diff --git a/bin/gbench.py b/bin/gbench.py
index 7a1ff03..72d7f91 100644
--- a/bin/gbench.py
+++ b/bin/gbench.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     sys.exit(1)
 
   input_file, count = args
+  count = int(count)
 
   if options.meshtype == 'gmsh':
     g = ggrid(input_file, options.dimension)
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   i = 0
   outside = 0
   pbar = progressbar.ProgressBar().start()
-  while i < int(count):
+  while i < count:
     try:
       X = np.random.random((1,options.dimension))[0]
 
@@ -91,13 +92,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
       e = get_right_exact_func(options)(X)
 
       results[improved_answer(a, e)] += 1
-      pbar.update(i / count)
+      update = i/float(count) * 100
+      pbar.update(update)
       i += 1
     except Exception as e:
       # print e
       # print X, i, count
       outside += 1
 
-  pbar.finis()
+  pbar.finish()
   print "total skipped points: %d" % outside
   print results