diff --git a/archivebox/config/__init__.py b/archivebox/config/__init__.py
index 0cb41563..fa979211 100644
--- a/archivebox/config/__init__.py
+++ b/archivebox/config/__init__.py
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ DEFAULT_CLI_COLORS = {
 }
 ANSI = {k: '' for k in DEFAULT_CLI_COLORS.keys()}
 
+COLOR_DICT = {
+    '00': [(0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0)],
+    '31': [(255, 0, 0), (128, 0, 0)],
+    '32': [(0, 200, 0), (0, 128, 0)],
+    '33': [(255, 255, 0), (128, 128, 0)],
+    '34': [(0, 0, 255), (0, 0, 128)],
+    '35': [(255, 0, 255), (128, 0, 128)],
+    '36': [(0, 255, 255), (0, 128, 128)],
+}
+
 STATICFILE_EXTENSIONS = {
     # 99.999% of the time, URLs ending in these extensions are static files
     # that can be downloaded as-is, not html pages that need to be rendered
diff --git a/archivebox/core/views.py b/archivebox/core/views.py
index 84731e51..5efa79cd 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/views.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ from django.conf import settings
 
 from core.models import Snapshot
 
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
+from io import StringIO
+
 from ..index import load_main_index, load_main_index_meta
 from ..config import (
     OUTPUT_DIR,
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ from ..config import (
     PUBLIC_INDEX,
     PUBLIC_SNAPSHOTS,
 )
-from ..util import base_url
+from ..util import base_url, ansi_to_html
 from .. main import add
 
 
@@ -54,13 +57,24 @@ class AddLinks(View):
 
     def post(self, request):
         url = request.POST['url']
-        print(f'[+] Adding URL: {url}')
-        add(
-            import_str=url,
-            update_all=False,
-            out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR,
-        )
-        return redirect('/')
+        if url:
+            print(f'[+] Adding URL: {url}')
+            add_stdout = StringIO()
+            with redirect_stdout(add_stdout):
+                extracted_links = add(
+                    import_str=url,
+                    update_all=False,
+                    out_dir=OUTPUT_DIR,
+                )
+            print(add_stdout.getvalue())
+
+            context = {
+                "stdout": ansi_to_html(add_stdout.getvalue())
+            }
+        else:
+            context = {"stdout": "Please enter a URL"}
+
+        return render(template_name=self.template, request=request, context=context)
 
 
 class LinkDetails(View):
diff --git a/archivebox/themes/default/add_links.html b/archivebox/themes/default/add_links.html
index dd144834..6c625594 100644
--- a/archivebox/themes/default/add_links.html
+++ b/archivebox/themes/default/add_links.html
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
             </div>
         </header>
         <center>
+            {{ stdout | safe }}
             <br/><br/>
             <form action="?" method="POST">{% csrf_token %}
                 Add new links...<br/>
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@
                 <button role="submit">Add</button>
             </form>
         </center>
+
+        <a href="{% url 'admin:core_snapshot_changelist' %}">Go back to Snapshot list</a>
         
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/archivebox/util.py b/archivebox/util.py
index 87c98263..50511313 100644
--- a/archivebox/util.py
+++ b/archivebox/util.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from .config import (
     CHECK_SSL_VALIDITY,
     WGET_USER_AGENT,
     CHROME_OPTIONS,
+    COLOR_DICT
 )
 
 try:
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ URL_REGEX = re.compile(
     re.IGNORECASE,
 )
 
+COLOR_REGEX = re.compile(r'\[(?P<arg_1>\d+)(;(?P<arg_2>\d+)(;(?P<arg_3>\d+))?)?m')
+
 
 def enforce_types(func):
     """
@@ -195,6 +198,27 @@ def chrome_args(**options) -> List[str]:
     
     return cmd_args
 
+def ansi_to_html(text):
+    """
+    Based on: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19212665/python-converting-ansi-color-codes-to-html
+    """
+    TEMPLATE = '<span style="color: rgb{}"><br>'
+    text = text.replace('[m', '</span>')
+
+    def single_sub(match):
+        argsdict = match.groupdict()
+        if argsdict['arg_3'] is None:
+            if argsdict['arg_2'] is None:
+                bold, color = 0, argsdict['arg_1']
+            else:
+                bold, color = argsdict['arg_1'], argsdict['arg_2']
+        else:
+            bold, color = argsdict['arg_3'], argsdict['arg_2']
+
+        return TEMPLATE.format(COLOR_DICT[color][0])
+
+    return COLOR_REGEX.sub(single_sub, text)
+
 
 class ExtendedEncoder(pyjson.JSONEncoder):
     """