diff --git a/progress.cpp b/progress.cpp
index 21ae029..148c51f 100644
--- a/progress.cpp
+++ b/progress.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ void show_progress(const sc::term& t) {
         t.progress(12, "progress bar", i, 1000);
         nanosleep(&tm, nullptr);
     }
+    std::cerr << '\r' << std::string(t.cols(), ' ');
+    std::cerr << "\rprogress bar done.";
     std::cerr << std::endl;
 }