diff --git a/bin/gbench.py b/bin/gbench.py
index fb1aa18..7a1ff03 100644
--- a/bin/gbench.py
+++ b/bin/gbench.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import numpy as np
 
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
+import progressbar
+
 import interp.bootstrap
 
 from   interp.grid.gmsh     import ggrid
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   results = {True:0, False:0}
   i = 0
   outside = 0
+  pbar = progressbar.ProgressBar().start()
   while i < int(count):
     try:
       X = np.random.random((1,options.dimension))[0]
@@ -88,11 +91,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
       e = get_right_exact_func(options)(X)
 
       results[improved_answer(a, e)] += 1
+      pbar.update(i / count)
       i += 1
     except Exception as e:
-      print e
-      print X, i, count
+      # print e
+      # print X, i, count
       outside += 1
 
+  pbar.finis()
   print "total skipped points: %d" % outside
   print results
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae93317..16beb3c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ setup(
                             'numpy',
                             'scipy',
                             'Delny',
+                            'progressbar',
                            ],