diff --git a/tapeget.lua b/tapeget.lua
index 42d7785..732b93e 100644
--- a/tapeget.lua
+++ b/tapeget.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ if not req then
     return
 end
 
+local headers = req.getResponseHeaders()
+local length = headers["content-length"]
+
+local i = 1
 while true do
     local chunk = req.read()
     if not chunk then
@@ -28,6 +32,11 @@ while true do
         break
     end
     tape.write(chunk)
+    i = i + 1
+    if (i % 16384) == 0 then
+        os.sleep(0.01)
+        print(i .. " written out of "..length)
+    end
 end
 
 tape.stop()