diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/getshared.py b/ankiqt/ui/getshared.py
index 992623560..e259afddc 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/getshared.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/getshared.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ class GetShared(QDialog):
                 return QDialog.accept(self)
         h = QHttp(self)
         h.connect(h, SIGNAL("requestFinished(int,bool)"), self.onReqFin2)
+        h.connect(h, SIGNAL("dataReadProgress(int,int)"), self.dataRead)
         h.connect(h, SIGNAL("proxyAuthenticationRequired(QNetworkProxy,"
                             "QAuthenticator*)"),
                   self.onProxyAuth)
@@ -199,6 +200,11 @@ class GetShared(QDialog):
         self.parent.setProgressParent(self)
         self.parent.startProgress()
 
+    def dataRead(self, done, total):
+        self.parent.updateProgress(label=_("Downloaded %dKB") %
+                                   (done/1024),
+                                   process=False)
+
     def onReqFin2(self, id, err):
         "File fetched."
         if id != self.conId:
diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/main.py b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
index 0998c6cd3..2b7dcfe06 100755
--- a/ankiqt/ui/main.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
@@ -2482,12 +2482,11 @@ Couldn't contact Anki Online. Please check your internet connection.""")
         p = ui.utils.ProgressWin(parent, max, min, title)
         self.progressWins.append(p)
 
-    def updateProgress(self, label=None, value=None):
+    def updateProgress(self, label=None, value=None, process=True):
         if self.mainThread != QThread.currentThread():
             return
         if self.progressWins:
-            self.progressWins[-1].update(label, value)
-        self.app.processEvents()
+            self.progressWins[-1].update(label, value, process)
 
     def finishProgress(self):
         if self.mainThread != QThread.currentThread():
diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/utils.py b/ankiqt/ui/utils.py
index 44ed50ba5..5139f5202 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/utils.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/utils.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class ProgressWin(object):
         if max == 0:
             self.diag.setLabelText(_("Processing..."))
 
-    def update(self, label=None, value=None):
+    def update(self, label=None, value=None, process=True):
         #print self.min, self.counter, self.max, label, time.time() - self.lastTime
         self.lastTime = time.time()
         if label:
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ class ProgressWin(object):
         else:
             self.counter = value + 1
         self.diag.setValue(value)
-        self.app.processEvents()
+        if process:
+            self.app.processEvents()
 
     def finish(self):
         if self.max: