diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 41755018..84b4364a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def main():
         "six",
         "sox",
         "soundfile",
+        "tqdm",
     ]
 
     decoder_pypi_dep = ["coqui_stt_ctcdecoder == {}".format(version)]
diff --git a/training/coqui_stt_training/util/downloader.py b/training/coqui_stt_training/util/downloader.py
index f559fb58..db28ae24 100644
--- a/training/coqui_stt_training/util/downloader.py
+++ b/training/coqui_stt_training/util/downloader.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from os import makedirs, path
 
+from tqdm import tqdm
 import progressbar
 import requests
 
@@ -26,17 +27,11 @@ def maybe_download(archive_name, target_dir, archive_url):
         print('No archive "%s" - downloading...' % archive_path)
         req = requests.get(archive_url, stream=True)
         total_size = int(req.headers.get("content-length", 0))
-        done = 0
         with open_remote(archive_path, "wb") as f:
-            bar = progressbar.ProgressBar(
-                max_value=total_size if total_size > 0 else progressbar.UnknownLength,
-                widgets=SIMPLE_BAR,
-            )
-
-            for data in req.iter_content(1024 * 1024):
-                done += len(data)
-                f.write(data)
-                bar.update(done)
+            with tqdm(total=total_size) as bar:
+                for data in req.iter_content(1024 * 1024):
+                    f.write(data)
+                    bar.update(len(data))
     else:
         print('Found archive "%s" - not downloading.' % archive_path)
     return archive_path