diff --git a/LinearProgressBarDemo/ViewController.swift b/LinearProgressBarDemo/ViewController.swift
index 0115f0f..7510180 100644
--- a/LinearProgressBarDemo/ViewController.swift
+++ b/LinearProgressBarDemo/ViewController.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
         
         prepareNavigationController()
         
-        showProgressBar()
+        let view = showProgressBar(5)
+        
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Sources/LinearProgressBar.swift b/Sources/LinearProgressBar.swift
index f1ad318..122af6f 100644
--- a/Sources/LinearProgressBar.swift
+++ b/Sources/LinearProgressBar.swift
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ open class LinearProgressBar: UIView {
         completion?()
     }
     
+    open func animateForAWhile(_ duration: TimeInterval) {
+        startAnimating()
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + duration) {
+            self.stopAnimating()
+        }
+    }
+    
     // MARK: - Private
 
     private func applyProgressAnimations() {
diff --git a/Sources/ProgressBar.swift b/Sources/ProgressBar.swift
index 4b7aad0..57070b4 100644
--- a/Sources/ProgressBar.swift
+++ b/Sources/ProgressBar.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import UIKit
         return ProgressBar.showProgressBar(self.view)
     }
     
+    @discardableResult
+    func showProgressBar(_ duration: TimeInterval) -> UIView {
+        ProgressBar.showProgressBar(duration: duration, self.view)
+    }
+    
     func hideProgressBar() {
         ProgressBar.removeAllProgressBars(self.view)
     }
@@ -79,4 +84,16 @@ open class ProgressBar: NSObject {
                 }
         }
     }
+    
+    open class func showProgressBar(duration: TimeInterval,_ parentView: UIView) -> UIView {
+        let progressBar = LinearProgressBar()
+        progressBar.tag = progressBarViewTag
+        
+        parentView.addSubview(progressBar)
+        
+        Layout.toTop(progressBar)
+        progressBar.animateForAWhile(duration)
+        
+        return progressBar
+    }
 }