diff --git a/files/archive_subfolders b/files/archive_subfolders
index 161a6c8..f0b2e89 100755
--- a/files/archive_subfolders
+++ b/files/archive_subfolders
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 function helpexit() {
     echo Archive the subfolders of the current directory
     echo "  -z  Compress. If not passed, will ask after tar archive"
+    echo "  -n  No compression. Exit after tar archive"
     exit
 }
+function fsize() {
+    echo -en "\e[2K\r"
+    ls -sh "$1" | xargs echo -n
+}
 
 [[ "$1" = "-h" ]] && helpexit
 
@@ -21,14 +26,18 @@ find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | sort | while read -r -d "" d; d
   echo -n $d
   tar cvf "$d.tar" $d > "$d.tar.txt" &
   PID=$!
-  while kill -0 "$PID" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-    sleep 5
-    echo -en "\r"
-    ls -sh "$d.tar" | xargs echo -n
+  while kill -0 "$PID" &>/dev/null; do
+    for i in {1..5}; do
+        sleep $i; kill -0 "$PID" &>/dev/null || break 2
+    done
+    fsize "$d.tar"
   done
-  echo -en "\r"
-  ls -sh "$d.tar" 
+  fsize "$d.tar" 
+  echo ''
 done
+[[ "$1" = "-n" ]] && {
+    exit
+}
 [[ "$1" = "-z" ]] || {
     echo 'Proceed to compress? <ctrl-c> to quit'
     read foo
@@ -39,11 +48,12 @@ find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | sort | while read -r -d "" d; d
   gzip "$d.tar" 
   PID=$!
   while kill -0 "$PID" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-    sleep 5
-    echo -en "\r"
-    ls -sh "$d.tar" | xargs echo -n
+    for i in {1..5}; do
+        sleep $i; kill -0 "$PID" &>/dev/null || break 2
+    done
+    fsize "$d.tar.gz"
   done
-  echo -en "\r"
-  ls -sh "$d.tar" 
+  fsize "$d.tar.gz"
+  echo '' 
 done