diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13ec194..a2800cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@
         "when": "editorTextFocus && editorLangId == 'azcli'"
       }
     ],
+    "configuration": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Azure CLI Tools Configuration",
+      "properties": {
+        "ms-azurecli.showResponseInDifferentTab": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "scope": "resource",
+          "description": "Show response in different tab"
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "menus": {
       "editor/context": [
         {
@@ -130,7 +142,8 @@
     "@types/semver": "5.5.0",
     "tslint": "5.16.0",
     "typescript": "3.3.3333",
-    "vscode": "1.1.33"
+    "vscode": "1.1.33",
+    "elegant-spinner": "1.0.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "jmespath": "0.15.0",
diff --git a/src/configurationSettings.ts b/src/configurationSettings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3704ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configurationSettings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { Event, EventEmitter, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
+
+export interface IAzureCliToolsSettings {
+    showResponseInDifferentTab: boolean;
+}
+
+export class AzureCliToolsSettings implements IAzureCliToolsSettings {
+    public showResponseInDifferentTab: boolean = false;
+
+    private static _instance: AzureCliToolsSettings;
+
+    public static get Instance(): AzureCliToolsSettings {
+        if (!AzureCliToolsSettings._instance) {
+            AzureCliToolsSettings._instance = new AzureCliToolsSettings();
+        }
+
+        return AzureCliToolsSettings._instance;
+    }
+
+    public readonly configurationUpdateEventEmitter = new EventEmitter<void>();
+
+    public get onDidChangeConfiguration(): Event<void> {
+        return this.configurationUpdateEventEmitter.event;
+    }
+
+    private constructor() {
+        workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(() => {
+            this.initializeSettings();
+            this.configurationUpdateEventEmitter.fire();
+        });
+        window.onDidChangeActiveTextEditor(e => {
+            if (e) {
+                this.initializeSettings();
+                this.configurationUpdateEventEmitter.fire();
+            }
+        });
+
+        this.initializeSettings();
+    }
+
+    private initializeSettings() {
+        const editor = window.activeTextEditor;
+        const document = editor && editor.document;
+
+        const azureCliToolsSettings = workspace.getConfiguration("ms-azurecli", document ? document.uri : null);
+
+        this.showResponseInDifferentTab = azureCliToolsSettings.get<boolean>("showResponseInDifferentTab", false);
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 4e526d7..6f2a44c 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 import * as jmespath from 'jmespath';
-
 import { HoverProvider, Hover, SnippetString, StatusBarAlignment, StatusBarItem, ExtensionContext, TextDocument, TextDocumentChangeEvent, Disposable, TextEditor, Selection, languages, commands, Range, ViewColumn, Position, CancellationToken, ProviderResult, CompletionItem, CompletionList, CompletionItemKind, CompletionItemProvider, window, workspace, env, Uri } from 'vscode';
 
 import { AzService, CompletionKind, Arguments, Status } from './azService';
 import { parse, findNode } from './parser';
 import { exec } from './utils';
+import { AzureCliToolsSettings } from './configurationSettings';
 
 export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
     const azService = new AzService(azNotFound);
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
     context.subscriptions.push(new RunLineInTerminal());
     context.subscriptions.push(new RunLineInEditor(status));
     context.subscriptions.push(commands.registerCommand('ms-azurecli.installAzureCLI', installAzureCLI));
-
 }
 
 const completionKinds: Record<CompletionKind, CompletionItemKind> = {
@@ -147,6 +146,8 @@ class RunLineInTerminal {
     }
 }
 
+const elegantSpinner = require('elegant-spinner');
+
 class RunLineInEditor {
 
     private resultDocument: TextDocument | undefined;
@@ -154,28 +155,44 @@ class RunLineInEditor {
     private queryEnabled = false;
     private query: string | undefined;
     private disposables: Disposable[] = [];
+    private readonly settings: AzureCliToolsSettings = AzureCliToolsSettings.Instance;
+    private runStatusBarItem: StatusBarItem;
+    private interval!: NodeJS.Timer;
+    private spinner = elegantSpinner();
 
     constructor(private status: StatusBarInfo) {
         this.disposables.push(commands.registerTextEditorCommand('ms-azurecli.toggleLiveQuery', editor => this.toggleQuery(editor)));
         this.disposables.push(commands.registerTextEditorCommand('ms-azurecli.runLineInEditor', editor => this.run(editor)));
         this.disposables.push(workspace.onDidCloseTextDocument(document => this.close(document)));
         this.disposables.push(workspace.onDidChangeTextDocument(event => this.change(event)));
+
+        this.runStatusBarItem = window.createStatusBarItem(StatusBarAlignment.Left);
     }
 
     private run(source: TextEditor) {
+        var t0 = Date.now();
+        this.interval = setInterval(() => {
+            this.runStatusBarItem.text = `Waiting for response ${this.spinner()}`;
+        }, 50);
+        this.runStatusBarItem.show();
+
         this.parsedResult = undefined;
         this.query = undefined; // TODO
         const cursor = source.selection.active;
         const line = source.document.lineAt(cursor).text;
+        const isPlainText = (line.indexOf('--query') !== -1) || (line.indexOf('-h') !== -1) || (line.indexOf('--help') !== -1);
         return this.findResultDocument()
             .then(document => window.showTextDocument(document, ViewColumn.Two, true))
             .then(target => replaceContent(target, JSON.stringify({ 'Running command': line }) + '\n')
                 .then(() => exec(line))
                 .then(({ stdout }) => stdout, ({ stdout, stderr }) => JSON.stringify({ stderr, stdout }, null, '    '))
-                .then(content => replaceContent(target, content)
-                    .then(() => this.parsedResult = JSON.parse(content))
-                    .then(undefined, err => {})
-                )
+                .then(content => {
+                    replaceContent(target, content, isPlainText ? 'plaintext' : '')
+                        .then(() => this.parsedResult = JSON.parse(content))
+                        .then(undefined, err => {});
+                    clearInterval(this.interval);
+                    this.runStatusBarItem.text = 'AZ CLI command executed in ' + (Date.now() - t0) + ' milliseconds.';
+                })
             )
             .then(undefined, console.error);
     }
@@ -188,6 +205,10 @@ class RunLineInEditor {
     }
 
     private findResultDocument() {
+        if (this.settings.showResponseInDifferentTab) {
+            return workspace.openTextDocument({ language: 'json' })
+                .then(document => this.resultDocument = document); 
+        }
         if (this.resultDocument) {
             return Promise.resolve(this.resultDocument);
         }
@@ -242,6 +263,7 @@ class RunLineInEditor {
 
     dispose() {
         this.disposables.forEach(disposable => disposable.dispose());
+        this.runStatusBarItem.dispose();
     }
 }
 
@@ -304,8 +326,11 @@ function allMatches(regex: RegExp, string: string, group: number) {
     }
 }
 
-function replaceContent(editor: TextEditor, content: string) {
+function replaceContent(editor: TextEditor, content: string, documentLanguage: string = '') {
     const document = editor.document;
+    if (documentLanguage) {
+        languages.setTextDocumentLanguage(document, documentLanguage);
+    }
     const all = new Range(new Position(0, 0), document.lineAt(document.lineCount - 1).range.end);
     return editor.edit(builder => builder.replace(all, content))
         .then(() => editor.selections = [new Selection(0, 0, 0, 0)]);