diff --git a/benchmarker.sh b/benchmarker.sh
index 2ddd83a..8130031 100755
--- a/benchmarker.sh
+++ b/benchmarker.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ verify-prerequisites() {
 initialize-environment() {
 	check-sudo-pass "Installing dependencies requires sudo permissions."
 	if [[ "$?" == 0 ]]; then
-		log-info "Sudo pass: $PASSWORD"
 		declare title="Initialize Local Environment"
 
 		if (prompt-yes-no "$title"); then
@@ -82,9 +81,9 @@ deploy-and-run-benchmarkers() {
 
 		cd ansible
 
-		ansible-playbook -i inventories/local -e vpc_id="$VPC_ID" deploy_benchmarker.yml > "$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
+		ansible-playbook -i inventories/local -e vpc_id="$VPC_ID" --tags deploy deploy_benchmarker.yml > "$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
 		pid=$!
-		log-info "Running ansible-playbook 'deploy_benchmarker.yml' with no tags and logging output to file [$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE]"
+		log-info "Running ansible-playbook 'deploy_benchmarker.yml' with tags [deploy] and logging output to file [$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE]"
 
 		show-tail-box "$title" $pid "$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE"
 
@@ -120,13 +119,14 @@ destroy-all() {
 
 randomly-populate-dynamodb() {
 	declare title="Populate DynamoDB with Random Data"
+	declare log_file=/tmp/dynamodb-data-population.log
 	
 	if (prompt-yes-no "$title"); then
-		./scripts/randomly-generate-high-velocity-data.sh /tmp/dynamodb-population.log &
+		./scripts/randomly-generate-high-velocity-data.sh -i 5000 > "$log_file" 2>&1 &
 		pid=$!
-		log-info "Running randomly-generate-high-velocity-data script and logging to [$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE]"
+		log-info "Running randomly-generate-high-velocity-data script and logging to [$log_file]"
 
-		show-tail-box "$title" $pid "$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE"
+		show-tail-box "$title" $pid "$log_file"
 
 		msg-box "Successfully populated DynamoDB with random data!"
 		log-info "Successfully populated DynamoDB with random data"
@@ -138,9 +138,12 @@ randomly-populate-dynamodb() {
 custom-selections() {
 	declare title="Customize What to Run (Advanced Mode)"
 	declare choices
+	declare prompted_for_sudo_pass=false
+	declare prompted_for_vpc_id=false
+	declare requires_vpc_id=false
 	declare tags=""
 
-	choices=$(whiptail --separate-output --checklist --fb "$title" "$BOX_HEIGHT" "$BOX_WIDTH" 13 \
+	choices=$(whiptail --separate-output --checklist --fb "$title" "$CHECKBOX_HEIGHT" "$CHECKBOX_WIDTH" 13 \
 		"PREREQUISITES" "Install Prerequisites for Local Machine" OFF \
 		"INITIALIZE_ELK" "Initialize Local Elastic Stack" OFF \
 		"START_ELK" "Start Local Elastic Stack" OFF \
@@ -159,55 +162,75 @@ custom-selections() {
 		for choice in $choices; do
 			case "$choice" in
 				"PREREQUISITES")
-					tags+="prerequisites"
+					tags+="prerequisites,"
+					check-sudo-pass "Installing dependencies requires sudo permissions."
+					prompted_for_sudo_pass=true
 					;;
 				"INITIALIZE_ELK")
-					tags+="init_elk"
+					tags+="init_elk,"
 					;;
 				"START_ELK")
-					tags+="elk"
+					tags+="elk,"
 					;;
 				"DEPLOY_CDK")
-					tags+="cdk"
-					;;
-				"UPLOAD_BIN")
-					tags+="upload"
-					;;
-				"RUN_BENCHMARKERS")
-					tags+="run"
+					tags+="cdk,"
+					requires_vpc_id=true
 					if [[ -z $VPC_ID ]]; then
 						prompt-for-vpc-id
+						prompted_for_vpc_id=true
+					fi
+					;;
+				"UPLOAD_BIN")
+					tags+="upload,"
+					;;
+				"RUN_BENCHMARKERS")
+					tags+="run,"
+					requires_vpc_id=true
+					if [[ -z $VPC_ID ]]; then
+						prompt-for-vpc-id
+						prompted_for_vpc_id=true
 					fi
 					;;
 				"STOP_ELK")
-					tags+="stop_elk"
+					tags+="stop_elk,"
 					;;
 				"DESTROY")
-					tags+="destroy"
+					tags+="destroy,"
 					;;
 				"DESTROY_KEY")
-					tags+="destroy_key_pair"
+					tags+="destroy_key_pair,"
 					;;
 				"RUN_DYNAMODB")
-					tags+="dynamodb"
+					tags+="dynamodb,"
 					;;
 				"RUN_DAX")
-					tags+="dax"
+					tags+="dax,"
 					;;
 				"RUN_CRUD")
-					tags+="crud"
+					tags+="crud,"
 					;;
 				"RUN_READ_ONLY")
-					tags+="read-only"
+					tags+="read-only,"
 					;;
 			esac
 		done
 
+		tags=$(echo "$tags" | sed 's/\(.*\),/\1/')
 
