diff --git a/backend/youtube/youtube.go b/backend/youtube/youtube.go
index f2bc989..204bb7b 100644
--- a/backend/youtube/youtube.go
+++ b/backend/youtube/youtube.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
-	"math"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
@@ -190,13 +189,18 @@ func (d *Downloader) downloadAudio(ctx context.Context, video *youtubev2.Video,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func thumbnailGridSize(msecs int) (int, int) {
-	secs := msecs / 1000
-	x := int(math.Floor(math.Sqrt(float64(secs))))
-	if x*x < secs {
-		return x + 1, x
-	}
-	return x, x
+type progressReader struct {
+	io.Reader
+	total, exp int
+}
+
+func (pw *progressReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, err := pw.Reader.Read(p)
+	pw.total += n
+
+	log.Printf("[ProgressReader] Read %d of %d (%.02f%%) bytes from the provided reader", pw.total, pw.exp, (float32(pw.total)/float32(pw.exp))*100.0)
+
+	return n, err
 }
 
 func (d *Downloader) downloadVideo(ctx context.Context, video *youtubev2.Video, outPath string, thumbnailOutPath string) (*media.Video, error) {
@@ -215,13 +219,14 @@ func (d *Downloader) downloadVideo(ctx context.Context, video *youtubev2.Video,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching video stream: %v", err)
 	}
+	reader := progressReader{Reader: stream, exp: int(format.ContentLength)}
 
 	videoFile, err := os.Create(outPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating video file: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if _, err = io.Copy(videoFile, stream); err != nil {
+	if _, err = io.Copy(videoFile, &reader); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error processing video: %v", err)
 	}