diff --git a/pkg/agent/runtime.go b/pkg/agent/runtime.go
index afd347e..6a5d424 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/runtime.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package agent
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/aylei/kubectl-debug/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/strslice"
@@ -41,24 +42,64 @@ type DebugAttacher struct {
 	runtime *RuntimeManager
 	image   string
 	command []string
+	client  *dockerclient.Client
+
+	// control the preparing of debug container
+	stopListenEOF chan struct{}
+	context       context.Context
+	cancel        context.CancelFunc
 }
 
 func (a *DebugAttacher) AttachContainer(name string, uid kubetype.UID, container string, in io.Reader, out, err io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan remotecommand.TerminalSize) error {
-	return a.runtime.DebugContainer(container, a.image, a.command, in, out, err, tty, resize)
+	return a.DebugContainer(container, a.image, a.command, in, out, err, tty, resize)
 }
 
 // GetAttacher returns an implementation of Attacher
-func (m *RuntimeManager) GetAttacher(image string, command []string) kubeletremote.Attacher {
-	return &DebugAttacher{runtime: m, image: image, command: command}
+func (m *RuntimeManager) GetAttacher(image string, command []string, context context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) kubeletremote.Attacher {
+	return &DebugAttacher{
+		runtime:       m,
+		image:         image,
+		command:       command,
+		context:       context,
+		client:        m.client,
+		cancel:        cancel,
+		stopListenEOF: make(chan struct{}),
+	}
 }
 
 // DebugContainer executes the main debug flow
-func (m *RuntimeManager) DebugContainer(container, image string, command []string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan remotecommand.TerminalSize) error {
+func (m *DebugAttacher) DebugContainer(container, image string, command []string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan remotecommand.TerminalSize) error {
 
 	log.Printf("Accept new debug reqeust:\n\t target container: %s \n\t image: %s \n\t command: %v \n", container, image, command)
 
+	// the following steps may takes much time,
+	// so we listen to EOF from stdin
+	// which helps user to terminate the procedure proactively
+
+	// FIXME: the following logic will 'eat' a character
+	//var buf bytes.Buffer
+	//tee := io.TeeReader(stdin, &buf)
+	//go func() {
+	//	p := make([]byte, 4)
+	//	OUTER:
+	//	for {
+	//		select {
+	//		case <- m.stopListenEOF:
+	//			break OUTER
+	//		default:
+	//			n, err := tee.Read(p)
+	//			// 4 -> EOT
+	//			if (n > 0 && binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(p) == 4) || err == io.EOF {
+	//				log.Println("receive ctrl-d or EOF when preparing debug container, cancel session")
+	//				m.cancel()
+	//				break OUTER
+	//			}
+	//		}
+	//	}
+	//} ()
+
 	// step 1: pull image
-	stdout.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("pulling image %s ...\n\r", image)))
+	stdout.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("pulling image %s... \n\r", image)))
 	err := m.PullImage(image, stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -74,6 +115,10 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) DebugContainer(container, image string, command []strin
 
 	// step 3: attach tty
 	stdout.Write([]byte("container created, open tty...\n\r"))
+
+	// from now on, should pipe stdin to the container and no long read stdin
+	// close(m.stopListenEOF)
+
 	if err := m.AttachToContainer(id, stdin, stdout, stderr, tty, resize); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -82,7 +127,7 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) DebugContainer(container, image string, command []strin
 
 // Run a new container, this container will join the network,
 // mount, and pid namespace of the given container
-func (m *RuntimeManager) RunDebugContainer(targetId string, image string, command []string) (string, error) {
+func (m *DebugAttacher) RunDebugContainer(targetId string, image string, command []string) (string, error) {
 
 	createdBody, err := m.CreateContainer(targetId, image, command)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -94,8 +139,8 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) RunDebugContainer(targetId string, image string, comman
 	return createdBody.ID, nil
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) StartContainer(id string) error {
-	ctx, cancel := m.getTimeoutContext()
+func (m *DebugAttacher) StartContainer(id string) error {
+	ctx, cancel := m.getContextWithTimeout()
 	defer cancel()
 	err := m.client.ContainerStart(ctx, id, types.ContainerStartOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -104,7 +149,7 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) StartContainer(id string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) CreateContainer(targetId string, image string, command []string) (*container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody, error) {
+func (m *DebugAttacher) CreateContainer(targetId string, image string, command []string) (*container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody, error) {
 
