diff --git a/download.bat b/download.bat
index d47dc37..6515df2 100644
--- a/download.bat
+++ b/download.bat
@@ -1,38 +1,47 @@
 @echo off
 setlocal
 
+rem ANSI colors (Windows 10+): get the ESC character, then define color codes
+for /F "delims=" %%a in ('forfiles /p "%~dp0." /m "%~nx0" /c "cmd /c echo 0x1B"') do set "ESC=%%a"
+set "CYAN=%ESC%[96m"
+set "GREEN=%ESC%[92m"
+set "RED=%ESC%[91m"
+set "RESET=%ESC%[0m"
+
 set "STEAM_USERNAME="
 set /p STEAM_USERNAME=Enter your Steam username:
 if "%STEAM_USERNAME%"=="" (
-    echo No username entered - stopping.
+    echo %RED%No username entered - stopping.%RESET%
     exit /b 1
 )
 
-echo === Installing DepotDownloader ===
+echo %CYAN%=== Installing DepotDownloader ===%RESET%
 curl -f -L -o DepotDownloader.zip https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader/releases/download/DepotDownloader_3.4.0/DepotDownloader-windows-x64.zip || goto :error
 if not exist "DepotDownloader" mkdir "DepotDownloader"
 tar -xf DepotDownloader.zip -C DepotDownloader || goto :error
 del DepotDownloader.zip
 
-echo === Downloading Rec Room depot via DepotDownloader (will prompt for Steam password) ===
-DepotDownloader\DepotDownloader.exe -app 471710 -depot 471711 -manifest 7859140924515540835 -dir . -username "%STEAM_USERNAME%" || goto :error
+echo %CYAN%=== Downloading Rec Room depot via DepotDownloader (will prompt for Steam password) ===%RESET%
+DepotDownloader\DepotDownloader.exe -remember-password -app 471710 -depot 471711 -manifest 7859140924515540835 -dir . -username "%STEAM_USERNAME%" || goto :error
 
-echo === Downloading BepInEx and extracting to this directory ===
+echo %CYAN%=== Downloading BepInEx and extracting to this directory ===%RESET%
 curl -f -L -o BepInEx.zip https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx/releases/download/v6.0.0-pre.2/BepInEx-Unity.IL2CPP-win-x64-6.0.0-pre.2.zip || goto :error
 tar -xf BepInEx.zip -C . || goto :error
 del BepInEx.zip
 
-echo === Downloading RecNetPlugin.dll into BepInEx\plugins ===
+echo %CYAN%=== Downloading RecNetPlugin.dll into BepInEx\plugins ===%RESET%
 if not exist "BepInEx\plugins" mkdir "BepInEx\plugins"
 curl -f -L -o "BepInEx\plugins\RecNetPlugin.dll" https://github.com/djdevin/recnet-plugin/releases/download/0.0.3/RecNetPlugin.dll || goto :error
 
-echo === Extracting bundled global-metadata into RecRoom_Data\il2cpp_data\Metadata ===
+echo %CYAN%=== Extracting bundled global-metadata into RecRoom_Data\il2cpp_data\Metadata ===%RESET%
 tar -xf "RecRoom_Data\il2cpp_data\Metadata\global-metadata.zip" -C "RecRoom_Data\il2cpp_data\Metadata" || goto :error
 
-echo === Done ===
+echo %GREEN%=== Done ===%RESET%
+pause
 exit /b 0
 
 :error
 echo.
-echo *** FAILED with error code %errorlevel% - stopping. ***
+echo %RED%*** FAILED with error code %errorlevel% - stopping. ***%RESET%
+pause
 exit /b %errorlevel%