diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/cli/__init__.py
index 8ca4f7fe55..0a7167bcfb 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/__init__.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def do_merge_lora(
     safe_serialization = cfg.save_safetensors is True
 
     LOG.info("running merge of LoRA with base model")
-    model = model.merge_and_unload()
+    model = model.merge_and_unload(progressbar=True)
     model.to(dtype=cfg.torch_dtype)
 
     if cfg.local_rank == 0:
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def do_merge_lora(
         model.save_pretrained(
             str(Path(cfg.output_dir) / "merged"),
             safe_serialization=safe_serialization,
+            progressbar=True,
         )
         tokenizer.save_pretrained(str(Path(cfg.output_dir) / "merged"))