 	config := &container.Config{
 		Entrypoint: strslice.StrSlice(command),
@@ -119,7 +164,7 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) CreateContainer(targetId string, image string, command
 		IpcMode:     container.IpcMode(m.containerMode(targetId)),
 		PidMode:     container.PidMode(m.containerMode(targetId)),
 	}
-	ctx, cancel := m.getTimeoutContext()
+	ctx, cancel := m.getContextWithTimeout()
 	defer cancel()
 	body, err := m.client.ContainerCreate(ctx, config, hostConfig, nil, "")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -128,21 +173,21 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) CreateContainer(targetId string, image string, command
 	return &body, nil
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) PullImage(image string, stdout io.WriteCloser) error {
-	ctx, cancel := m.getTimeoutContext()
-	defer cancel()
-	out, err := m.client.ImagePull(ctx, image, types.ImagePullOptions{})
+func (m *DebugAttacher) PullImage(image string, stdout io.WriteCloser) error {
+	// image pull can be time consuming, just pass the request context
+	out, err := m.client.ImagePull(m.context, image, types.ImagePullOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer out.Close()
 	// write pull progress to user
-	io.Copy(stdout, out)
+	term.DisplayDockerJsonStream(out, stdout)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) CleanContainer(id string) {
-	ctx, cancel := m.getTimeoutContext()
+func (m *DebugAttacher) CleanContainer(id string) {
+	// cleanup procedure should use background context
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), m.runtime.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 	// wait the container gracefully exit
 	statusCh, errCh := m.client.ContainerWait(ctx, id, container.WaitConditionNotRunning)
@@ -164,8 +209,9 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) CleanContainer(id string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) RmContainer(id string, force bool) error {
-	ctx, cancel := m.getTimeoutContext()
+func (m *DebugAttacher) RmContainer(id string, force bool) error {
+	// cleanup procedure should use background context
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), m.runtime.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 	err := m.client.ContainerRemove(ctx, id,
 		types.ContainerRemoveOptions{
@@ -178,7 +224,7 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) RmContainer(id string, force bool) error {
 }
 
 // AttachToContainer do `docker attach`
-func (m *RuntimeManager) AttachToContainer(container string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan remotecommand.TerminalSize) error {
+func (m *DebugAttacher) AttachToContainer(container string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.WriteCloser, tty bool, resize <-chan remotecommand.TerminalSize) error {
 	HandleResizing(resize, func(size remotecommand.TerminalSize) {
 		m.resizeContainerTTY(container, uint(size.Height), uint(size.Width))
 	})
@@ -195,7 +241,7 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) AttachToContainer(container string, stdin io.Reader, st
 		ErrorStream:  stderr,
 		RawTerminal:  tty,
 	}
-	ctx, cancel := m.getTimeoutContext()
+	ctx, cancel := m.getContextWithTimeout()
 	defer cancel()
 	resp, err := m.client.ContainerAttach(ctx, container, opts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -208,7 +254,7 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) AttachToContainer(container string, stdin io.Reader, st
 
