diff --git a/cmd/leo/read/read.go b/cmd/leo/read/read.go
index 6422ae2e..4b473584 100644
--- a/cmd/leo/read/read.go
+++ b/cmd/leo/read/read.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package read
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -12,12 +14,19 @@ import (
 	"terraform-provider-iterative/task/common"
 )
 
+type status string
+
+const (
+	statusQueued    status = "queued"
+	statusSucceeded status = "succeeded"
+	statusFailed    status = "failed"
+	statusRunning   status = "running"
+)
+
 type Options struct {
 	Parallelism int
 	Timestamps  bool
-	Status      bool
-	Events      bool
-	Logs        bool
+	Follow      bool
 }
 
 func New(cloud *common.Cloud) *cobra.Command {
@@ -35,9 +44,7 @@ func New(cloud *common.Cloud) *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&o.Parallelism, "parallelism", 1, "parallelism")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.Timestamps, "timestamps", false, "display timestamps")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.Status, "status", true, "read status")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.Logs, "logs", false, "read logs")
-	cmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("status", "logs")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.Follow, "follow", false, "follow logs")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -50,7 +57,6 @@ func (o *Options) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, cloud *common.Cloud) er
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), cloud.Timeouts.Read)
-	defer cancel()
 
 	id, err := common.ParseIdentifier(args[0])
 	if err != nil {
@@ -62,39 +68,70 @@ func (o *Options) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, cloud *common.Cloud) er
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := tsk.Read(ctx); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+        var last int
+	for {
+		if err := tsk.Read(ctx); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
-	switch {
-	case o.Logs:
-		return o.printLogs(ctx, tsk)
-	case o.Status:
-		return o.printStatus(ctx, tsk)
-	}
+		logs, err := o.getLogs(ctx, tsk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		status, err := o.getStatus(ctx, tsk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
-	return nil
+		if delta := strings.Join(logs[last:], "\n"); delta != "" {
+			fmt.Println(delta)
+			last = len(logs)
+		}
+
+		switch o.Follow {
+		case true:
+			// disable debug logs for subsequent iterations
+			logrus.SetLevel(logrus.WarnLevel)
+			// create a new context to reset timeout on every iteration
+			ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), cloud.Timeouts.Read)
+			defer cancel()
+		case false:
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		switch status {
+		case statusSucceeded:
+			os.Exit(0)
+		case statusFailed:
+			os.Exit(1)
+		default:
+			time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-func (o *Options) printLogs(ctx context.Context, tsk task.Task) error {
+func (o *Options) getLogs(ctx context.Context, tsk task.Task) ([]string, error) {
 	logs, err := tsk.Logs(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	var result []string
+
 	for _, log := range logs {
 		for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.Trim(log, "\n"), "\n") {
 			if !o.Timestamps {
 				_, line, _ = strings.Cut(line, " ")
 			}
-			fmt.Println(line)
+			result = append(result, line)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return result, nil
 }
 
-func (o *Options) printStatus(ctx context.Context, tsk task.Task) error {
+func (o *Options) getStatus(ctx context.Context, tsk task.Task) (status, error) {
 	for _, event := range tsk.Events(ctx) {
 		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", event.Code, strings.Join(event.Description, " "))
 		if o.Timestamps {
@@ -106,21 +143,21 @@ func (o *Options) printStatus(ctx context.Context, tsk task.Task) error {
 
 	status, err := tsk.Status(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
-	message := "queued"
+	result := statusQueued
 
-	if status["succeeded"] >= o.Parallelism {
-		message = "succeeded"
+	if status[common.StatusCodeSucceeded] >= o.Parallelism {
+		result = statusSucceeded
 	}
-	if status["failed"] > 0 {
-		message = "failed"
+	if status[common.StatusCodeFailed] > 0 {
+		result = statusFailed
 	}
-	if status["running"] >= o.Parallelism {
-		message = "running"
+	if status[common.StatusCodeActive] >= o.Parallelism {
+		result = statusRunning
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println(message)
-	return nil
+	logrus.Debug(result)
+	return result, nil
 }
diff --git a/task/aws/task.go b/task/aws/task.go
index 06c83c93..9656786b 100644
--- a/task/aws/task.go
+++ b/task/aws/task.go
@@ -299,10 +299,6 @@ func (t *Task) Delete(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (t *Task) Logs(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
-	if err := t.Read(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return machine.Logs(ctx, t.DataSources.Credentials.Resource["RCLONE_REMOTE"])
 }
 
@@ -346,10 +342,6 @@ func (t *Task) Events(ctx context.Context) []common.Event {
 }
 
 func (t *Task) Status(ctx context.Context) (common.Status, error) {
-	if err := t.Read(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return machine.Status(ctx, t.DataSources.Credentials.Resource["RCLONE_REMOTE"], t.Attributes.Status)
 }
 
diff --git a/task/az/task.go b/task/az/task.go
index 7fb38cad..5a8db833 100644
--- a/task/az/task.go
+++ b/task/az/task.go
@@ -291,10 +291,6 @@ func (t *Task) Delete(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (t *Task) Logs(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
-	if err := t.Read(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return machine.Logs(ctx, t.DataSources.Credentials.Resource["RCLONE_REMOTE"])
 }
 
@@ -338,9 +334,6 @@ func (t *Task) Events(ctx context.Context) []common.Event {
 }
 
 func (t *Task) Status(ctx context.Context) (common.Status, error) {
-	if err := t.Read(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	return machine.Status(ctx, t.DataSources.Credentials.Resource["RCLONE_REMOTE"], t.Attributes.Status)
 }
 
diff --git a/task/gcp/task.go b/task/gcp/task.go
index a7834761..6d542576 100644
--- a/task/gcp/task.go
+++ b/task/gcp/task.go
@@ -371,10 +371,6 @@ func (t *Task) Delete(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (t *Task) Logs(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
-	if err := t.Read(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return machine.Logs(ctx, t.DataSources.Credentials.Resource["RCLONE_REMOTE"])
 }
 
@@ -418,10 +414,6 @@ func (t *Task) Events(ctx context.Context) []common.Event {
 }
 
 func (t *Task) Status(ctx context.Context) (common.Status, error) {
-	if err := t.Read(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return machine.Status(ctx, t.DataSources.Credentials.Resource["RCLONE_REMOTE"], t.Attributes.Status)
 }