diff --git a/src/bees-context.cc b/src/bees-context.cc
index d4c533e..dd46c7c 100644
--- a/src/bees-context.cc
+++ b/src/bees-context.cc
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ BeesContext::dump_status()
 		TaskMaster::print_queue(ofs);
 #endif
 
+		ofs << get_progress();
+
 		ofs.close();
 
 		BEESNOTE("renaming status file '" << status_file << "'");
@@ -112,6 +114,20 @@ BeesContext::dump_status()
 	}
 }
 
+void
+BeesContext::set_progress(const string &str)
+{
+	unique_lock<mutex> lock(m_progress_mtx);
+	m_progress_str = str;
+}
+
+string
+BeesContext::get_progress()
+{
+	unique_lock<mutex> lock(m_progress_mtx);
+	return m_progress_str;
+}
+
 void
 BeesContext::show_progress()
 {
@@ -159,6 +175,8 @@ BeesContext::show_progress()
 			BEESLOGINFO("\ttid " << t.first << ": " << t.second);
 		}
 
+		// No need to log progress here, it is logged when set
+
 		lastStats = thisStats;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/bees-hash.cc b/src/bees-hash.cc
index 0ec092a..60e60e7 100644
--- a/src/bees-hash.cc
+++ b/src/bees-hash.cc
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ BeesHashTable::prefetch_loop()
 		auto avg_rates = thisStats / m_ctx->total_timer().age();
 		graph_blob << "\t" << avg_rates << "\n";
 
+		graph_blob << m_ctx->get_progress();
+
 		BEESLOGINFO(graph_blob.str());
 		catch_all([&]() {
 			m_stats_file.write(graph_blob.str());
diff --git a/src/bees-roots.cc b/src/bees-roots.cc
index 9d597ed..c2f0e3c 100644
--- a/src/bees-roots.cc
+++ b/src/bees-roots.cc
@@ -1069,10 +1069,6 @@ BeesScanModeExtent::next_transid(const CrawlMap &crawl_map_unused)
 		});
 		BEESCOUNT(progress_ok);
 	}
-	ostringstream oss;
-	eta.left("PROGRESS: ");
-	eta.mid(" ");
-	eta.right("");
 	eta.insert_row(0, vector<Table::Content> {
 		Table::Text("done"),
 		Table::Text(pretty(fs_size)),
@@ -1087,8 +1083,24 @@ BeesScanModeExtent::next_transid(const CrawlMap &crawl_map_unused)
 	});
 	const auto dash_fill = Table::Fill('-');
 	eta.insert_row(1, vector<Table::Content>(eta.cols().size(), dash_fill));
-	oss << eta;
-	BEESLOGDEBUG(oss.str());
+	eta.left("");
+	eta.mid(" ");
+	eta.right("");
+
+	// One for publication through beesstats.txt and $BEESSTATUS
+	{
+		ostringstream progress_oss;
+		progress_oss << eta;
+		m_ctx->set_progress(progress_oss.str());
+	}
+
+	// One for the debug log
+	{
+		eta.left("PROGRESS: ");
+		ostringstream log_oss;
+		log_oss << eta;
+		BEESLOGINFO(log_oss.str());
+	}
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/bees.h b/src/bees.h
index da68b66..870e2be 100644
--- a/src/bees.h
+++ b/src/bees.h
@@ -749,6 +749,9 @@ class BeesContext : public enable_shared_from_this<BeesContext> {
 	shared_ptr<BeesThread>				m_progress_thread;
 	shared_ptr<BeesThread>				m_status_thread;
 
+	mutex						m_progress_mtx;
+	string						m_progress_str;
+
 	void set_root_fd(Fd fd);
 
 	BeesResolveAddrResult resolve_addr_uncached(BeesAddress addr);
@@ -784,6 +787,8 @@ public:
 
 	void dump_status();
 	void show_progress();
+	void set_progress(const string &str);
+	string get_progress();
 
 	void start();
 	void stop();