diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 082a6f8..79d7f50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 test/out
+__pycache__
diff --git a/2bit.py b/2bit.py
index b6c7ecb..aa33a26 100644
--- a/2bit.py
+++ b/2bit.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ dither = False
 # End of the configuration section
 
 import PIL.Image, sys, random
+sys.path.append(".")
+import libbar
 if len(sys.argv) >= 3:
     outfile = sys.argv[2]
 if len(sys.argv) >= 4:
@@ -29,8 +31,14 @@ elif bits == 1:
     mode = "1" # 1x1 bit unsigned integer
 out = PIL.Image.new(mode,image.size)
 colors = [int(i*255.0/(2**bits-1)) for i in range(2**bits)]
+bar = libbar.IncrementalBar(max = image.height * image.width)
+bar.start()
+i = 0
 for x in range(image.width):
     for y in range(image.height):
+        i += 1
+        bar.index = i
+        if i % 200 == 0: bar.update()
         pos = (x,y)
         color = image.getpixel(pos)
         if len(color) == 4:
@@ -47,3 +55,4 @@ for x in range(image.width):
             color[z] = colors[index]
         out.putpixel(pos, tuple(color))
 out.save(outfile)
+bar.finish()
diff --git a/libbar.py b/libbar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..effa764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+# This is directly copy pasted from pip
+# https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/master/pip/_vendor/progress/bar.py
+# I take no credit
+#
+
+
+#
+from time import time
+HIDE_CURSOR = '\x1b[?25l'
+SHOW_CURSOR = '\x1b[?25h'
+from collections import deque
+class WritelnMixin(object):
+    hide_cursor = False
+
+    def __init__(self, message=None, **kwargs):
+        super(WritelnMixin, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        if message:
+            self.message = message
+
+        if self.file.isatty() and self.hide_cursor:
+            print(HIDE_CURSOR, end='', file=self.file)
+
+    def clearln(self):
+        if self.file.isatty():
+            print('\r\x1b[K', end='', file=self.file)
+
+    def writeln(self, line):
+        if self.file.isatty():
+            self.clearln()
+            print(line, end='', file=self.file)
+            self.file.flush()
+
+    def finish(self):
+        if self.file.isatty():
+            print(file=self.file)
+            if self.hide_cursor:
+                print(SHOW_CURSOR, end='', file=self.file)
+class Infinite(object):
+    import sys
+    file = sys.stderr
+    sma_window = 10
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.index = 0
+        self.start_ts = time()
+        self._ts = self.start_ts
+        self._dt = deque(maxlen=self.sma_window)
+        for key, val in kwargs.items():
+            setattr(self, key, val)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        if key.startswith('_'):
+            return None
+        return getattr(self, key, None)
+
+    @property
+    def avg(self):
+        return sum(self._dt) / len(self._dt) if self._dt else 0
+
+    @property
+    def elapsed(self):
+        return int(time() - self.start_ts)
+
+    @property
+    def elapsed_td(self):
+        return timedelta(seconds=self.elapsed)
+
+    def update(self):
+        pass
+
+    def start(self):
+        pass
+
+    def finish(self):
+        pass
+
+    def next(self, n=1):
+        if n > 0:
+            now = time()
+            dt = (now - self._ts) / n
+            self._dt.append(dt)
+            self._ts = now
+
+        self.index = self.index + n
+        self.update()
+
+    def iter(self, it):
+        for x in it:
+            yield x
+            self.next()
+        self.finish()
+
+class Progress(Infinite):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(Progress, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.max = kwargs.get('max', 100)
+
+    @property
+    def eta(self):
+        return int(ceil(self.avg * self.remaining))
+
+    @property
+    def eta_td(self):
+        return timedelta(seconds=self.eta)
+
+    @property
+    def percent(self):
+        return self.progress * 100
+
+    @property
+    def progress(self):
+        return min(1, self.index / self.max)
+
+    @property
+    def remaining(self):
+        return max(self.max - self.index, 0)
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.update()
+
+    def goto(self, index):
+        incr = index - self.index
+        self.next(incr)
+
+    def iter(self, it):
+        try:
+            self.max = len(it)
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+
+        for x in it:
+            yield x
+            self.next()
+        self.finish()
+class Bar(WritelnMixin, Progress):
+    width = 32
+    message = ''
+    suffix = '%(index)d/%(max)d'
+    bar_prefix = ' |'
+    bar_suffix = '| '
+    empty_fill = ' '
+    fill = '#'
+    hide_cursor = True
+class IncrementalBar(Bar):
+    phases = (u' ', u'▏', u'▎', u'▍', u'▌', u'▋', u'▊', u'▉', u'█')
+
+    def update(self):
+        nphases = len(self.phases)
+        expanded_length = int(nphases * self.width * self.progress)
+        filled_length = int(self.width * self.progress)
+        empty_length = self.width - filled_length
+        phase = expanded_length - (filled_length * nphases)
+
+        message = self.message % self
+        bar = self.phases[-1] * filled_length
+        current = self.phases[phase] if phase > 0 else ''
+        empty = self.empty_fill * max(0, empty_length - len(current))
+        suffix = self.suffix % self
+        line = ''.join([message, self.bar_prefix, bar, current, empty,
+                        self.bar_suffix, suffix])
+        self.writeln(line)