diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f41f30b7..7c41516b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
     - this also checks the config before applying it, so the lb doesn't crash on a faulty config
   - updating the loadbalancer writes the new config file and also checks if everything's going fine afterwards
 - helper images can now be set explicitly via environment variables: `K3D_IMAGE_LOADBALANCER` & `K3D_IMAGE_TOOLS` (#638)
+- concurrently add new nodes to an existing cluster (remove some dumb code) (#640)
+  - `--wait` is now the default for `k3d node create`
 
 ### Misc
 
 - tests/e2e: timeouts everywhere to avoid killing DroneCI (#638)
+- logs: really final output when creating/deleting nodes (so far, we were not outputting a final success message and the process was still doing stuff) (#640)
 
 ## v4.4.6
 
diff --git a/cmd/node/nodeCreate.go b/cmd/node/nodeCreate.go
index 3ded6faa..76151033 100644
--- a/cmd/node/nodeCreate.go
+++ b/cmd/node/nodeCreate.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func NewCmdNodeCreate() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("image", "i", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", k3d.DefaultK3sImageRepo, version.GetK3sVersion(false)), "Specify k3s image used for the node(s)")
 	cmd.Flags().String("memory", "", "Memory limit imposed on the node [From docker]")
 
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&createNodeOpts.Wait, "wait", false, "Wait for the node(s) to be ready before returning.")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&createNodeOpts.Wait, "wait", true, "Wait for the node(s) to be ready before returning.")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&createNodeOpts.Timeout, "timeout", 0*time.Second, "Maximum waiting time for '--wait' before canceling/returning.")
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceP("runtime-label", "", []string{}, "Specify container runtime labels in format \"foo=bar\"")
diff --git a/pkg/client/loadbalancer.go b/pkg/client/loadbalancer.go
index ec43d9fd..84843c0a 100644
--- a/pkg/client/loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/client/loadbalancer.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ func UpdateLoadbalancerConfig(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime, clu
 	}
 	log.Debugf("Writing lb config:\n%s", string(newLbConfigYaml))
 	startTime := time.Now().Truncate(time.Second).UTC()
-	log.Debugf("timestamp: %s", startTime.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z"))
 	if err := runtime.WriteToNode(ctx, newLbConfigYaml, k3d.DefaultLoadbalancerConfigPath, 0744, cluster.ServerLoadBalancer); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error writing new loadbalancer config to container: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ func UpdateLoadbalancerConfig(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime, clu
 			return LBConfigErrFailedTest
 		}
 	}
+	log.Infof("Successfully configured loadbalancer %s!", cluster.ServerLoadBalancer.Name)
 
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // waiting for a second, to avoid issues with too fast lb updates which would screw up the log waits
 
diff --git a/pkg/client/node.go b/pkg/client/node.go
index ef0dce2f..f0e00482 100644
--- a/pkg/client/node.go
+++ b/pkg/client/node.go
@@ -228,26 +228,13 @@ func NodeAddToClusterMulti(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime, nodes
 
 	nodeWaitGroup, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		if err := NodeAddToCluster(ctx, runtime, node, cluster, createNodeOpts); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if createNodeOpts.Wait {
-			currentNode := node
-			nodeWaitGroup.Go(func() error {
-				log.Debugf("Starting to wait for node '%s'", currentNode.Name)
-				readyLogMessage := k3d.ReadyLogMessageByRole[currentNode.Role]
-				if readyLogMessage != "" {
-					return NodeWaitForLogMessage(ctx, runtime, currentNode, readyLogMessage, time.Time{})
-				}
-				log.Warnf("NodeAddToClusterMulti: Set to wait for node %s to get ready, but there's no target log message defined", currentNode.Name)
-				return nil
-			})
-		}
+		currentNode := node
+		nodeWaitGroup.Go(func() error {
+			return NodeAddToCluster(ctx, runtime, currentNode, cluster, createNodeOpts)
+		})
 	}
 	if err := nodeWaitGroup.Wait(); err != nil {
-		log.Errorln("Failed to bring up all nodes in time. Check the logs:")
-		log.Errorf(">>> %+v", err)
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to add nodes")
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to add one or more nodes: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil