diff --git a/scripts/create_addon b/scripts/create_addon
index fd99cbe293..9810789490 100755
--- a/scripts/create_addon
+++ b/scripts/create_addon
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ pack_addon() {
       if [ "$ADDON_OVERWRITE" = "yes" ]; then
         rm $ADDON_INSTALL_DIR/$PKG_ADDON_ID-$ADDONVER.zip
       else
-        printf  "%${BUILD_INDENT}c $(print_color CLR_WARNING "*** WARNING: $PKG_ADDON_ID-$ADDONVER.zip already exists. not overwriting it ***")\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+        build_msg "CLR_WARNING" "*** WARNING: ${PKG_ADDON_ID}-${ADDONVER}.zip already exists. Not overwrittng it. ***"
         return 0
       fi
     fi
     cd $ADDON_BUILD
-    printf  "%${BUILD_INDENT}c $(print_color CLR_INFO "*** compressing Addon $PKG_ADDON_ID ... ***")\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+    build_msg "CLR_INFO" "*** compressing addon ${PKG_ADDON_ID} ... ***"
     $TOOLCHAIN/bin/7za a -l -mx9 -bsp0 -bso0 -tzip $PKG_ADDON_ID-$ADDONVER.zip $PKG_ADDON_ID
     cd - &>/dev/null
 
@@ -158,20 +158,20 @@ pack_addon() {
       ( cd $ADDON_JENKINS_DIR
         sha256sum $ADDON_JENKINS_ADDON_NAME.zip > $ADDON_JENKINS_ADDON_NAME.zip.sha256
       )
-      printf  "%${BUILD_INDENT}c $(print_color CLR_INFO "*** creating $ADDON_JENKINS_ADDON_NAME.zip for Jenkins complete ***")\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+      build_msg "CLR_INFO" "*** creating ${ADDON_JENKINS_ADDON_NAME}.zip for Jenkins complete ***"
     else
-      printf  "%${BUILD_INDENT}c $(print_color CLR_INFO "*** creating $PKG_ADDON_ID complete ***")\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+      build_msg "CLR_INFO" "*** creating  ${PKG_ADDON_ID} complete ***"
     fi
   fi
 }
 
 not_supported_arch() {
-  printf  "%${BUILD_INDENT}c $(print_color CLR_WARNING "*** SKIP: $PKG_ADDON_ID: '${DEVICE:-$PROJECT}' not supported ***")\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+  build_msg "CLR_WARNING" "*** SKIP: ${PKG_ADDON_ID} '${TARGET_ARCH}' not supported ***"
   exit 0
 }
 
 not_supported_device() {
-  printf  "%${BUILD_INDENT}c $(print_color CLR_WARNING "*** SKIP: $PKG_ADDON_ID: '$TARGET_ARCH' not supported ***")\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+  build_msg "CLR_WARNING" "*** SKIP: ${PKG_ADDON_ID}: '${DEVICE:-${PROJECT}}' not supported ***"
   exit 0
 }
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ case "$write_logs" in
 esac
 if [ -n "$log_path" ]; then
   mkdir -p "$log_path"
-  summary_file="$log_path/addon-summary.log"  
+  summary_file="$log_path/addon-summary.log"
   rm -f $summary_file
 fi