diff --git a/lib/metadataTypes/Asset.js b/lib/metadataTypes/Asset.js
index 71e689d1f..baa9ae48f 100644
--- a/lib/metadataTypes/Asset.js
+++ b/lib/metadataTypes/Asset.js
@@ -282,7 +282,11 @@ class Asset extends MetadataType {
             }
             // we have to wait on execution or it potentially causes memory reference issues when changing between BUs
             await this.requestAndSaveExtended(items, subType, retrieveDir, templateVariables);
-            Util.logger.debug(`Downloaded asset-${subType}: ${items.length}`);
+            if (Util.isRunViaVSCodeExtension) {
+                Util.logger.info(`  Downloaded asset-${subType}: ${items.length}`);
+            } else {
+                Util.logger.debug(`Downloaded asset-${subType}: ${items.length}`);
+            }
         } else if (retrieveDir && !items.length) {
             Util.logger.info(`  Downloaded asset-${subType}: ${items.length}`);
         }
diff --git a/lib/util/util.js b/lib/util/util.js
index 38c009020..89d2c63d6 100644
--- a/lib/util/util.js
+++ b/lib/util/util.js
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
  * Util that contains logger and simple util methods
  */
 export const Util = {
+    isRunViaVSCodeExtension:
+        process.env.VSCODE_AMD_ENTRYPOINT === 'vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess' || // run via VSCode extension
+        process.env.VSCODE_CRASH_REPORTER_PROCESS_TYPE === 'extensionHost',
     authFileName: '.mcdev-auth.json',
     boilerplateDirectory: '../../boilerplate',
     configFileName: '.mcdevrc.json',
@@ -275,8 +278,7 @@ export const Util = {
         //   silly: 6
         // }
         if (
-            process.env.VSCODE_AMD_ENTRYPOINT === 'vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess' || // run via VSCode extension
-            process.env.VSCODE_CRASH_REPORTER_PROCESS_TYPE === 'extensionHost' || // run via VSCode extension
+            this.isRunViaVSCodeExtension || // run via VSCode extension
             process.env.FORK_PROCESS_ID || // run via Git-Fork
             process.env.PATH.toLowerCase().includes('sourcetree') // run via Atlassian SourceTree
         ) {
diff --git a/test/resourceFactory.js b/test/resourceFactory.js
index e23a81013..39281b09e 100644
--- a/test/resourceFactory.js
+++ b/test/resourceFactory.js
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ const attributeParser = new XMLParser({ ignoreAttributes: false });
 let color;
 
 /* eslint-disable unicorn/prefer-ternary */
-if (
-    process.env.VSCODE_AMD_ENTRYPOINT === 'vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess' ||
-    process.env.VSCODE_CRASH_REPORTER_PROCESS_TYPE === 'extensionHost'
-) {
+if (Util.isRunViaVSCodeExtension) {
     // when we execute the test in a VSCode extension host, we don't want CLI color codes.
     // @ts-expect-error hacky way to get rid of colors - ts doesn't appreciate the hack
     color = new Proxy(