diff --git a/launcher/modManager/chroniclesextractor.cpp b/launcher/modManager/chroniclesextractor.cpp
index 566363389..83ef40a72 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/chroniclesextractor.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modManager/chroniclesextractor.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void ChroniclesExtractor::createBaseMod()
 
 	QJsonObject mod
 	{
-		{ "modType", "Extension" },
+		{ "modType", "Expansion" },
 		{ "name", "Heroes Chronicles" },
 		{ "description", "" },
 		{ "author", "3DO" },
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ void ChroniclesExtractor::createBaseMod()
 
 void ChroniclesExtractor::createChronicleMod(int no)
 {
-	QDir dir(pathToQString(VCMIDirs::get().userDataPath() / "Mods" / "chronicles" / "Mods"));
-	dir.mkdir("chronicles_" + QString::number(no));
-	dir.cd("chronicles_" + QString::number(no));
+	QDir dir(pathToQString(VCMIDirs::get().userDataPath() / "Mods" / "chronicles" / "Mods" / ("chronicles_" + std::to_string(no))));
+	dir.removeRecursively();
+	dir.mkpath(".");
 
 	QJsonObject mod
 	{
-		{ "modType", "Extension" },
+		{ "modType", "Expansion" },
 		{ "name", "Heroes Chronicles - " + QString::number(no) },
 		{ "description", "" },
 		{ "author", "3DO" },
@@ -174,11 +174,7 @@ void ChroniclesExtractor::createChronicleMod(int no)
     jsonFile.write(QJsonDocument(mod).toJson());
 
 	dir.cd("content");
-	dir.removeRecursively();
-	dir.mkdir(".");
-
-	dir.mkdir("Data");
-	dir.mkdir("Sprites");
+	
 	extractFiles(no);
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp b/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp
index c34e90fc9..191cea455 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp
@@ -839,14 +839,31 @@ void CModListView::installFiles(QStringList files)
 
 	if(!exe.empty())
 	{
-		ChroniclesExtractor ce(this, [](float progress) { });
-		ce.installChronicles(exe);
+		ui->progressBar->setFormat(tr("Installing chronicles"));
 
-		//update
-		CResourceHandler::get("initial")->updateFilteredFiles([](const std::string &){ return true; });
-		manager->loadMods();
-		modModel->reloadRepositories();
-		emit modsChanged();
+		float prog = 0.0;
+
+		auto futureExtract = std::async(std::launch::async, [this, exe, &prog]()
+		{
+			ChroniclesExtractor ce(this, [this, &prog](float progress) { prog = progress; });
+			ce.installChronicles(exe);
+			return true;
+		});
+		
+		while(futureExtract.wait_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10)) != std::future_status::ready)
+		{
+			emit extractionProgress(int(prog * 1000.f), 1000);
+			qApp->processEvents();
+		}
+		
+		if(futureExtract.get())
+		{
+			//update
+			CResourceHandler::get("initial")->updateFilteredFiles([](const std::string &){ return true; });
+			manager->loadMods();
+			modModel->reloadRepositories();
+			emit modsChanged();
+		}
 	}
 
 	if(!images.empty())