diff --git a/install/install.ps1 b/install/install.ps1
index 485bd81..148830b 100644
--- a/install/install.ps1
+++ b/install/install.ps1
@@ -1,101 +1,100 @@
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
-
 $Repo = "HiveSofts/hive-cli"
 $Binary = "hive.exe"
 
+# Colors
+$Green = [System.ConsoleColor]::Green
+$Yellow = [System.ConsoleColor]::Yellow
+$Cyan = [System.ConsoleColor]::Cyan
+$Red = [System.ConsoleColor]::Red
+$Blue = [System.ConsoleColor]::Blue
 
 Write-Host ""
-Write-Host "🐝 Hive CLI Installer"
-Write-Host "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+Write-Host "  🐝 Hive CLI Installer" -ForegroundColor $Cyan -NoNewline
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━" -ForegroundColor $Blue
 Write-Host ""
 
+Write-Host "  ⏳ Detecting latest version..." -ForegroundColor $Yellow
 
-$Release = Invoke-RestMethod `
-"https://api.github.com/repos/$Repo/releases/latest"
-
-
-$Version = $Release.tag_name
-
+try {
+    $Release = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/$Repo/releases/latest" -ErrorAction Stop
+    $Version = $Release.tag_name
+} catch {
+    Write-Host "  ❌ Failed to detect latest Hive version" -ForegroundColor $Red
+    Write-Host "  Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor $Red
+    exit 1
+}
 
-Write-Host "Version: $Version"
+Write-Host "  ✅ Version: $Version" -ForegroundColor $Green
 Write-Host ""
 
-
 $Asset = "hive-windows.exe"
+$DownloadUrl = "https://github.com/$Repo/releases/download/$Version/$Asset"
 
+Write-Host "  ⬇️ Downloading Hive..." -ForegroundColor $Yellow
 
-$DownloadUrl = `
-"https://github.com/$Repo/releases/download/$Version/$Asset"
-
-
-
-$temp = Join-Path `
-$env:TEMP `
-$Binary
-
-
-
-Write-Host "⬇️ Downloading Hive..."
-
-Invoke-WebRequest `
--Uri $DownloadUrl `
--OutFile $temp
+$temp = Join-Path $env:TEMP $Binary
 
+try {
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $DownloadUrl -OutFile $temp -ErrorAction Stop
+} catch {
+    Write-Host "  ❌ Download failed" -ForegroundColor $Red
+    Write-Host "  Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor $Red
+    exit 1
+}
 
+if (!(Test-Path $temp) -or (Get-Item $temp).Length -eq 0) {
+    Write-Host "  ❌ Download failed — file is empty" -ForegroundColor $Red
+    exit 1
+}
 
 $InstallDir = "$env:USERPROFILE\.hive\bin"
 
-
 if (!(Test-Path $InstallDir)) {
-    New-Item `
-    -ItemType Directory `
-    -Path $InstallDir | Out-Null
+    Write-Host "  📁 Creating $InstallDir..." -ForegroundColor $Yellow
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $InstallDir -Force | Out-Null
 }
 
+$Target = Join-Path $InstallDir $Binary
 
+Write-Host "  📦 Installing Hive..." -ForegroundColor $Yellow
 
-$Target = Join-Path `
-$InstallDir `
-$Binary
-
-
-
-Move-Item `
--Force `
-$temp `
-$Target
-
-
+Move-Item -Force $temp $Target
 
 Write-Host ""
-Write-Host "⚙️ Updating PATH..."
-
-
-
-$currentPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable(
-"Path",
-"User"
-)
+Write-Host "  ⚙️ Updating PATH..." -ForegroundColor $Yellow
 
+$currentPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")
 
 if ($currentPath -notlike "*$InstallDir*") {
+    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$currentPath;$InstallDir", "User")
 
-    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(
-        "Path",
-        "$currentPath;$InstallDir",
-        "User"
-    )
-
+    # Update current session PATH
+    $env:Path += ";$InstallDir"
+} else {
+    Write-Host "  ℹ️ PATH already contains $InstallDir" -ForegroundColor $Blue
 }
 
-
-
 Write-Host ""
-Write-Host "✅ Hive installed successfully"
+Write-Host "  ✅ Hive installed successfully!" -ForegroundColor $Green -NoNewline
 Write-Host ""
 
