diff --git a/atom b/atom
index db0ae0d..9fb14f4 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ getFiles() {
 	do
 		prunes+="-path $sourcepath$prune_expression -prune -o "
 	done
+	echo -n "Scanning $sourcepath...  "
 	# We probably have thousands of files, don't waste time on disk writes
 	echo 'BEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
 	while read time size filename
@@ -595,7 +596,7 @@ getFiles() {
 			then
 				echo 'COMMIT;BEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
 				(( debug ))	\
-				&& echo -e "\rIdentified $new files, committing..."
+				&& echo -ne "\bCommitted $count files...  "
 			fi
 		else
 			Update source_files last_seen $scantime <<-EOWhere
@@ -603,10 +604,10 @@ getFiles() {
 			EOWhere
 		fi
 		case $(( ++count % 40 )) in
-			0) echo -ne '\r|' ;;
-			10) echo -ne '\r/' ;;
-			20) echo -en '\r-' ;;
-			30) echo -ne '\r\\' ;;
+			0) echo -ne '\b|' ;;
+			10) echo -ne '\b/' ;;
+			20) echo -en '\b-' ;;
+			30) echo -ne '\b\\' ;;
 			*) ;;
 		esac
 	done < <(
@@ -1069,7 +1070,7 @@ do
 	then
 		echo 'COMMIT;BEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
 		(( debug ))					\
-		&& echo "	$count files read, committing..."
+		&& echo -n "	$count files read, committing..."
 	fi
 	if getTags
 	then