diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/base.py b/frontends/src/jp/base.py
index 6546e6e1..cfa665da 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/base.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/base.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class Jp(object):
             progress_parent.add_argument("-P", "--progress", action="store_true", help=_("Show progress bar"))
 
         verbose_parent = self.parents['verbose'] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
-        verbose_parent.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='count', help=_(u"Add a verbosity level (can be used multiple times)"))
+        verbose_parent.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='count', default=0, help=_(u"Add a verbosity level (can be used multiple times)"))
 
     def add_parser_options(self):
         self.parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=("%(name)s %(version)s %(copyleft)s" % {'name': PROG_NAME, 'version': self.version, 'copyleft': COPYLEFT}))
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ class CommandBase(object):
         if profile != self.profile:
             return
         if uid == self.progress_id:
-            self.disp('') # progress is not finished, so we skip a line
+            if self.args.progress:
+                self.disp('') # progress is not finished, so we skip a line
             if self.host.quit_on_progress_end:
                 self.onProgressError(message)
                 self.host.quitFromSignal(1)