-Write-Host "Restart terminal then run:"
+# Test installation
 Write-Host ""
+if (Get-Command hive -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+    Write-Host "  Version:" -ForegroundColor $Cyan
+    hive --version 2>$null
+} else {
+    Write-Host "  ⚠️  Hive not found in current session PATH" -ForegroundColor $Yellow
+    Write-Host ""
+    Write-Host "  To use Hive in this terminal, run:" -ForegroundColor $Yellow
+    Write-Host "    `$env:Path += `";$InstallDir`"" -ForegroundColor $Cyan
+}
 
-Write-Host "  hive --help"
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "  🚀 Get started:" -ForegroundColor $Cyan -NoNewline
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "    hive --help" -ForegroundColor $Cyan
+Write-Host ""
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diff --git a/install/install.sh b/install/install.sh
index 109e72c..875f974 100644
--- a/install/install.sh
+++ b/install/install.sh
@@ -4,84 +4,86 @@ set -e
 
 REPO="HiveSofts/hive-cli"
 BINARY="hive"
-
 INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
 
+# Colors
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+RESET='\033[0m'
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "${CYAN}${BOLD}  🐝 Hive CLI Installer${RESET}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
+echo ""
+
+# Detect latest version
+echo -e "${YELLOW}  ⏳ Detecting latest version...${RESET}"
 VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest \
-| grep '"tag_name":' \
-| sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
+  | grep '"tag_name":' \
+  | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
 
 if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "❌ Failed to detect latest Hive version"
+    echo -e "${RED}  ❌ Failed to detect latest Hive version${RESET}"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
+echo -e "${GREEN}  ✅ Version: ${BOLD}${VERSION}${RESET}"
 echo ""
-echo "🐝 Hive CLI Installer"
-echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
-echo "Version: $VERSION"
-echo ""
-
 
+# Detect OS
 OS="$(uname -s)"
 ARCH="$(uname -m)"
 
-
 case "$OS" in
     Linux)
         PLATFORM="linux"
         ;;
-
     Darwin)
         PLATFORM="macos"
         ;;
-
     *)
-        echo "❌ Unsupported operating system"
+        echo -e "${RED}  ❌ Unsupported operating system: $OS${RESET}"
         exit 1
         ;;
 esac
 
-
 case "$ARCH" in
-    x86_64)
+    x86_64|amd64)
         ARCH="x86_64"
         ;;
-
     aarch64|arm64)
         ARCH="aarch64"
         ;;
-
     *)
-        echo "❌ Unsupported architecture: $ARCH"
+        echo -e "${RED}  ❌ Unsupported architecture: $ARCH${RESET}"
         exit 1
         ;;
 esac
 
-
 ASSET="hive-$PLATFORM"
-
-
 DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/$REPO/releases/download/$VERSION/$ASSET"
 
-
-echo "⬇️  Downloading Hive..."
-echo "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
-
+echo -e "${YELLOW}  ⬇️  Downloading Hive...${RESET}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}  ${DOWNLOAD_URL}${RESET}"
 
 TMP=$(mktemp)
 
+# Download with progress
+curl -L --progress-bar "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$TMP"
 
-curl -L "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$TMP"
-
+if [ ! -s "$TMP" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}  ❌ Download failed — file is empty${RESET}"
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 chmod +x "$TMP"
 
-
 echo ""
-echo "📦 Installing Hive..."
-
+echo -e "${YELLOW}  📦 Installing Hive...${RESET}"
 
 if [ -w "$INSTALL_DIR" ]; then
     mv "$TMP" "$INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY"
@@ -89,17 +91,20 @@ else
     sudo mv "$TMP" "$INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY"
 fi
 
-
 echo ""
-echo "✅ Hive installed successfully"
+echo -e "${GREEN}${BOLD}  ✅ Hive installed successfully!${RESET}"
 echo ""
 
-echo "Version:"
-hive --version || true
+# Test installation
+if command -v hive &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -e "${CYAN}  Version:${RESET}"
+    hive --version 2>/dev/null || echo -e "${YELLOW}  (version info not available)${RESET}"
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}  ⚠️  Hive not found in PATH. Try:${RESET}"
+    echo -e "    export PATH=\$PATH:$INSTALL_DIR"
+fi
 
 echo ""
-
-echo "Run:"
-echo "  hive --help"
-
+echo -e "${CYAN}${BOLD}  🚀 Get started:${RESET}"
+echo -e "    ${BOLD}hive --help${RESET}"
 echo ""
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