diff --git a/install_obitools.sh b/install_obitools.sh
index ffb9652..3e05d1a 100755
--- a/install_obitools.sh
+++ b/install_obitools.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ GOURL=$(curl -s "${URL}${GOFILE}" \
 
 echo "Installing Go from: $GOURL" 1>&2
 
-curl -s "$GOURL" | tar zxf -
+curl --progress-bar "$GOURL" | tar zxf -
 
 PATH="$(pwd)/go/bin:$PATH"
 export PATH
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ mkdir -p "$GOCACHE"
 echo "Downloading OBITools4 v${VERSION}..." 1>&2
 echo "Source URL: $OBIURL4" 1>&2
 
-if ! curl -sL "$OBIURL4" > obitools4.zip; then
+if ! curl --progress-bar -L "$OBIURL4" > obitools4.zip; then
   echo "Error: Could not download OBITools4 version ${VERSION}" 1>&2
   echo "Please check that this version exists with: $0 --list" 1>&2
   exit 1