diff --git a/plexapi/utils.py b/plexapi/utils.py
index 38282019..fd007f7c 100644
--- a/plexapi/utils.py
+++ b/plexapi/utils.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ def download(url, filename=None, savepath=None, session=None, chunksize=4024,
             chunksize (int): What chunksize read/write at the time.
             mocked (bool): Helper to do evertything except write the file.
             unpack (bool): Unpack the zip file.
+            showstatus(bool): Display a progressbar.
 
         Example:
             >>> download(a_episode.getStreamURL(), a_episode.location)
@@ -254,10 +255,12 @@ def download(url, filename=None, savepath=None, session=None, chunksize=4024,
     # make sure the savepath directory exists
     savepath = savepath or os.getcwd()
     compat.makedirs(savepath, exist_ok=True)
+
     # try getting filename from header if not specified in arguments (used for logs, db)
     if not filename and response.headers.get('Content-Disposition'):
         filename = re.findall(r'filename=\"(.+)\"', response.headers.get('Content-Disposition'))
         filename = filename[0] if filename[0] else None
+
     filename = os.path.basename(filename)
     fullpath = os.path.join(savepath, filename)
     # append file.ext from content-type if not already there
@@ -266,24 +269,31 @@ def download(url, filename=None, savepath=None, session=None, chunksize=4024,
         contenttype = response.headers.get('content-type')
         if contenttype and 'image' in contenttype:
             fullpath += contenttype.split('/')[1]
+
     # check this is a mocked download (testing)
     if mocked:
         log.debug('Mocked download %s', fullpath)
         return fullpath
+
     # save the file to disk
     log.info('Downloading: %s', fullpath)
     if showstatus:
-        bar = tqdm(unit='B', unit_scale=True)
+        total = int(response.headers.get('content-length', 0))
+        bar = tqdm(unit='B', unit_scale=True, total=title, desc=filename)
+
     with open(fullpath, 'wb') as handle:
         for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=chunksize):
             handle.write(chunk)
             if showstatus:
                 bar.update(len(chunk))
+
+    if showstatus:
+        bar.close()
     # check we want to unzip the contents
     if fullpath.endswith('zip') and unpack:
         with zipfile.ZipFile(fullpath, 'r') as handle:
             handle.extractall(savepath)
-    # finished; return fillpath
+
     return fullpath