diff --git a/debootstrap.sh b/debootstrap.sh
index 9697f22f4..b45f70d9b 100644
--- a/debootstrap.sh
+++ b/debootstrap.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if [ -f "$DEST/cache/rootfs/$RELEASE.tgz" ]; then
 	currtime=`date +%s`
 	diff=$(( (currtime - filemtime) / 86400 ))
 	display_alert "Extracting $RELEASE from cache" "$diff days old" "info"
-	pigz -dc "$DEST/cache/rootfs/$RELEASE.tgz" | tar xpf - -C $DEST/cache/sdcard/
+	pv -p -b -r "$DEST/cache/rootfs/$RELEASE.tgz" | pigz -dc | tar xp -C $DEST/cache/sdcard/
 	if [ "$diff" -gt "3" ]; then
 		chroot $DEST/cache/sdcard /bin/bash -c "apt-get update" | dialog --backtitle "$backtitle" --title "Force package update ..." --progressbox 20 70
 	fi
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ KILLPROC=$(ps -uax | pgrep ntpd |        tail -1); if [ -n "$KILLPROC" ]; then k
 KILLPROC=$(ps -uax | pgrep dbus-daemon | tail -1); if [ -n "$KILLPROC" ]; then kill -9 $KILLPROC; fi  
 
 display_alert "Closing debootstrap process and preparing cache." "" "info"
-tar cpf - --directory=$DEST/cache/sdcard/ --exclude='dev/*' --exclude='proc/*' --exclude='run/*' --exclude='tmp/*' \
---exclude='mnt/*' --exclude='sys/*' . | pigz > $DEST/cache/rootfs/$RELEASE.tgz
+tar cp --directory=$DEST/cache/sdcard/ --exclude='dev/*' --exclude='proc/*' --exclude='run/*' --exclude='tmp/*' \
+--exclude='mnt/*' --exclude='sys/*' . | pv -p -b -r -s $(du -sb $DEST/cache/sdcard/ | cut -f1) | pigz > $DEST/cache/rootfs/$RELEASE.tgz
 fi
 #
 # mount proc, sys and dev