diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 8157180..1505e91 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Current
+  - speed up the update process
+  - allow to disable the download status bar
+
 Version 0.9.1 - 05/May/2013
   - fixed an error when a folder is missing in the slackware mirror (as
     /testing).
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog.txt b/src/ChangeLog.txt
index 8157180..1505e91 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/src/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Current
+  - speed up the update process
+  - allow to disable the download status bar
+
 Version 0.9.1 - 05/May/2013
   - fixed an error when a folder is missing in the slackware mirror (as
     /testing).
diff --git a/src/slackpkgplus.sh b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
index 4ed5cb3..7d17f53 100755
--- a/src/slackpkgplus.sh
+++ b/src/slackpkgplus.sh
@@ -40,18 +40,6 @@ if [ "$SLACKPKGPLUS" = "on" ];then
       fi
     fi
 
-    if [ $(basename $1) = "CHECKSUMS.md5" ];then
-      for PREPO in $REPOPLUS;do
-	URLFILE=${MIRRORPLUS[${PREPO/SLACKPKGPLUS_}]}CHECKSUMS.md5
-	if echo $URLFILE | grep -q "^file://" ; then
-	  URLFILE=${URLFILE:6}
-	  cp -v $URLFILE $2-$PREPO
-	else
-	  $DOWNLOADER $2-$PREPO $URLFILE
-	fi
-      done
-    fi
-
     if [ $(basename $1) = "CHECKSUMS.md5.asc" ];then
       if [ "$CHECKGPG" = "on" ];then
 	for PREPO in $REPOPLUS;do
@@ -89,16 +77,15 @@ if [ "$SLACKPKGPLUS" = "on" ];then
     fi
     if [ $(basename $1) = "ChangeLog.txt" ];then
       for PREPO in $REPOPLUS;do
-        # Not all repositories have the ChangeLog.txt, so I use md5 of PACKAGES.TXT instead
-	URLFILE=${MIRRORPLUS[${PREPO/SLACKPKGPLUS_}]}PACKAGES.TXT
+        # Not all repositories have the ChangeLog.txt, so I use md5 of CHECKSUMS.md5 instead
+	URLFILE=${MIRRORPLUS[${PREPO/SLACKPKGPLUS_}]}CHECKSUMS.md5
 	if echo $URLFILE | grep -q "^file://" ; then
 	  URLFILE=${URLFILE:6}
-	  cp -v $URLFILE $2-tmp
+	  cp -v $URLFILE ${TMPDIR}/CHECKSUMS.md5-$PREPO
 	else
-	  $DOWNLOADER $2-tmp ${MIRRORPLUS[${PREPO/SLACKPKGPLUS_}]}PACKAGES.TXT
+	  $DOWNLOADER ${TMPDIR}/CHECKSUMS.md5-$PREPO ${MIRRORPLUS[${PREPO/SLACKPKGPLUS_}]}CHECKSUMS.md5
 	fi
-	echo $PREPO $(md5sum $2-tmp|awk '{print $1}') >>$2
-	rm $2-tmp
+	echo $PREPO $(md5sum ${TMPDIR}/CHECKSUMS.md5-$PREPO|awk '{print $1}') >>$2
       done
     fi
     if [ $(basename $1) = "GPG-KEY" ];then
@@ -221,11 +208,11 @@ if [ "$SLACKPKGPLUS" = "on" ];then
 
     touch ${TMPDIR}/waiting
     
-	    # -- PKGLIST:
-	    #      temporary file used to store data about packages. It use
-	    #      the following format:
-	    #        repository:<repository_name>:basename:<package_basename>:
-	    #
+    # -- PKGLIST:
+    #      temporary file used to store data about packages. It use
+    #      the following format:
+    #        repository:<repository_name>:basename:<package_basename>:
+    #
     PKGLIST=$(tempfile --directory=$TMPDIR)
     PKGINFOS=$(tempfile --directory=$TMPDIR)
     
@@ -384,6 +371,13 @@ if [ "$SLACKPKGPLUS" = "on" ];then
   if [ -z "$DOWNLOADER" ];then
     DOWNLOADER="wget --passive-ftp -O"
   fi
+  if [ "$VERBOSE" = "0" ];then
+    DOWNLOADER="wget -nv --passive-ftp -O"
+  elif [ "$VERBOSE" = "2" ];then
+    DOWNLOADER="wget --passive-ftp -O"
+  elif [ "$CMD" = "update" ];then
+    DOWNLOADER="wget -nv --passive-ftp -O"
+  fi
 
   # Global variable required by givepriority() 
   # 
diff --git a/src/slackpkgplus.x86.sample b/src/slackpkgplus.x86.sample
index 22e8e57..02fa982 100644
--- a/src/slackpkgplus.x86.sample
+++ b/src/slackpkgplus.x86.sample
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # Enable (on) / Disable (off) slackpkg+
 SLACKPKGPLUS=on
 
+# set to '0' to never show the download progress bar
+# set to '1' to show the bar only in download packages (default)
+# set to '2' to show always show the download bar
+VERBOSE=1
+
+
 # If two or more repositories contains some same packages, you can specify
 # from which repository you prefer to search it.
 # The syntax is "<repository_name>:<package_name>"
diff --git a/src/slackpkgplus.x86_64.sample b/src/slackpkgplus.x86_64.sample
index 3c977e5..7fe538c 100644
--- a/src/slackpkgplus.x86_64.sample
+++ b/src/slackpkgplus.x86_64.sample
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # Enable (on) / Disable (off) slackpkg+
 SLACKPKGPLUS=on
 
+# set to '0' to never show the download progress bar
+# set to '1' to show the bar only in download packages (default)
+# set to '2' to show always show the download bar
+VERBOSE=1
+
 # If two or more repositories contains some same packages, you can specify
 # from which repository you prefer to search it.
 # The syntax is "<repository_name>:<package_name>"