-		if (prompt-yes-no "$title"); then
+
+		if (prompt-yes-no "Advanced Mode: Deploy tasks with tags: [$tags]"); then
 			cd ansible
+			args=""
 
-			ansible-playbook -i inventories/local --tags "$tags" deploy_benchmarker.yml > "$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
+			if [[ $prompted_for_sudo_pass == true ]]; then
+				args+=" -e ansible_become_password='$PASSWORD'"
+			fi
+
+			if [[ $requires_vpc_id == true && $prompted_for_vpc_id == true ]]; then
+				args+=" -e vpc_id=$VPC_ID"
+			fi
+
+			ansible-playbook -i inventories/local $args --tags "$tags" deploy_benchmarker.yml > "$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
 			pid=$!
 			log-info "Running ansible-playbook 'deploy_benchmarker.yml' with [$tags] tags and logging output to file [$ANSIBLE_LOG_FILE]"
 
diff --git a/scripts/logger.sh b/scripts/logger.sh
index d60b902..5a84134 100755
--- a/scripts/logger.sh
+++ b/scripts/logger.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ bold=$(tput bold)
 
 log-error() {
   if [[ -z $2 ]]; then
-    echo -e "${red}${bold}ERROR:${default}${red} $1${default}"
+    echo -e "ERROR: $1"
   else
     echo -e "${red}${bold}ERROR:${default}${red} $1${default}"
     echo -e "${red}${bold}ERROR:${default}${red} $1${default}" >> "$BENCHMARK_LOG_FILE"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ log-error() {
 
 log-warn() {
   if [[ -z $2 ]]; then
-    echo -e "${gold}${bold}WARN:${default}${gold} $1${default}"
+    echo -e "WARN: $1"
   else
     echo -e "${gold}${bold}WARN:${default}${gold} $1${default}"
     echo -e "${gold}${bold}WARN:${default}${gold} $1${default}" >> "$BENCHMARK_LOG_FILE"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ log-warn() {
 
 log-info() {
   if [[ -z $2 ]]; then
-    echo -e "${cyan}${bold}INFO:${default}${cyan} $1${default}"
+    echo -e "INFO: $1"
   else
     echo -e "${cyan}${bold}INFO:${default}${cyan} $1${default}"
     echo -e "${cyan}${bold}INFO:${default}${cyan} $1${default}" >> "$BENCHMARK_LOG_FILE"
diff --git a/scripts/randomly-generate-high-velocity-data.sh b/scripts/randomly-generate-high-velocity-data.sh
index b7ce0f7..22249f4 100755
--- a/scripts/randomly-generate-high-velocity-data.sh
+++ b/scripts/randomly-generate-high-velocity-data.sh
@@ -105,10 +105,8 @@ parse-arguments() {
 show-properties() {
   log-info "Using the following settings to randomly populate the DynamoDB benchmarking table:"
   cat <<-EOF
-	${cyan}
 	ATTRIBUTES=$ATTRIBUTES
 	TABLE_NAME=$TABLE_NAME
-	${default}
 	EOF
 }
 
@@ -178,3 +176,5 @@ while [[ $items_written -lt $ITEMS ]]; do
   log-info "Sleeping for 2 seconds to avoid the partition throughput limits..."
   sleep 2
 done
+
+echo -e "\n\n\nSuccessfully wrote $items_written randomly generated items to DynamoDB!"
diff --git a/scripts/ui_utils.sh b/scripts/ui_utils.sh
index 03b9123..54b0ad0 100755
--- a/scripts/ui_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/ui_utils.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 TERMINAL_HEIGHT=$(tput lines)
 BOX_HEIGHT=$(printf "%.0f" "$(echo "scale=2; $TERMINAL_HEIGHT * .5" | bc)")
+CHECKBOX_HEIGHT=$(printf "%.0f" "$(echo "scale=2; $TERMINAL_HEIGHT * .5" | bc)")
+TAIL_BOX_HEIGHT=$(printf "%.0f" "$(echo "scale=2; $TERMINAL_HEIGHT * .8" | bc)")
 
 TERMINAL_WIDTH=$(tput cols)
 BOX_WIDTH=$(printf "%.0f" "$(echo "scale=2; $TERMINAL_WIDTH * .75" | bc)")
+CHECKBOX_WIDTH=$(printf "%.0f" "$(echo "scale=2; $TERMINAL_WIDTH * .5" | bc)")
+TAIL_BOX_WIDTH=$(printf "%.0f" "$(echo "scale=2; $TERMINAL_WIDTH * .85" | bc)")
 
 msg-box() {
 	whiptail --fb --msgbox "$1" "$BOX_HEIGHT" "$BOX_WIDTH"
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ show-tail-box() {
 	trap "kill $2 2> /dev/null" EXIT
 
 	while kill -0 "$2" 2> /dev/null; do
-		dialog --title "$1" --exit-label "Finished" --tailbox "$3" "$BOX_HEIGHT" "$BOX_WIDTH"
+		dialog --title "$1" --exit-label "Finished" --tailbox "$3" "$TAIL_BOX_HEIGHT" "$TAIL_BOX_WIDTH"
 	done
 
 	clear