diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_allCountries.yml b/.github/workflows/update_allCountries.yml
index ddb49ad..7d3dae4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_allCountries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_allCountries.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install httpx loguru
+        pip install httpx loguru tqdm
 
     - name: Run update script
       run: python update_allCountries.py
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9578a17..6ed2289 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -165,5 +165,7 @@ cython_debug/
 allCountries.txt
 allCountries.zip
 
-# Auto-generated release notes
-release_notes.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+# Auto-generated release info
+release_notes.txt
+release_title.txt
+update_status.txt
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index ca759be..ed81cd3 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyio"
@@ -287,6 +287,26 @@ files = [
     {file = "tomli-2.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de526c12914f0c550d15924c62d72abc48d6fe7364aa87328337a31007fe8a4f"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tqdm"
+version = "4.66.5"
+description = "Fast, Extensible Progress Meter"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "tqdm-4.66.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:90279a3770753eafc9194a0364852159802111925aa30eb3f9d85b0e805ac7cd"},
+    {file = "tqdm-4.66.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e1020aef2e5096702d8a025ac7d16b1577279c9d63f8375b63083e9a5f0fcbad"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["pytest (>=6)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-timeout", "pytest-xdist"]
+notebook = ["ipywidgets (>=6)"]
+slack = ["slack-sdk"]
+telegram = ["requests"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.12.2"
@@ -315,4 +335,4 @@ dev = ["black (>=19.3b0)", "pytest (>=4.6.2)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "3cd3cd6c5ca87ce6c6386f19a3454799796b20559f74147cf73c29fb8b5a5bcc"
+content-hash = "5b72b745110fa61465b9ae7f57e1df1c7f130628c8d7a8ea94abd4740c177c6f"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70addd2..667225d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 python = "^3.10"
 httpx = "^0.27.2"
 loguru = "^0.7.2"
+tqdm = "^4.66.5"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
diff --git a/update_allCountries.py b/update_allCountries.py
index 9894327..befe467 100644
--- a/update_allCountries.py
+++ b/update_allCountries.py
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@
 import re
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
+import time
 
+from tqdm import tqdm
 import httpx
 from loguru import logger
 
 GEONAMES_URL = "https://download.geonames.org/export/zip/allCountries.zip"
 LOCAL_FILE = Path("allCountries.zip")
 EXTRACTED_FILE = Path("allCountries.txt")
-GITHUB_API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/Aareon/GeoNamesMirror/releases/latest"
+GITHUB_API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/Aareon/GeoNamesMirror/releases"
+
 
 async def check_for_updates() -> bool:
     if LOCAL_FILE.exists():
@@ -34,13 +37,31 @@ async def download_file():
         async with client.stream("GET", GEONAMES_URL) as response:
             response.raise_for_status()
             total_size = int(response.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
-
-            with LOCAL_FILE.open("wb") as f:
-                downloaded = 0
-                async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes():
-                    f.write(chunk)
-                    downloaded += len(chunk)
-                    logger.info(f"Downloaded {downloaded}/{total_size} bytes")
+            
+            chunk_size = 1024 * 1024  # 1 MB chunks
+            downloaded = 0
+            start_time = time.time()
+            last_log_time = start_time
+            log_interval = 5  # Log every 5 seconds
+            
+            with open(LOCAL_FILE, "wb") as f, tqdm(
+                total=total_size, unit='iB', unit_scale=True, desc="Downloading"
+            ) as progress_bar:
+                async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes(chunk_size):
+                    size = f.write(chunk)
+                    downloaded += size
+                    progress_bar.update(size)
+                    
+                    current_time = time.time()
+                    if current_time - last_log_time >= log_interval:
+                        elapsed_time = current_time - start_time
+                        speed = downloaded / elapsed_time / 1024 / 1024  # MB/s
+                        percent = (downloaded / total_size) * 100 if total_size > 0 else 0
+                        logger.info(f"Downloaded: {downloaded/1024/1024:.2f} MB / {total_size/1024/1024:.2f} MB "
+                                    f"({percent:.2f}%) - Speed: {speed:.2f} MB/s")
+                        last_log_time = current_time
+
+            logger.info(f"Download completed. Total size: {total_size/1024/1024:.2f} MB")
 
 def calculate_md5(filename: Path) -> str:
     hash_md5 = hashlib.md5()
@@ -91,19 +112,37 @@ def create_release_notes(stats, is_update):
 """
 
 async def get_previous_checksum():
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
-        response = await client.get(GITHUB_API_URL)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        release_data = response.json()
-        body = release_data.get('body', '')
-        
-        # Extract MD5 checksum from the release notes
-        match = re.search(r'MD5 Checksum: ([a-fA-F0-9]{32})', body)
-        if match:
-            return match.group(1)
+    try:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            response = await client.get(GITHUB_API_URL, headers={
+                "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+                "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28"
+            })
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            releases = response.json()
+            
+            if not releases:
+                logger.info("No previous releases found. This will be the first release.")
+                return None
+            
+            latest_release = releases[0]
+            body = latest_release.get('body', '')
+            
+            # Extract MD5 checksum from the release notes
+            match = re.search(r'MD5 Checksum: ([a-fA-F0-9]{32})', body)
+            if match:
+                return match.group(1)
+            else:
+                logger.warning("MD5 checksum not found in the latest release notes.")
+                return None
+    except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
+        logger.error(f"HTTP error occurred: {e}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"An unexpected error occurred while fetching previous releases: {e}")
     return None
 
 async def main():
+    current_checksum = None
     try:
         if await check_for_updates():
             logger.info("Updating Geonames data...")
@@ -135,7 +174,7 @@ async def main():
 
             logger.info(f"Process complete. Release notes:\n{release_notes}")
         else:
-            logger.info("Geonames data is up to date.")
+            logger.info(f"Geonames data is up to date.{' Checksum: ' + current_checksum + '.' if current_checksum else ''} Last modified: {datetime.fromtimestamp(LOCAL_FILE.stat().st_mtime)}")
     except httpx.HTTPError as e:
         logger.error(f"HTTP error occurred: {e}")
     except IOError as e: