diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cdownloadmanager_moc.cpp b/launcher/modManager/cdownloadmanager_moc.cpp
index 3a9c86471..a0e3eddaa 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cdownloadmanager_moc.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cdownloadmanager_moc.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void CDownloadManager::downloadProgressChanged(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 byte
 
 	entry.file->write(entry.reply->readAll());
 	entry.bytesReceived = bytesReceived;
-	if(bytesTotal)
+	if(bytesTotal > entry.totalSize)
 		entry.totalSize = bytesTotal;
 
 	quint64 total = 0;
diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp b/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp
index 8adeb05e7..f4e8c7be5 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.cpp
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ void CModListView::downloadFile(QString file, QString url, QString description,
 		connect(dlManager, SIGNAL(finished(QStringList,QStringList,QStringList)),
 			this, SLOT(downloadFinished(QStringList,QStringList,QStringList)));
 		
+		connect(manager.get(), SIGNAL(extractionProgress(qint64,qint64)),
+			this, SLOT(downloadProgress(qint64,qint64)));
 		
 		connect(modModel, &CModListModel::dataChanged, filterModel, &QAbstractItemModel::dataChanged);
 
@@ -606,6 +608,7 @@ void CModListView::downloadFile(QString file, QString url, QString description,
 void CModListView::downloadProgress(qint64 current, qint64 max)
 {
 	// display progress, in megabytes
+	ui->progressBar->setVisible(true);
 	ui->progressBar->setMaximum(max / (1024 * 1024));
 	ui->progressBar->setValue(current / (1024 * 1024));
 }
@@ -640,15 +643,16 @@ void CModListView::downloadFinished(QStringList savedFiles, QStringList failedFi
 		doInstallFiles = true;
 	}
 
-	// remove progress bar after some delay so user can see that download was complete and not interrupted.
-	QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, SLOT(hideProgressBar()));
-
 	dlManager->deleteLater();
 	dlManager = nullptr;
+	
+	ui->progressBar->setMaximum(0);
+	ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
 
 	if(doInstallFiles)
 		installFiles(savedFiles);
 	
+	hideProgressBar();
 	emit modsChanged();
 }
 
@@ -751,7 +755,10 @@ void CModListView::installMods(QStringList archives)
 	}
 
 	for(int i = 0; i < modNames.size(); i++)
+	{
+		ui->progressBar->setFormat(tr("Installing mod %1").arg(modNames[i]));
 		manager->installMod(modNames[i], archives[i]);
+	}
 
 	std::function<void(QString)> enableMod;
 
diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
index 8c7ddcae4..4e0c37e59 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
@@ -284,8 +284,19 @@ bool CModManager::doInstallMod(QString modname, QString archivePath)
 	QString modDirName = ::detectModArchive(archivePath, modname, filesToExtract);
 	if(!modDirName.size())
 		return addError(modname, "Mod archive is invalid or corrupted");
-
-	if(!ZipArchive::extract(qstringToPath(archivePath), qstringToPath(destDir), filesToExtract))
+	
+	auto futureExtract = std::async(std::launch::async, [&archivePath, &destDir, &filesToExtract]()
+	{
+		return ZipArchive::extract(qstringToPath(archivePath), qstringToPath(destDir), filesToExtract);
+	});
+	
+	while(futureExtract.wait_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50)) != std::future_status::ready)
+	{
+		emit extractionProgress(0, 0);
+		qApp->processEvents();
+	}
+	
+	if(!futureExtract.get())
 	{
 		removeModDir(destDir + modDirName);
 		return addError(modname, "Failed to extract mod data");
diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.h b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.h
index d2bc6271d..987d1a580 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.h
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.h
@@ -53,4 +53,7 @@ public:
 	bool canUninstallMod(QString mod);
 	bool canEnableMod(QString mod);
 	bool canDisableMod(QString mod);
+	
+signals:
+	void extractionProgress(qint64 currentAmount, qint64 maxAmount);
 };