diff --git a/js/packages/cli/src/cli.ts b/js/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
index 65f542a..4241d32 100755
--- a/js/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/js/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ programCommand('upload')
   .option('-n, --number <number>', 'Number of images to upload')
   .action(async (files: string[], options, cmd) => {
     const {number, keypair, env, cacheName} = cmd.opts();
-    const parsedNumber = parseInt(number);
 
     const pngFileCount = files.filter(it => {
       return it.endsWith(EXTENSION_PNG);
@@ -44,18 +43,23 @@ programCommand('upload')
       return it.endsWith(EXTENSION_JSON);
     }).length;
 
+    const parsedNumber = parseInt(number);
+    const elemCount = parsedNumber ? parsedNumber : pngFileCount;
+
     if (pngFileCount !== jsonFileCount) {
       throw new Error(`number of png files (${pngFileCount}) is different than the number of json files (${jsonFileCount})`);
     }
 
-    if (parsedNumber < pngFileCount) {
-      throw new Error(`max number (${parsedNumber})cannot be smaller than the number of elements in the source folder (${pngFileCount})`);
+    if (elemCount < pngFileCount) {
+      throw new Error(`max number (${elemCount})cannot be smaller than the number of elements in the source folder (${pngFileCount})`);
     }
 
+    log.info(`Beginning the upload for ${elemCount} (png+json) pairs`)
+
     const startMs = Date.now();
     log.info("started at: " + startMs.toString())
     for (; ;) {
-      const successful = await upload(files, cacheName, env, keypair, parsedNumber);
+      const successful = await upload(files, cacheName, env, keypair, elemCount);
       if (successful) {
         break;
       } else {
diff --git a/js/packages/cli/src/helpers/accounts.ts b/js/packages/cli/src/helpers/accounts.ts
index 9fb21e3..ec27c59 100644
--- a/js/packages/cli/src/helpers/accounts.ts
+++ b/js/packages/cli/src/helpers/accounts.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,6 @@ export async function loadAnchorProgram(walletKeyPair: Keypair, env: string) {
   const idl = await anchor.Program.fetchIdl(CANDY_MACHINE_PROGRAM_ID, provider);
 
   const program = new anchor.Program(idl, CANDY_MACHINE_PROGRAM_ID, provider);
-  log.info("program id from anchor", program.programId.toBase58());
+  log.debug("program id from anchor", program.programId.toBase58());
   return program;
 }