diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 5a7fa43..fedc19e 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	appLogging "github.com/ublue-os/uupd/pkg/logging"
+	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
 func assertRoot(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("dry-run", "n", false, "Do a dry run")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("verbose", "v", false, "Display command outputs after run")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("ci", false, "Makes some modifications to behavior if is running in CI")
-
+	isTerminal := term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("disable-osc-progress", !isTerminal, "Disable the GUI progress indicator")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&fLogJson, "json", false, "Print logs as json (used for testing)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&fLogFile, "log-file", "-", "File where user-facing logs will be written to")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&fLogLevel, "log-level", "info", "Log level for user-facing logs")
diff --git a/cmd/update.go b/cmd/update.go
index 2f22aa7..eea07b2 100644
--- a/cmd/update.go
+++ b/cmd/update.go
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ func Update(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		totalSteps += mainSystemDriver.Steps()
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: check if is interactive
-	percent.ResetOscProgress()
+	disableOsc, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("disable-osc-progress")
+	if !disableOsc {
+		percent.ResetOscProgress()
+	}
 
 	// -1 because 0 index
 	tracker := &percent.Incrementer{MaxIncrements: totalSteps - 1}
@@ -161,8 +163,9 @@ func Update(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		tracker.IncrementSection(err)
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: detect interactive session
-	percent.ResetOscProgress()
+	if !disableOsc {
+		percent.ResetOscProgress()
+	}
 	if verboseRun {
 		slog.Info("Verbose run requested")
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0128381..91e2dc9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.10
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
+	golang.org/x/term v0.27.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
@@ -19,5 +20,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a12d58d..2ed9f4a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190916202348-b4ddaad3f8a3/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201204225414-ed752295db88/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/term v0.27.0 h1:WP60Sv1nlK1T6SupCHbXzSaN0b9wUmsPoRS9b61A23Q=
+golang.org/x/term v0.27.0/go.mod h1:iMsnZpn0cago0GOrHO2+Y7u7JPn5AylBrcoWkElMTSM=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=