diff --git a/spcd.sh b/spcd.sh
index 808d706..a5d95c0 100644
--- a/spcd.sh
+++ b/spcd.sh
@@ -952,7 +952,18 @@ spcd_split() {
 spcd_step() {
     SPCD_STEP=$((SPCD_STEP + 1))
     SPCD_STEP_TEXT="${*}"
-    spcd_banner "${SPCD_STEP}" "${SPCD_STEP_TEXT}"
+    unset SPCD_SUBSTEP
+    spcd_banner "${SPCD_STEP}" "${SPCD_VERT}" "${SPCD_STEP_TEXT}"
+}
+
+spcd_substep() {
+    SPCD_SUBSTEP=$((SPCD_SUBSTEP + 1))
+    spcd_banner \
+    "${SPCD_STEP}.${SPCD_SUBSTEP}" \
+    "${SPCD_VERT}" \
+    "${SPCD_STEP_TEXT}" \
+    "${SPCD_VERT}" \
+    "${*}"
 }
 
 spcd_write() {