diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e5b797644a9eb..00bf8bce7125a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3121,6 +3121,7 @@ checksum = "e64e6c0fbe2c17357405f7c758c1ef960fce08bdfb2c03d88d2a18d7e09c4b67"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "crossterm_winapi",
+ "futures-core",
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
@@ -5143,9 +5144,9 @@ checksum = "38d84fa142264698cdce1a9f9172cf383a0c82de1bddcf3092901442c4097004"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-timer"
-version = "3.0.2"
+version = "3.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e64b03909df88034c26dc1547e8970b91f98bdb65165d6a4e9110d94263dbb2c"
+checksum = "f288b0a4f20f9a56b5d1da57e2227c661b7b16168e2f72365f57b63326e29b24"
 dependencies = [
  "gloo-timers",
  "send_wrapper 0.4.0",
@@ -15373,10 +15374,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "colored",
+ "crossterm",
  "dirs 4.0.0",
  "docker-api",
  "field_names",
  "futures",
+ "futures-timer",
  "include_dir",
  "inquire",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
diff --git a/crates/suiop-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/suiop-cli/Cargo.toml
index a2a5a16428225..0c39aa9b6e3a3 100644
--- a/crates/suiop-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/suiop-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ base64.workspace = true
 chrono.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 colored.workspace = true
+crossterm = { workspace = true, features = ["event-stream"] }
 dirs.workspace = true
 docker-api.workspace = true
 field_names.workspace = true
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ once_cell.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 strsim = "0.11.1"
+futures-timer = "3.0.3"
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/suiop-cli/src/cli/ci/image.rs b/crates/suiop-cli/src/cli/ci/image.rs
index 001a6456b26cb..fbc100acbb79b 100644
--- a/crates/suiop-cli/src/cli/ci/image.rs
+++ b/crates/suiop-cli/src/cli/ci/image.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Local, Utc};
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
 use colored::Colorize;
+use crossterm::{
+    cursor::MoveTo,
+    event::{Event, EventStream, KeyCode},
+    terminal::{disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode, Clear, ClearType},
+    ExecutableCommand,
+};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures::{select, FutureExt};
 use serde::{self, Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
+use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr, time::Duration};
 use tabled::{settings::Style, Table, Tabled};
 use tracing::debug;
 
@@ -370,16 +378,47 @@ async fn send_image_request(token: &str, action: &ImageAction) -> Result<()> {
                     let status_table = get_status_table(resp).await?.to_string();
                     println!("{}", status_table);
                 } else {
+                    enable_raw_mode()?;
                     loop {
-                        print!("{}[2J", 27 as char);
-                        let req = generate_image_request(token, action);
-
-                        let resp = req.send().await?;
-                        let status_table = get_status_table(resp).await?.to_string();
-                        println!("{}", status_table);
-                        let half_sec = std::time::Duration::from_millis(500);
-                        std::thread::sleep(half_sec);
+                        let mut reader = EventStream::new();
+                        let mut delay = futures_timer::Delay::new(Duration::from_secs(1)).fuse();
+                        let mut event = reader.next().fuse();
+
+                        select! {
+                            _ = delay => {
+                                let req = generate_image_request(token, action);
+
+                                let resp = req.send().await?;
+                                let status_table = get_status_table(resp).await?.to_string();
+                                std::io::stdout().execute(Clear(ClearType::All))?.execute(MoveTo(0,0))?;
+                                print!("press 'q' or 'esc' to quit");
+                                for (i, line )in status_table.lines().enumerate() {
+                                    std::io::stdout().execute(MoveTo(0,(i + 1) as u16))?;
+                                    println!("{}", line);
+                                }
+                            },
+                            maybe_event = event => {
+                                println!("checking event");
+                                match maybe_event {
+                                    Some(Ok(event)) => {
+                                        if event == Event::Key(KeyCode::Char('q').into()) {
+                                            std::io::stdout().execute(Clear(ClearType::All))?.execute(MoveTo(0,0))?;
+                                            println!("q pressed, quitting 🫡");
+                                            break
+                                        } else if event == Event::Key(KeyCode::Esc.into()) {
+                                            std::io::stdout().execute(Clear(ClearType::All))?.execute(MoveTo(0,0))?;
+                                            println!("esc pressed, quitting 🫡");
+                                            break;
+                                        }
+
+                                    }
+                                    Some(Err(e)) => println!("Error: {:?}\r", e),
+                                    None => println!("no event"),
+                                }
+                            }
+                        };
                     }
+                    disable_raw_mode()?;
                 }
             }
             ImageAction::Status {