 // holdHijackedConnection hold the HijackedResponse, redirect the inputStream to the connection, and redirect the response
 // stream to stdout and stderr. NOTE: If needed, we could also add context in this function.
-func (m *RuntimeManager) holdHijackedConnection(tty bool, inputStream io.Reader, outputStream, errorStream io.Writer, resp types.HijackedResponse) error {
+func (m *DebugAttacher) holdHijackedConnection(tty bool, inputStream io.Reader, outputStream, errorStream io.Writer, resp types.HijackedResponse) error {
 	receiveStdout := make(chan error)
 	if outputStream != nil || errorStream != nil {
 		go func() {
@@ -236,7 +282,7 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) holdHijackedConnection(tty bool, inputStream io.Reader,
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) redirectResponseToOutputStream(tty bool, outputStream, errorStream io.Writer, resp io.Reader) error {
+func (m *DebugAttacher) redirectResponseToOutputStream(tty bool, outputStream, errorStream io.Writer, resp io.Reader) error {
 	if outputStream == nil {
 		outputStream = ioutil.Discard
 	}
@@ -252,8 +298,8 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) redirectResponseToOutputStream(tty bool, outputStream,
 	return err
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) resizeContainerTTY(id string, height, width uint) error {
-	ctx, cancel := m.getTimeoutContext()
+func (m *DebugAttacher) resizeContainerTTY(id string, height, width uint) error {
+	ctx, cancel := m.getContextWithTimeout()
 	defer cancel()
 	return m.client.ContainerResize(ctx, id, types.ResizeOptions{
 		Height: height,
@@ -261,10 +307,10 @@ func (m *RuntimeManager) resizeContainerTTY(id string, height, width uint) error
 	})
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) getTimeoutContext() (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
-	return context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), m.timeout)
+func (m *DebugAttacher) getContextWithTimeout() (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	return context.WithTimeout(m.context, m.runtime.timeout)
 }
 
-func (m *RuntimeManager) containerMode(id string) string {
+func (m *DebugAttacher) containerMode(id string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("container:%s", id)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/agent/server.go b/pkg/agent/server.go
index 2acfb2f..fb39305 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/server.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/server.go
@@ -97,11 +97,14 @@ func (s *Server) ServeDebug(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		TTY:    true,
 	}
 
+	context, cancel := context.WithCancel(req.Context())
+	defer cancel()
+
 	// replace Attacher implementation to hook the ServeAttach procedure
 	kubeletremote.ServeAttach(
 		w,
 		req,
-		s.runtimeApi.GetAttacher(image, commandSlice),
+		s.runtimeApi.GetAttacher(image, commandSlice, context, cancel),
 		"",
 		"",
 		dockerContainerId,
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/cmd.go b/pkg/plugin/cmd.go
index 630efb8..1edc4d6 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/cmd.go
@@ -140,14 +140,13 @@ func (o *DebugOptions) Validate() error {
 }
 
 func (o *DebugOptions) Run() error {
-	fmt.Printf("Run command, namespace: %s, podName: %s, command: %v \n\r", o.Namespace, o.PodName, o.Command)
 
 	pod, err := o.PodClient.Pods(o.Namespace).Get(o.PodName, v1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodSucceeded || pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodFailed {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot exec into a container in a completed pod; current phase is %s", pod.Status.Phase)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot debug in a completed pod; current phase is %s", pod.Status.Phase)
 	}
 	hostIP := pod.Status.HostIP
 
@@ -175,6 +174,8 @@ func (o *DebugOptions) Run() error {
 		o.ErrOut = nil
 	}
 
+	hostIP = "localhost"
+	containerId = "docker://2a69a97f73720793a14a5e4bef3480a43c7c656310a100ef6260820bd872bb08"
 	fn := func() error {
 
 		// TODO: refactor as kubernetes api style, reuse rbac mechanism of kubernetes
diff --git a/pkg/util/jsonstream.go b/pkg/util/jsonstream.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..364cac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/jsonstream.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package term
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+type JSONError struct {
+	Code    int    `json:"code,omitempty"`
+	Message string `json:"message,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type JSONMessage struct {
+	Status          string     `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	ID              string     `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	From            string     `json:"from,omitempty"`
+	Time            int64      `json:"time,omitempty"`
+	TimeNano        int64      `json:"timeNano,omitempty"`
+	ProgressMessage string     `json:"progress,omitempty"`
+	Error           *JSONError `json:"errorDetail,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (jm *JSONMessage) Display(out io.Writer) error {
+
+	if jm.Error != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "error pulling image, %s\n\r", jm.Error.Message)
+		return nil
+	}
+	// do not display progress bar
+	if len(jm.ProgressMessage) > 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "\t%s %s \n\r", jm.Status, jm.ID)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DisplayJsonStream parse the json input from `in` and pipe the necessary message to `out`
+func DisplayDockerJsonStream(in io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
+
+	var (
+		dec = json.NewDecoder(in)
+	)
+
+	for {
+		var jm JSONMessage
+		if err := dec.Decode(&jm); err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		err := jm.Display(out)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}