diff --git a/code/templates/mfl b/code/templates/mfl
index 339d442..3fd2353 100755
--- a/code/templates/mfl
+++ b/code/templates/mfl
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ _write() {
 _write_folder() { # name, file
   tar c "$2" | \
   curl -fL -w "\n" -F file="@-" -X POST \
+    --progress-bar \
     -H "Name: $1" \
     -H "Max-Downloads: $MAXDL" \
     -H "Expires-Days: $MAXDAYS" \
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ _write_folder() { # name, file
 }
 _write_file() { # name, file
   curl -fL -w "\n" -F file="@$2" -X POST \
+    --progress-bar \
     -H "Name: $1" \
     -H "Max-Downloads: $MAXDL" \
     -H "Expires-Days: $MAXDAYS" \
@@ -120,8 +122,9 @@ _write_file() { # name, file
     "$MFL_ROOTURL"/upload
 }
 _write_stdin() { # name
-  cat - \
+  cat - | \
   curl -fL -w "\n" -F file="@-" -X POST \
+    --progress-bar \
     -H "Name: $1" \
     -H "Max-Downloads: $MAXDL" \
     -H "Expires-Days: $MAXDAYS" \