diff --git a/bin/compose b/bin/compose
index 3af5792..40a825a 100755
--- a/bin/compose
+++ b/bin/compose
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ get_docker_compose () {
     for target_service in "$@"; do
         start=$SECONDS
         services=$(get_ordered_service_dependencies "$target_service") || return 1
-        debug "  $DARKYELLOW$target_service$NORMAL deps:$DARKYELLOW" $services "$NORMAL $GRAY(in $((SECONDS - start)))s$NORMAL"
+        debug "  $DARKYELLOW$target_service$NORMAL deps:$DARKYELLOW" $services "$NORMAL$GRAY(in $((SECONDS - start))s)$NORMAL"
         for service in $services; do
 
             if [ "${entries[$service]}" ]; then
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ get_docker_compose () {
             ## if this is a subordinate service
             start_service=$SECONDS
             entries[$service]=$(_get_docker_compose_service_mixin "$service") || return 1
-            debug "    Applied $DARKYELLOW$service$NORMAL charm metadata mixins $GRAY(in $((SECONDS - start_service)))s$NORMAL"
+            debug "    Applied $DARKYELLOW$service$NORMAL charm metadata mixins $GRAY(in $((SECONDS - start_service))s)$NORMAL"
         done
         debug "    ..finished all mixins for $DARKYELLOW$target_service$NORMAL $GRAY(in $((SECONDS - start))s)$NORMAL"
     done
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ get_docker_compose () {
     merge_yaml_str "${entries[@]}" > "$cache_file"
     export _current_docker_compose="$(cat "$cache_file")"
     echo "$_current_docker_compose"
-    debug "  ..Compilation of base 'docker-compose.conf' done.$GRAY(in $((SECONDS - start_compilation))s)$NORMAL" || true
+    debug "  ..compilation of base 'docker-compose.conf' done $GRAY(in $((SECONDS - start_compilation))s)$NORMAL" || true
     # debug " ** ${WHITE}docker-compose.conf${NORMAL}:"
     # debug "$_current_docker_compose"
 }