli/src/hosting/init.js
index 37dfe9b4db..88063f1732 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hosting/init.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hosting/init.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async function getInitConfig(type, isQuick, port) {
 }
 
 exports.init = async opts => {
-  let type, isSingle, watchDir, genUser, port
+  let type, isSingle, watchDir, genUser, port, silent
   if (typeof opts === "string") {
     type = opts
   } else {
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ exports.init = async opts => {
     watchDir = opts["watchPluginDir"]
     genUser = opts["genUser"]
     port = opts["port"]
+    silent = opts["silent"]
   }
   const isQuick = type === InitTypes.QUICK || type === InitTypes.DIGITAL_OCEAN
   await checkDockerConfigured()
@@ -60,14 +61,15 @@ exports.init = async opts => {
   const config = await getInitConfig(type, isQuick, port)
   if (!isSingle) {
     await downloadFiles()
-    await makeFiles.makeEnv(config)
+    await makeFiles.makeEnv(config, silent)
   } else {
-    await makeFiles.makeSingleCompose(config)
+    await makeFiles.makeSingleCompose(config, silent)
   }
   if (watchDir) {
-    await watchPlugins(watchDir)
+    await watchPlugins(watchDir, silent)
   }
   if (genUser) {
-    await generateUser()
+    const inputPassword = typeof genUser === "string" ? genUser : null
+    await generateUser(inputPassword, silent)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hosting/makeFiles.js b/packages/cli/src/hosting/makeFiles.js
index 0723d5e03d..abb0736858 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hosting/makeFiles.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hosting/makeFiles.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ module.exports.QUICK_CONFIG = {
   port: 10000,
 }
 
-async function make(path, contentsFn, inputs = {}) {
+async function make(path, contentsFn, inputs = {}, silent) {
   const port =
     inputs.port ||
     (await number(
@@ -98,19 +98,21 @@ async function make(path, contentsFn, inputs = {}) {
     ))
   const fileContents = contentsFn(port)
   fs.writeFileSync(path, fileContents)
-  console.log(
-    success(
-      `Configuration has been written successfully - please check ${path} for more details.`
+  if (!silent) {
+    console.log(
+      success(
+        `Configuration has been written successfully - please check ${path} for more details.`
+      )
     )
-  )
+  }
 }
 
-module.exports.makeEnv = async (inputs = {}) => {
-  return make(ENV_PATH, getEnv, inputs)
+module.exports.makeEnv = async (inputs = {}, silent) => {
+  return make(ENV_PATH, getEnv, inputs, silent)
 }
 
-module.exports.makeSingleCompose = async (inputs = {}) => {
-  return make(COMPOSE_PATH, getSingleCompose, inputs)
+module.exports.makeSingleCompose = async (inputs = {}, silent) => {
+  return make(COMPOSE_PATH, getSingleCompose, inputs, silent)
 }
 
 module.exports.getEnvProperty = property => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hosting/watch.js b/packages/cli/src/hosting/watch.js
index fb51aa9ad8..56f1c8e201 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hosting/watch.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hosting/watch.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const fs = require("fs")
 const { error, success } = require("../utils")
 const { updateDockerComposeService } = require("./utils")
 
-exports.watchPlugins = async pluginPath => {
+exports.watchPlugins = async (pluginPath, silent) => {
   const PLUGIN_PATH = "/plugins"
   // get absolute path
   pluginPath = resolve(pluginPath)
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ exports.watchPlugins = async pluginPath => {
     }
     service.volumes.push(`${pluginPath}:${PLUGIN_PATH}`)
   })
-  console.log(
-    success(`Docker compose configured to watch directory: ${pluginPath}`)
-  )
+  if (!silent) {
+    console.log(
+      success(`Docker compose configured to watch directory: ${pluginPath}`)
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js b/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js
index 1057ca9aaa..873be10612 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/plugins/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const { join } = require("path")
 const { success, error, info, moveDirectory } = require("../utils")
 const { captureEvent } = require("../events")
 const fp = require("find-free-port")
+const { GENERATED_USER_EMAIL } = require("../constants")
 const { init: hostingInit } = require("../hosting/init")
 const { start: hostingStart } = require("../hosting/start")
 
@@ -147,14 +148,24 @@ async function watch() {
 async function dev() {
   const pluginDir = await questions.string("Directory to watch", "./")
   const [port] = await fp(10000)
+  const password = "admin"
   await hostingInit({
     init: InitTypes.QUICK,
     single: true,
     watchPluginDir: pluginDir,
-    genUser: true,
+    genUser: password,
     port,
+    silent: true,
   })
   await hostingStart()
+  console.log(success(`Configuration has been written to docker-compose.yaml`))
+  console.log(
+    success("Development environment started successfully - connect at: ") +
+      info(`http://localhost:${port}`)
+  )
+  console.log(success("Use the following credentials to login:"))
+  console.log(success("Email: ") + info(GENERATED_USER_EMAIL))
+  console.log(success("Password: ") + info(password))
 }
 
 const command = new Command(`${CommandWords.PLUGIN}`)