diff --git a/src/freedombone-config b/src/freedombone-config
index 6dd04ba8..6ceb9f31 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-config
+++ b/src/freedombone-config
@@ -109,6 +109,20 @@ if [ -f /usr/bin/${PROJECT_NAME} ]; then
     PROJECT_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/bin
 fi
 
+function please_wait {
+        local str width height length
+
+        width=$(tput cols)
+        height=$(tput lines)
+        str=$"Please wait"
+        length=${#str}
+        clear
+        tput cup $((height / 2)) $(((width / 2) - (length / 2)))
+        echo "$str"
+        tput cup $((height * 3 / 5)) $(((width / 2)))
+        echo -n ''
+}
+
 source $PROJECT_INSTALL_DIR/${PROJECT_NAME}-vars
 
 UTILS_FILES=/usr/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/utils/${PROJECT_NAME}-utils-*
@@ -608,7 +622,7 @@ function choose_username {
                            if [ ${#possible_username} -gt 1 ]; then
                                if [[ $possible_username != $GENERIC_IMAGE_USERNAME ]]; then
                                    MY_USERNAME=$(cat $data)
-                                   clear
+                                   please_wait
                                    echo $'Creating user account'
                                    chmod 600 /etc/shadow
                                    chmod 600 /etc/gshadow
@@ -693,7 +707,7 @@ function choose_full_name {
         esac
     done
     save_configuration_values
-    clear
+    please_wait
 }
 
 function choose_system_variant {
@@ -971,7 +985,7 @@ function interactive_select_language {
     esac
     save_configuration_values
 
-    clear
+    please_wait
     echo 'Setting locale'
 
     locale-gen "${DEFAULT_LANGUAGE}"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-controlpanel b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
index b610b6e4..073f5749 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-controlpanel
+++ b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function please_wait {
 
         width=$(tput cols)
         height=$(tput lines)
-        str="Please wait"
+        str=$"Please wait"
         length=${#str}
         clear
         tput cup $((height / 2)) $(((width / 2) - (length / 2)))
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-keys b/src/freedombone-utils-keys
index cc112853..cd5f72b5 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-keys
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-keys
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ function interactive_key_recovery {
         1) return;;
         255) return;;
     esac
+    clear
     apt-get -yq install cryptsetup
     ${PROJECT_NAME}-recoverkey -u $MY_USERNAME
     if [ -d /home/$MY_USERNAME/.gnupg ]; then