diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ddd6bd4..fda9da7 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
           default = pkgs.mkShell {
             buildInputs = with pkgs; [
               rustup
+              pkg-config
+              openssl
             ];
           };
 
diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/src/api/mod.rs
index a5bc6a4..cbd218b 100644
--- a/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
+use std::{collections::VecDeque, time::Duration};
+
+use indicatif::{style::ProgressTracker, HumanBytes, ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 /// The asynchronous version of the API
@@ -33,9 +35,9 @@ impl Progress for ProgressBar {
         self.set_length(size as u64);
         self.set_style(
                 ProgressStyle::with_template(
-                    "{msg} [{elapsed_precise}] [{wide_bar}] {bytes}/{total_bytes} {bytes_per_sec} ({eta})",
-                )
-                    .unwrap(), // .progress_chars("━ "),
+                    "{msg} [{elapsed_precise}] [{wide_bar}] {bytes}/{total_bytes} {bytes_per_sec_smoothed} ({eta})",
+                ).unwrap().with_key("bytes_per_sec_smoothed", MovingAvgRate::default())
+                    ,
             );
         let maxlength = 30;
         let message = if filename.len() > maxlength {
@@ -71,3 +73,48 @@ pub struct RepoInfo {
     /// The commit sha of the repo.
     pub sha: String,
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+struct MovingAvgRate {
+    samples: VecDeque<(std::time::Instant, u64)>,
+}
+
+impl ProgressTracker for MovingAvgRate {
+    fn clone_box(&self) -> Box<dyn ProgressTracker> {
+        Box::new(self.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn tick(&mut self, state: &indicatif::ProgressState, now: std::time::Instant) {
+        // sample at most every 20ms
+        if self
+            .samples
+            .back()
+            .map_or(true, |(prev, _)| (now - *prev) > Duration::from_millis(20))
+        {
+            self.samples.push_back((now, state.pos()));
+        }
+
+        while let Some(first) = self.samples.front() {
+            if now - first.0 > Duration::from_secs(1) {
+                self.samples.pop_front();
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn reset(&mut self, _state: &indicatif::ProgressState, _now: std::time::Instant) {
+        self.samples = Default::default();
+    }
+
+    fn write(&self, _state: &indicatif::ProgressState, w: &mut dyn std::fmt::Write) {
+        match (self.samples.front(), self.samples.back()) {
+            (Some((t0, p0)), Some((t1, p1))) if self.samples.len() > 1 => {
+                let elapsed_ms = (*t1 - *t0).as_millis();
+                let rate = ((p1 - p0) as f64 * 1000f64 / elapsed_ms as f64) as u64;
+                write!(w, "{}/s", HumanBytes(rate)).unwrap()
+            }
+            _ => write!(w, "-").unwrap(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/tokio.rs b/src/api/tokio.rs
index e828c4e..f5a92c1 100644
--- a/src/api/tokio.rs
+++ b/src/api/tokio.rs
@@ -599,20 +599,24 @@ impl ApiRepo {
             let (start, stop) = chunk?;
             temporaries.push(Reverse((start, stop)));
 
+            let mut modified = false;
             while let Some(Reverse((min, max))) = temporaries.pop() {
                 if min as u64 == committed {
-                    let mut file = tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
-                        .write(true)
-                        .open(&filename)
-                        .await?;
-                    file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(length as u64)).await?;
-                    file.write_all(&committed.to_le_bytes()).await?;
                     committed = max as u64 + 1;
+                    modified = true;
                 } else {
                     temporaries.push(Reverse((min, max)));
                     break;
                 }
             }
+            if modified {
+                let mut file = tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                    .write(true)
+                    .open(&filename)
+                    .await?;
+                file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(length as u64)).await?;
+                file.write_all(&committed.to_le_bytes()).await?;
+            }
         }
         tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
             .write(true)
@@ -637,11 +641,6 @@ impl ApiRepo {
     {
         // Process each socket concurrently.
         let range = format!("bytes={start}-{stop}");
-        let mut file = tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
-            .write(true)
-            .open(filename)
-            .await?;
-        file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(start as u64)).await?;
         let response = client
             .get(url)
             .header(RANGE, range)
@@ -649,11 +648,18 @@ impl ApiRepo {
             .await?
             .error_for_status()?;
         let mut byte_stream = response.bytes_stream();
+        let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(stop - start);
         while let Some(next) = byte_stream.next().await {
             let next = next?;
-            file.write_all(&next).await?;
+            buf.extend(&next);
             progress.update(next.len()).await;
         }
+        let mut file = tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .write(true)
+            .open(filename)
+            .await?;
+        file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(start as u64)).await?;
+        file.write_all(&buf).await?;
         Ok((start, stop))
     }