diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 77593db..8da6c01 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -359,6 +359,19 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea3c6ecd8059b57859df5c69830340ed3c41d30e3da0c1cbed90a96ac853041b"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -607,6 +620,12 @@ version = "1.0.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0d6ef0072f8a535281e4876be788938b528e9a1d43900b82c2569af7da799125"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34aa73646ffb006b8f5147f3dc182bd4bcb190227ce861fc4a4844bf8e3cb2c0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -1052,6 +1071,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.17.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cbf675b85ed934d3c67b5c5469701eec7db22689d0a2139d856e0925fa28b281"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is-terminal"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -1216,6 +1248,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "deadpool-postgres",
  "dotenv",
  "futures",
+ "indicatif",
  "libmf",
  "log",
  "ndarray",
@@ -1388,6 +1421,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.36.7"
@@ -1590,6 +1629,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zip",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "280dc24453071f1b63954171985a0b0d30058d287960968b9b2aca264c8d4ee6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "postgres-protocol"
 version = "0.6.7"
@@ -2322,6 +2367,12 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e70f2a8b45122e719eb623c01822704c4e0907e7e426a05927e1a1cfff5b75d0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fc81956842c57dac11422a97c3b8195a1ff727f06e85c84ed2e8aa277c9a0fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq"
 version = "2.12.1"
@@ -2460,6 +2511,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "whoami"
 version = "1.5.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4f764c9..a18a502 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ rand_distr = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.35", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-postgres = "0.7"
 bytes = "1.5.0"
+indicatif = "0.17"
diff --git a/src/bin/fit_model.rs b/src/bin/fit_model.rs
index fb0a5e2..8bde7b9 100644
--- a/src/bin/fit_model.rs
+++ b/src/bin/fit_model.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use deadpool_postgres::{Config, Pool, Runtime};
 use dotenv::dotenv;
 use futures::StreamExt;
+use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use libmf::{Loss, Matrix, Model};
 use log::info;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ async fn load_data(
     source_item_id_column: &str,
     max_interactions: Option<usize>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<(i32, i32)>> {
+    // First, get the total count for progress bar
+    info!("Counting rows to load...");
+    let count_query = if let Some(max) = max_interactions {
+        format!("SELECT LEAST(COUNT(*), {}) FROM {}", max, source_table)
+    } else {
+        format!("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {}", source_table)
+    };
+    let total_rows: i64 = client.query_one(&count_query, &[]).await?.get(0);
+
     let types = get_column_types(
         client,
         source_table,
@@ -84,6 +94,12 @@ async fn load_data(
     )
     .await?;
 
+    let pb = ProgressBar::new(total_rows as u64);
+    pb.set_style(ProgressStyle::default_bar()
+        .template("{spinner:.green} [{elapsed_precise}] [{bar:40.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} rows ({per_sec}, {eta})")?
+        .progress_chars("#>-"));
+    pb.set_message("Loading data...");
+
     let query = if let Some(max) = max_interactions {
         format!(
             "COPY (
@@ -111,7 +127,7 @@ async fn load_data(
     ));
     let mut stream = stream.as_mut();
 
-    let mut data = Vec::new();
+    let mut data = Vec::with_capacity(total_rows as usize);
     while let Some(row) = stream.as_mut().next().await {
         let row = row?;
 
@@ -129,8 +145,10 @@ async fn load_data(
         };
 
         data.push((user_id, item_id));
+        pb.inc(1);
     }
 
+    pb.finish_with_message("Data loading complete");
     Ok(data)
 }
 
@@ -188,11 +206,19 @@ async fn save_embeddings(
     ));
     info!("Binary writer initialized");
 
+    // Add progress bar for embedding processing
+    let pb = ProgressBar::new(model.q_iter().len() as u64);
+    pb.set_style(ProgressStyle::default_bar()
+        .template("{spinner:.green} [{elapsed_precise}] [{bar:40.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} embeddings ({per_sec}, {eta})")?
+        .progress_chars("#>-"));
+    pb.set_message("Processing embeddings...");
+
     let mut valid_embeddings = 0;
     let mut invalid_embeddings = 0;
 
     // Process factors for items that appear in the source table
     for (idx, factors) in model.q_iter().enumerate() {
+        pb.inc(1);
         let item_id = idx as i32;
         if !item_ids.contains(&item_id) {
             continue;
@@ -213,6 +239,11 @@ async fn save_embeddings(
         }
     }
 
+    pb.finish_with_message(format!(
+        "Processed {} valid embeddings, skipped {} invalid embeddings",
+        valid_embeddings, invalid_embeddings
+    ));
+
     info!("Finishing COPY operation...");
     writer.as_mut().finish().await?;
     info!("COPY operation completed");
@@ -246,12 +277,12 @@ async fn save_embeddings(
     };
 
     // Set table as UNLOGGED
-    // info!("Setting table as UNLOGGED...");
-    // tx.execute(
-    //     &format!("ALTER TABLE {} SET UNLOGGED", args.target_table),
-    //     &[],
-    // )
-    // .await?;
+    info!("Setting table as UNLOGGED...");
+    tx.execute(
+        &format!("ALTER TABLE {} SET UNLOGGED", args.target_table),
+        &[],
+    )
+    .await?;
 
     // Insert from temp table with ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE
     info!("Upserting from temp table to target table...");
@@ -269,12 +300,12 @@ async fn save_embeddings(
     info!("Upsert completed");
 
     // Set table back to LOGGED
-    // info!("Setting table back to LOGGED...");
-    // tx.execute(
-    //     &format!("ALTER TABLE {} SET LOGGED", args.target_table),
-    //     &[],
-    // )
-    // .await?;
+    info!("Setting table back to LOGGED...");
+    tx.execute(
+        &format!("ALTER TABLE {} SET LOGGED", args.target_table),
+        &[],
+    )
+    .await?;
 
     // Recreate index if we had one
     if let Some(sql) = index_sql {