diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b1f6619..041afc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
@@ -371,6 +371,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.17.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "763a5a8f45087d6bcea4222e7b72c291a054edf80e4ef6efd2a4979878c7bea3"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "instant",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "instant"
+version = "0.1.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0242819d153cba4b4b05a5a8f2a7e9bbf97b6055b2a002b395c96b5ff3c0222"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -450,6 +472,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.19.0"
@@ -500,6 +528,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "plotters-backend",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc9c68a3f6da06753e9335d63e27f6b9754dd1920d941135b7ea8224f141adb2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -613,6 +647,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "dialoguer",
  "env_logger",
+ "indicatif",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "log",
  "num_cpus",
  "petgraph",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8c046d8..48ff71d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ log = "0.4.22"
 env_logger = "0.11.5"
 rayon = "1.10.0"
 byteorder = "1.5.0"
+itertools = "0.13.0"
+indicatif = "0.17.8"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
diff --git a/src/clustering/layer.rs b/src/clustering/layer.rs
index 8de08c7..5e74cda 100644
--- a/src/clustering/layer.rs
+++ b/src/clustering/layer.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use crate::clustering::abstraction::Abstraction;
 use crate::clustering::histogram::Histogram;
 use crate::clustering::metric::Metric;
 use crate::clustering::xor::Pair;
+use indicatif::ProgressBar;
+use indicatif::ProgressStyle;
 use rand::distributions::Distribution;
 use rand::distributions::WeightedIndex;
 use rand::rngs::StdRng;
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ impl Layer {
     /// simply go to the previous street
     fn inner_street(&self) -> Street {
         log::info!(
-            "advancing street from {} to {}",
+            "advancing street from {} -> {}",
             self.street,
             self.street.prev()
         );
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ impl Layer {
     /// the distnace isn't symmetric in the first place only because our heuristic algo is not fully accurate
     fn inner_metric(&self) -> Metric {
         log::info!(
-            "computing metric from {} to {}",
+            "computing metric from {} -> {}",
             self.street,
             self.street.prev()
         );
@@ -119,10 +121,19 @@ impl Layer {
     /// 4. collect `Abstraction`s into a `Histogram`, for each `Observation`
     fn inner_points(&self) -> ObservationSpace {
         log::info!(
-            "computing projections from {} to {}",
+            "computing projections from {} -> {}",
             self.street,
             self.street.prev()
         );
+        // pretty progress bar
+        let n = self.street.prev().n_isomorphisms() as u64;
+        let tick = std::time::Duration::from_secs(5);
+        let style = "[{elapsed}] {spinner:.green} {wide_bar:.green} ETA {eta}";
+        let style = ProgressStyle::with_template(style).unwrap();
+        let progress = ProgressBar::new(n);
+        progress.set_style(style);
+        progress.enable_steady_tick(tick);
+        //
         ObservationSpace(
             Observation::exhaust(self.street.prev())
                 .filter(|o| Isomorphism::is_canonical(o))
@@ -130,6 +141,7 @@ impl Layer {
                 .collect::<Vec<Isomorphism>>() // isomorphism translation
                 .into_par_iter()
                 .map(|inner| (inner, self.lookup.projection(&inner)))
+                .inspect(|_| progress.inc(1))
                 .collect::<BTreeMap<Isomorphism, Histogram>>(),
         )
     }