diff --git a/packer/communicator.go b/packer/communicator.go
index a86c115ad..aef1775a0 100644
--- a/packer/communicator.go
+++ b/packer/communicator.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"unicode"
 
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common/iochan"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/iochan"
 )
 
 // CmdDisconnect is a sentinel value to indicate a RemoteCmd
@@ -115,30 +115,52 @@ func (r *RemoteCmd) RunWithUi(ctx context.Context, c Communicator, ui Ui) error
 		r.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(r.Stderr, stderr_w)
 	}
 
-	// Loop and get all our output until done.
-	printFn := func(in io.Reader, out func(string)) error {
-		for output := range iochan.LineReader(in) {
+	// Start the command
+	if err := c.Start(ctx, r); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create the channels we'll use for data
+	stdoutCh := iochan.DelimReader(stdout_r, '\n')
+	stderrCh := iochan.DelimReader(stderr_r, '\n')
+
+	// Start the goroutine to watch for the exit
+	go func() {
+		defer stdout_w.Close()
+		defer stderr_w.Close()
+		r.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	// Loop and get all our output
+OutputLoop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case output := <-stderrCh:
+			if output != "" {
+				ui.Error(r.cleanOutputLine(output))
+			}
+		case output := <-stdoutCh:
 			if output != "" {
-				out(output)
+				ui.Message(r.cleanOutputLine(output))
 			}
+		case <-r.exitCh:
+			break OutputLoop
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
 		}
-		return nil
 	}
 
-	wg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-
-	wg.Go(func() error { return printFn(stdout_r, ui.Message) })
-	wg.Go(func() error { return printFn(stderr_r, ui.Error) })
-
-	if err := c.Start(ctx, r); err != nil {
-		return err
+	// Make sure we finish off stdout/stderr because we may have gotten
+	// a message from the exit channel before finishing these first.
+	for output := range stdoutCh {
+		ui.Message(r.cleanOutputLine(output))
 	}
-	select {
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return ctx.Err()
-	case <-r.exitCh:
-		return nil
+
+	for output := range stderrCh {
+		ui.Error(r.cleanOutputLine(output))
 	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // SetExited is a helper for setting that this process is exited. This
@@ -174,3 +196,19 @@ func (r *RemoteCmd) initchan() {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+// cleanOutputLine cleans up a line so that '\r' don't muck up the
+// UI output when we're reading from a remote command.
+func (r *RemoteCmd) cleanOutputLine(line string) string {
+	// Trim surrounding whitespace
+	line = strings.TrimRightFunc(line, unicode.IsSpace)
+
+	// Trim up to the first carriage return, since that text would be
+	// lost anyways.
+	idx := strings.LastIndex(line, "\r")
+	if idx > -1 {
+		line = line[idx+1:]
+	}
+
+	return line
+}
diff --git a/packer/rpc/communicator.go b/packer/rpc/communicator.go
index 814dc05ca..2f2e8ee5f 100644
--- a/packer/rpc/communicator.go
+++ b/packer/rpc/communicator.go
@@ -101,10 +101,13 @@ func (c *communicator) Start(ctx context.Context, cmd *packer.RemoteCmd) (err er
 
 	go func() {
 		conn, err := c.mux.Accept(responseStreamId)
+		log.Printf("Megan waiting...")
 		wg.Wait()
+		log.Printf("Megan done waiting...")
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[ERR] Error accepting response stream %d: %s",
 				responseStreamId, err)
+			log.Printf("Megan SetExited 1...")
 			cmd.SetExited(123)
 			return
 		}
@@ -115,15 +118,19 @@ func (c *communicator) Start(ctx context.Context, cmd *packer.RemoteCmd) (err er
 		if err := decoder.Decode(&finished); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[ERR] Error decoding response stream %d: %s",
 				responseStreamId, err)
+			log.Printf("Megan SetExited 2...")
 			cmd.SetExited(123)
 			return
 		}
 
 		log.Printf("[INFO] RPC client: Communicator ended with: %d", finished.ExitStatus)
+		log.Printf("Megan SetExited 3...")
 		cmd.SetExited(finished.ExitStatus)
 	}()
 
+	log.Printf("Megan, calling communicator using c.client.call")
 	err = c.client.Call("Communicator.Start", &args, new(interface{}))
+	log.Printf("Megan, returned from communicator.Start c.client.call")
 	return
 }
 
@@ -202,6 +209,7 @@ func (c *communicator) Download(path string, w io.Writer) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (c *CommunicatorServer) Start(args *CommunicatorStartArgs, reply *interface{}) error {
+	log.Println("Megan inside communicatorServer")
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 
 	// Build the RemoteCmd on this side so that it all pipes over