diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 43bf598..4908160 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ name = "aquatic_bench"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aquatic",
+ "indicatif",
  "mimalloc",
  "num-format",
  "plotly",
@@ -97,6 +98,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -128,6 +140,18 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4785bdd1c96b2a846b2bd7cc02e86b6b3dbf14e7e53446c4f54c92a361040822"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clicolors-control"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90082ee5dcdd64dc4e9e0d37fbf3ee325419e39c0092191e0393df65518f741e"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cmake"
 version = "0.1.42"
@@ -137,6 +161,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6728a28023f207181b193262711102bfbaf47cc9d13bc71d0736607ef8efe88c"
+dependencies = [
+ "clicolors-control",
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "regex",
+ "termios",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-random"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -168,6 +208,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -213,6 +259,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49a68371cf417889c9d7f98235b7102ea7c54fc59bcbd22f3dea785be9d27e40"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.5"
@@ -421,6 +479,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17b02fc0ff9a9e4b35b3342880f48e896ebf69f2967921fe8646bf5b7125956a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "plotly"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -632,6 +696,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termios"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f0fcee7b24a25675de40d5bb4de6e41b0df07bc9856295e7e2b3a3600c400c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -650,6 +723,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "caaa9d531767d1ff2150b9332433f32a24622147e5ebb1f26409d5da67afd479"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 1877cae..ce71f97 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     * Cleaner code
     * Stack-allocated vector?
 * Benchmarks
-    * Nicer progress output
     * Better black_box (or make sure to consume data)
     * Send in connect reponse ids to other functions as integration test
 
diff --git a/aquatic_bench/Cargo.toml b/aquatic_bench/Cargo.toml
index ae311fd..1fa1347 100644
--- a/aquatic_bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic_bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ name = "plot_pareto"
 
 [dependencies]
 aquatic = { path = "../aquatic" }
+indicatif = "0.14"
 mimalloc = "0.1"
 num-format = "0.4"
 plotly = "0.4"
diff --git a/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/main.rs b/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/main.rs
index 79edbbe..6530f29 100644
--- a/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/main.rs
+++ b/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle, ProgressIterator};
 use num_format::{Locale, ToFormattedString};
 use rand::{Rng, thread_rng, rngs::SmallRng, SeedableRng};
 
@@ -49,14 +50,23 @@ fn main(){
     let mut announce_data = (0.0, 0.0);
     let mut scrape_data = (0.0, 0.0);
 
+    fn create_progress_bar(name: &str, iterations: u64) -> ProgressBar {
+        let t = format!("{:<16} {}", name, "{wide_bar} {pos:>2}/{len:>2}");
+        let style = ProgressStyle::default_bar().template(&t);
+
+        ProgressBar::new(iterations).with_style(style)
+    }
+
+    println!("# Benchmarking request handlers\n");
+
     {
         let requests = connect::create_requests();
 
         ::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
 
-        for round in 0..num_rounds {
-            println!("# Round {}/{}\n", round + 1, num_rounds);
+        let pb = create_progress_bar("Connect handler", num_rounds);
 
+        for _ in (0..num_rounds).progress_with(pb){
             let d = connect::bench(requests.clone());
             connect_data.0 += d.0;
             connect_data.1 += d.1;
@@ -76,9 +86,9 @@ fn main(){
 
         ::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
 
-        for round in 0..num_rounds {
-            println!("# Round {}/{}\n", round + 1, num_rounds);
+        let pb = create_progress_bar("Announce handler", num_rounds);
 
+        for round in (0..num_rounds).progress_with(pb) {
             let state = State::new();
 
             let time = Time(Instant::now());
@@ -124,23 +134,20 @@ fn main(){
 
         ::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
 
-        for round in 0..num_rounds {
-            println!("# Round {}/{}\n", round + 1, num_rounds);
+        let pb = create_progress_bar("Scrape handler", num_rounds);
 
+        for _ in (0..num_rounds).progress_with(pb) {
             let d = scrape::bench(&state, requests.clone());
             scrape_data.0 += d.0;
             scrape_data.1 += d.1;
-
-            println!();
         }
     }
 
+    println!("\n## Average results over {} rounds\n", num_rounds);
 
-    println!("# Average results over {} rounds\n", num_rounds);
-
-    print_results!("connect handler: ", num_rounds, connect_data);
-    print_results!("announce handler:", num_rounds, announce_data);
-    print_results!("scrape handler:  ", num_rounds, scrape_data);
+    print_results!("Connect handler: ", num_rounds, connect_data);
+    print_results!("Announce handler:", num_rounds, announce_data);
+    print_results!("Scrape handler:  ", num_rounds, scrape_data);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/scrape.rs b/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/scrape.rs
index b40af7f..3342153 100644
--- a/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/scrape.rs
+++ b/aquatic_bench/src/bin/bench_handlers/scrape.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ pub fn bench(
 
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    println!("running benchmark..");
-
     handle_scrape_requests(
         &state,
         &mut responses,