diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py b/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py
index c846ab9887..7f0492eb6b 100755
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea-git-repos/library/gitea_create_repos.py
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ class Gitea(object):
         self.always_update = always_update
         self.projects = projects
         self.orgs = { f['project'].split('/')[0] for f in  self.projects }
+        self._log = []
+
+    def log(self, *args):
+        self._log.append(" ".join(args))
+
+    def get_log(self):
+        return "\n".join(self._log)
 
     def request(self, method, endpoint, *args, **kwargs):
         resp = requests.request(
@@ -63,6 +70,7 @@ class Gitea(object):
         self.post(
             '/api/v1/admin/users/root/orgs',
             json=dict(username=org))
+        self.log("Created org:", org)
 
     def ensure_gitea_teams(self, org):
         team_list = self.get('/api/v1/orgs/{org}/teams'.format(org=org)).json()
@@ -73,6 +81,7 @@ class Gitea(object):
         if 'gerrit' not in [f['username'] for f in org_owners.json()]:
             self.put('/api/v1/teams/{owner_id}/members/gerrit'.format(
                 owner_id=owner_id))
+            self.log("Added gerrit to team:", org)
 
     def get_org_repo_list(self, org):
         return self.get('/api/v1/orgs/{org}/repos'.format(org=org)).json()
@@ -91,6 +100,7 @@ class Gitea(object):
                 name=repo,
                 private=False,
                 readme='Default'))
+        self.log("Created repo:", project['project'])
         if project.get('use-storyboard'):
             external_tracker_url = SB_REPO.format(org=org, repo=repo)
             tracker_url_format = SB_FORMAT
@@ -117,10 +127,11 @@ class Gitea(object):
                 tracker_url_format=tracker_url_format,
                 tracker_issue_style='numeric',
             ))
+        self.log("Updated tracker url:", external_tracker_url)
 
         for count in range(0, 5):
             try:
-                return self.post(
+                self.post(
                     '/{org}/{repo}/settings/branches'.format(
                         org=org, repo=repo),
                     data=dict(
@@ -128,6 +139,8 @@ class Gitea(object):
                         action='default_branch',
                         branch='master',
                     ))
+                self.log("Set master branch:", project['project'])
+                return
             except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
                 time.sleep(3)
         raise Exception("Could not update branch settings")
@@ -170,7 +183,7 @@ def ansible_main():
     except Exception as e:
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e), changed=True)
 
-    module.exit_json(changed=True)
+    module.exit_json(changed=True, log=gitea.get_log())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':