diff --git a/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py b/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py
index 5eda202..00a1481 100644
--- a/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py
+++ b/src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ import os
 import re
 import tempfile
 import threading
+import time
 from typing import Optional, Callable
 
 from PySide6.QtCore import QRunnable, QThreadPool, Signal
 from PySide6.QtGui import QIcon
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QCheckBox, QPushButton, QComboBox, \
-    QSizePolicy
+    QSizePolicy, QProgressBar
 
 from src.ui.bigtext.bigtext import BigText
 from src.ui.bigtext.logFileModel import LogFileModel
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ class FilterTask(QRunnable):
             regex: re.Pattern,
             lock: threading.RLock,
             filter_match_found_listeners: Callable[[int], None],
+            progress_handler: Callable[[float], None],
             on_before: Callable[[], None],
             on_finish: Callable[[], None]
     ):
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ class FilterTask(QRunnable):
         self.source_model = source_model
         self.filter_model = filter_model
         self.regex = regex
+        self.progress_handler = progress_handler
         self.on_before = on_before
         self.on_finish = on_finish
         self.lock = lock
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ class FilterTask(QRunnable):
             for listener in self.filter_match_found_listeners:
                 listener(-1, -1)  # notify listeners that a new search started
 
+            last_progress_report = time.time()
             try:
                 with open(self.source_model.get_file(), "rb") as source:
                     with open(self.filter_model.get_file(), "w+b") as target:
@@ -62,7 +66,6 @@ class FilterTask(QRunnable):
                             line = l.decode("utf8", errors="ignore")
 
                             if self.regex.findall(line):
-                                # time.sleep(0.5)
                                 lines_written = lines_written + 1
                                 source_line_offset = source.tell() - len(l)
                                 target_line_offset = target.tell()
@@ -72,9 +75,16 @@ class FilterTask(QRunnable):
 
                             # sometime buffering can hide results for a while
                             # We force a flush periodically.
-                            if line_count % 10000 == 0 and lines_written > 0:
-                                target.flush()
-                                lines_written = 0
+                            if line_count % 10000 == 0:
+                                if lines_written > 0:
+                                    target.flush()
+                                    lines_written = 0
+
+                                now = time.time()
+                                if now - last_progress_report > 0.2:
+                                    progress = source.tell() / os.stat(self.source_model.get_file()).st_size
+                                    self.progress_handler(progress)
+                                    last_progress_report = now
 
                             if self.aborted:
                                 # print("aborted ", time.time())
@@ -88,6 +98,7 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
     filter_model: LogFileModel
     filter_task: Optional[FilterTask] = None
     search_is_running = Signal(bool)
+    signal_update_progress = Signal(float)
 
     def __init__(self, source_model: LogFileModel):
         super(FilterWidget, self).__init__()
@@ -106,10 +117,15 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
         self.query_field.lineEdit().returnPressed.connect(self.filter_changed)
         self.query_field.setInsertPolicy(QComboBox.NoInsert)
 
+        self.progress_bar = QProgressBar()
+        self.progress_bar.setVisible(False)
+        self.progress_bar.setMaximumWidth(50)
+        self.signal_update_progress.connect(self.update_progress)
+
         self.btn_cancel_search = QPushButton(_("Cancel"))
         self.btn_cancel_search.setVisible(False)
         self.btn_cancel_search.pressed.connect(self._cancel_search)
-        self.search_is_running.connect(lambda is_running: self.btn_cancel_search.setVisible(is_running))
+        self.search_is_running.connect(self.search_running_status_changed)
 
         self.btn_bookmark = QPushButton(QIcon("icons/ionicons/star.svg"), "")
         self.btn_bookmark.setToolTip(_("save query"))
@@ -127,6 +143,7 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
         filter_bar.layout = QHBoxLayout(filter_bar)
         filter_bar.layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         filter_bar.layout.addWidget(self.query_field)
+        filter_bar.layout.addWidget(self.progress_bar)
         filter_bar.layout.addWidget(self.btn_cancel_search)
         filter_bar.layout.addWidget(self.btn_bookmark)
         filter_bar.layout.addWidget(self.ignore_case)
@@ -140,7 +157,7 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
         self.layout.addWidget(filter_bar)
         self.layout.addWidget(self.hits_view)
 
-        self.filter_match_found_listeners: [Callable[[int], None]] = []
+        self.filter_match_found_listeners: [Callable[[int, int], None]] = []
 
     def on_reveal(self):
         self._reload_save_queries()
@@ -183,6 +200,16 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
         self.filter_model.clear_query_highlight()
         PluginRegistry.execute("update_ui")
 
+    def search_running_status_changed(self, is_running: bool):
+        self.btn_cancel_search.setVisible(is_running)
+        self.progress_bar.setVisible(is_running)
+
+    def update_progress(self, progress: float):
+        self.progress_bar.setValue(progress * 100)
+
+    def progress_handler(self, progress: float):
+        self.signal_update_progress.emit(progress)
+
     def filter_changed(self):
         query = self.query_field.currentText()
         ignore_case = self.ignore_case.isChecked()
@@ -206,6 +233,8 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
             self.filter_model.truncate()
             return
 
+        self.progress_bar.setValue(0)
+
         self.source_model.set_query_highlight(query, ignore_case, is_regex)
         self.filter_model.set_query_highlight(query, ignore_case, is_regex)
 
@@ -215,6 +244,7 @@ class FilterWidget(QWidget):
             regex,
             self._lock,
             self.filter_match_found_listeners,
+            self.progress_handler,
             lambda: self.search_is_running.emit(True),
             lambda: self.search_is_running.emit(False)
         )