diff --git a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp
index 2a1fd6cb..a97b45c7 100644
--- a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp
+++ b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
                 << " , batch_size = " << batch_size
                 << " , grad_norm = " << gradient_norm
                 << std::endl;
+        } else {
+            // Display some progress but don't synchronize as
+            // we can't really decide when to release the output lock here
+            std::cout << '.';
         }
 
         send_messages({{"quantize_parameters"}});