diff --git a/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go b/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go
index fa8283e..7d3a298 100644
--- a/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go
+++ b/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package DirectoryIndexers
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/dlclark/regexp2"
+	"github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -41,10 +42,12 @@ func Index(path string, results chan FileList) {
 	FL.Files = make(map[string]VideoFile)
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
+	bar := progressbar.NewOptions(len(fileList),
+		progressbar.OptionSetDescription("Scanning files + metadata..."))
+
 	for _, video := range fileList {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(video os.FileInfo) {
-
 			extension := filepath.Ext(video.Name())[1:]
 			// check if extension is one of valid yt-dlp extensions, if not ignore file
 			switch extension {
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ func Index(path string, results chan FileList) {
 				wg.Done()
 				return
 			}
+
 			metadataBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonMetadataFile)
 			_ = jsonMetadataFile.Close()
 
@@ -101,11 +105,15 @@ func Index(path string, results chan FileList) {
 			}
 			FL.Unlock()
 
+			_ = bar.Add(1)
 			wg.Done()
 		}(video)
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()
+	if !bar.IsFinished() {
+		_ = bar.Finish()
+	}
 
 	results <- FL
 	close(results)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 122cc98..b7ca66c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,16 @@ module ytdlp-viewer
 
 go 1.17
 
-require github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0
+require (
+	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0
+	github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3 v3.8.3
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210910150752-751e447fb3d0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1c975a8..ccd5025 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,33 @@
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 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0 h1:F1rxgk7p4uKjwIQxBs9oAXe5CqrXlCduYEJvrF4u93E=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0/go.mod h1:2pZnwuY/m+8K6iRw6wQdMtk+rH5tNGR1i55kozfMjCc=
+github.com/k0kubun/go-ansi v0.0.0-20180517002512-3bf9e2903213/go.mod h1:vNUNkEQ1e29fT/6vq2aBdFsgNPmy8qMdSay1npru+Sw=
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