diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 7977ce2..9e2531a 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -673,36 +673,6 @@ remaining=$taskcount
 failed=0
 while (( (remaining || ${#workers[@]}) && ! quit ))
 do
-	if read -n 1 -t 0.1 userinput
-	then
-		case $userinput in
-			'+')
-				((maxload++))
-			;;
-			'-')
-				((--maxload)) || ((maxload=1))
-			;;
-			[qQ])
-				quit=1
-			;;
-			[pP])
-				if (( pause ))
-				then
-					pause=0
-					((
-						pausedtime +=
-							$(date +%s) - pausestart
-					))
-					concurrencychange=$(date +%s)
-				else
-					pause=1
-					pausestart=$(date +%s)
-					(( concurrency = maxload / 2 ))
-					(( concurrency )) || concurrency=1
-				fi
-			;;
-		esac
-	fi
 	read humanload garbage < /proc/loadavg
 	load=${humanload%.*}
 	if [ -z "$quit" ]					\
@@ -980,7 +950,7 @@ do
 			'opus') extension=opus ;;
 			'vorbis') extension=ogg ;;
 		esac
-		(( cron )) || echo -n "$destination: rename pattern changed, renaming files...  "
+		(( cron )) || echo -en "$destination: rename pattern changed, renaming files...\033[K"
 		(( textunidecodeneeded )) && ascii
 		echo 'BEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
 		for line in "${renamefiles[@]}"