diff --git a/src/progress.sh b/src/progress.sh
index 6f47329..e3b37d2 100644
--- a/src/progress.sh
+++ b/src/progress.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
+info="/run/shm/msg.html"
+
 escape () {
     local s
     s=${1//&/\&}
@@ -14,25 +16,30 @@ escape () {
 file="$1"
 total="$2"
 body=$(escape "$3")
-info="/run/shm/msg.html"
 
 if [[ "$body" == *"..." ]]; then
-  body="<p class=\"loading\">${body/.../}</p>"
+  body="<p class=\"loading\">${body::-3}</p>"
 fi
 
 while true
 do
-  if [ -s "$file" ]; then
+
+  if [ ! -s "$file" ] && [ ! -d "$file" ]; then
+    bytes="0"
+  else
     bytes=$(du -sb "$file" | cut -f1)
-    if (( bytes > 1000 )); then
-      if [ -z "$total" ] || [[ "$total" == "0" ]] || [ "$bytes" -gt "$total" ]; then
-        size=$(numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B "$bytes" | sed -r 's/([A-Z])/ \1/')
-      else
-        size="$(echo "$bytes" "$total" | awk '{printf "%.1f", $1 * 100 / $2}')"
-        size="$size%"
-      fi
-      echo "${body//(\[P\])/($size)}"> "$info"
-    fi
   fi
+  
+  if (( bytes > 1000 )); then
+    if [ -z "$total" ] || [[ "$total" == "0" ]] || [ "$bytes" -gt "$total" ]; then
+      size=$(numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B "$bytes" | sed -r 's/([A-Z])/ \1/')
+    else
+      size="$(echo "$bytes" "$total" | awk '{printf "%.1f", $1 * 100 / $2}')"
+      size="$size%"
+    fi
+    echo "${body//(\[P\])/($size)}"> "$info"
+  fi
+
   sleep 1 & wait $!
+
 done