diff --git a/core/commands/get.go b/core/commands/get.go
index 4c573928a28..a4b46c273c7 100644
--- a/core/commands/get.go
+++ b/core/commands/get.go
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 			return
 		}
 
-		reader, err := get(req.Context().Context, node, req.Arguments()[0], cmplvl)
+		reader, length, err := get(req.Context().Context, node, req.Arguments()[0], cmplvl)
 		if err != nil {
 			res.SetError(err, cmds.ErrNormal)
 			return
 		}
+		res.SetLength(length)
 		res.SetOutput(reader)
 	},
 	PostRun: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
@@ -105,11 +106,10 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 			}
 			defer file.Close()
 
-			bar := pb.New(0).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
-			bar.Output = os.Stderr
+			bar := pb.New64(int64(res.Length())).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
+			bar.Output = res.Stderr()
 			pbReader := bar.NewProxyReader(outReader)
 			bar.Start()
-			defer bar.Finish()
 
 			_, err = io.Copy(file, pbReader)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -122,9 +122,8 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 
 		fmt.Printf("Saving file(s) to %s\n", outPath)
 
-		// TODO: get total length of files
-		bar := pb.New(0).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
-		bar.Output = os.Stderr
+		bar := pb.New64(int64(res.Length())).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
+		bar.Output = res.Stderr()
 
 		// wrap the reader with the progress bar proxy reader
 		// if the output is compressed, also wrap it in a gzip.Reader
@@ -142,7 +141,8 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 		}
 
 		bar.Start()
-		defer bar.Finish()
+
+		//res.SetOutput(reader)
 
 		extractor := &tar.Extractor{outPath}
 		err = extractor.Extract(reader)
@@ -166,12 +166,20 @@ func getCompressOptions(req cmds.Request) (int, error) {
 	return gzip.NoCompression, nil
 }
 
-func get(ctx context.Context, node *core.IpfsNode, p string, compression int) (io.Reader, error) {
+func get(ctx context.Context, node *core.IpfsNode, p string, compression int) (io.Reader, uint64, error) {
 	pathToResolve := path.Path(p)
 	dagnode, err := core.Resolve(ctx, node, pathToResolve)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 
-	return utar.NewReader(pathToResolve, node.DAG, dagnode, compression)
+	reader, err := utar.NewReader(pathToResolve, node.DAG, dagnode, compression)
+	ns, err := dagnode.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	length := uint64(ns.CumulativeSize)
+
+	return reader, length, err
 }
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0090-get.sh b/test/sharness/t0090-get.sh
index 393ba5b5b4d..8de61069db5 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0090-get.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0090-get.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test_get_cmd() {
 	'
 	
 	test_expect_success "ipfs get succeeds" '
-	  echo "Hello Worlds!" >data &&
+	  echo "Hello Worlds\!" >data &&
 	  HASH=`ipfs add -q data` &&
 	  ipfs get "$HASH" >actual
 	'
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ test_get_cmd() {
 	  mkdir -p dir &&
 	  touch dir/a &&
 	  mkdir -p dir/b &&
-	  echo "Hello, Worlds!" >dir/b/c &&
+	  echo "Hello, Worlds\!" >dir/b/c &&
 	  HASH2=`ipfs add -r -q dir | tail -n 1` &&
 	  ipfs get "$HASH2" >actual
 	'