diff --git a/wikizimmer.js b/wikizimmer.js
index fc8cb49..24d2853 100755
--- a/wikizimmer.js
+++ b/wikizimmer.js
@@ -57,9 +57,43 @@ const mimeMagic = new mmmagic.Magic( mmmagic.MAGIC_MIME_TYPE )
 const moment = require("moment")
 require("moment-duration-format")
 
+const cpuCount = os.cpus().length
+
 const startTime = Date.now()
 
-const cpuCount = os.cpus().length
+function elapsedStr( from , to = Date.now()) {
+    return moment.duration( to - from ).format('d[d]hh:mm:ss.SSS',{ stopTrim: "h" })
+}
+
+function print ( ...args ) {
+    console.log( ... args )
+}
+
+const tick = (( slow ) => {
+    let ping = 0
+    return () => {
+        if (( ping++ ) % slow == 0 )
+            osProcess.stdout.write( '.' )
+    }
+}) ( 100 )
+
+function log ( ...args ) {
+    if ( command.quiet )
+        return
+    else if ( command.verbose )
+        console.log( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
+    else
+        tick()
+}
+
+function warning ( ...args ) {
+    log( elapsedStr( startTime ), ...args )
+}
+
+function fatal ( ...args ) {
+    console.trace( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
+    osProcess.exit( 1 )
+}
 
 const mimeIds = []
 
@@ -79,23 +113,6 @@ function sanitizeFN ( name ) { // after https://github.com/pillarjs/encodeurl
 	}
 }
 
-function elapsedStr( from , to = Date.now()) {
-    return moment.duration( to - from ).format('d[d]hh:mm:ss.SSS',{ stopTrim: "h" })
-}
-
-function log ( ...args ) {
-    console.log( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
-}
-
-function warning ( ...args ) {
-    log( ...args )
-}
-
-function fatal ( ...args ) {
-    console.trace( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
-    osProcess.exit( 1 )
-}
-
 function mimeFromData ( data ) {
     return new Promise(( resolve, reject ) =>
         mimeMagic.detect( data, ( error, mimeType ) => {
@@ -1194,7 +1211,7 @@ async function getPages () {
             await batchPages( nameSpace )
         }
     }
-    log( '**************** done' )
+    log( '**************** download finished' )
 }
 
 async function loadCss( dom ) {
@@ -1205,9 +1222,7 @@ async function loadCss( dom ) {
 }
 
 async function initWikiDb () {
-
     let dbName = osPath.join( wiki.outPath, 'metadata.db' )
-
     try {
         await fs.unlink( dbName )
     } catch (err) {
@@ -1291,7 +1306,7 @@ async function core ( sampleURL, outPath ) {
     }
 }
 
-function main () {
+async function main () {
     command
     .version( packageInfo.version )
     .arguments( '<wiki-page-URL> [<output-path>]' )
@@ -1323,11 +1338,14 @@ function main () {
         return patterns.split( '|' )
         } )
     .option( '-r, --rmdir', 'delete destination directory before processing the source' )
+    .option( '-v, --verbose', 'print processing details on STDOUT' )
+    .option( '-q, --quiet', 'do not print on STDOUT' )
     .parse( process.argv )
 
     log( command.opts() )
 
-    core( ... command.args )
+    await core( ... command.args )
+    print( 'Done' )
 }
 
 main ()
diff --git a/zimmer.js b/zimmer.js
index e46a8b4..c3719ab 100755
--- a/zimmer.js
+++ b/zimmer.js
@@ -62,9 +62,44 @@ const mimeMagic = new mmmagic.Magic( mmmagic.MAGIC_MIME_TYPE )
 const moment = require("moment")
 require("moment-duration-format")
 
-const startTime = Date.now()
 const cpuCount = os.cpus().length
 
+const startTime = Date.now()
+
+function elapsedStr( from , to = Date.now()) {
+    return moment.duration( to - from ).format('d[d]hh:mm:ss.SSS',{ stopTrim: "h" })
+}
+
+function print ( ...args ) {
+    console.log( ... args )
+}
+
+const tick = (( slow ) => {
+    let ping = 0
+    return () => {
+        if (( ping++ ) % slow == 0 )
+            osProcess.stdout.write( '.' )
+    }
+}) ( 100 )
+
+function log ( ...args ) {
+    if ( command.quiet )
+        return
+    else if ( command.verbose )
+        console.log( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
+    else
+        tick()
+}
+
+function warning ( ...args ) {
+    log( elapsedStr( startTime ), ...args )
+}
+
+function fatal ( ...args ) {
+    console.trace( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
+    osProcess.exit( 1 )
+}
+
 var srcPath
 var outPath
 var out // output file writer
@@ -170,23 +205,6 @@ function getNameSpace ( mimeType ) {
     return '-'
 }
 
-function elapsedStr( from , to = Date.now()) {
-    return moment.duration( to - from ).format('d[d]hh:mm:ss.SSS',{ stopTrim: "h" })
-}
-
-function log ( ...args ) {
-    console.log( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
-}
-
-function warning ( ...args ) {
-    log( ...args )
-}
-
-function fatal ( ...args ) {
-    console.trace( elapsedStr( startTime ), ... args )
-    osProcess.exit( 1 )
-}
-
 function mimeFromData ( data ) {
     return new Promise(( resolve, reject ) =>
         mimeMagic.detect( data, ( error, mimeType ) => {
@@ -1615,6 +1633,7 @@ async function main () {
     .option( '-p, --publisher  <text>', 'creator of the ZIM file itself', '' )
     // zimwriterfs "Optional" arguments:
     .option( '-v, --verbose', 'print processing details on STDOUT' )
+    .option( '-q, --quiet', 'do not print on STDOUT' )
     .option( '-m, --minChunkSize <size>', 'number of bytes per ZIM cluster (default: 2048)', parseInt, 2048 )
     .option( '-x, --inflateHtml', 'try to inflate HTML files before packing (*.html, *.htm, ...)' )
     .option( '-u, --uniqueNamespace', 'put everything in the same namespace "A". Might be necessary to avoid problems with dynamic/javascript data loading' )
@@ -1643,7 +1662,7 @@ async function main () {
     //~ }
 
     await core ()
-    log( 'Done...' )
+    print( 'Done' )
 }
 
 main ()