diff --git a/src/exactextract.cpp b/src/exactextract.cpp
index 8dc19ddf..d282f1fe 100644
--- a/src/exactextract.cpp
+++ b/src/exactextract.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 
         proc->set_max_cells_in_memory(max_cells_in_memory);
         proc->show_progress(progress);
+        if (progress) {
+            proc->set_progress_fn(exactextract::cli_progress);
+        }
 
         proc->process();
         writer->finish();
diff --git a/src/feature_sequential_processor.cpp b/src/feature_sequential_processor.cpp
index 9fb33b4b..5f5ebfad 100644
--- a/src/feature_sequential_processor.cpp
+++ b/src/feature_sequential_processor.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 #include <set>
+#include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "box.h"
@@ -22,6 +23,35 @@
 
 namespace exactextract {
 
+std::string
+FeatureSequentialProcessor::progress_message(const Feature& f)
+{
+    if (m_include_cols.empty()) {
+        return ".";
+    }
+
+    const std::string& field = m_include_cols.front();
+
+    try {
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << "Processing ";
+        const auto& value = f.get(field);
+        if (const std::string* sval = std::get_if<std::string>(&value)) {
+            ss << *sval;
+        } else if (const std::int32_t* ival = std::get_if<std::int32_t>(&value)) {
+            ss << *ival;
+        } else if (const double* dval = std::get_if<double>(&value)) {
+            ss << *dval;
+        } else {
+            ss << ".";
+        }
+
+        return ss.str();
+    } catch (const std::exception&) {
+        return ".";
+    }
+}
+
 void
 FeatureSequentialProcessor::process()
 {
@@ -30,7 +60,9 @@ FeatureSequentialProcessor::process()
 
         auto geom = f_in.geometry();
 
-        progress(f_in, m_include_cols.empty() ? "." : m_include_cols.front());
+        if (m_show_progress) {
+            progress(progress_message(f_in));
+        }
 
         Box feature_bbox = exactextract::geos_get_box(m_geos_context, geom);
 
@@ -79,8 +111,6 @@ FeatureSequentialProcessor::process()
                     } else {
                         m_reg.update_stats(f_in, *op, *coverage, values_map[op->values]);
                     }
-
-                    progress();
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/feature_sequential_processor.h b/src/feature_sequential_processor.h
index 63ddcccb..3f2f57f8 100644
--- a/src/feature_sequential_processor.h
+++ b/src/feature_sequential_processor.h
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-#ifndef EXACTEXTRACT_FEATURE_SEQUENTIAL_PROCESSOR_H
-#define EXACTEXTRACT_FEATURE_SEQUENTIAL_PROCESSOR_H
+#pragma once
 
 #include "processor.h"
 
@@ -29,7 +28,8 @@ class FeatureSequentialProcessor : public Processor
     using Processor::Processor;
 
     void process() override;
+
+  private:
+    std::string progress_message(const Feature& f);
 };
 }
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/processor.h b/src/processor.h
index 08aa9d40..48c4db3b 100644
--- a/src/processor.h
+++ b/src/processor.h
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ class Processor
         m_show_progress = val;
     }
 
+    void set_progress_fn(std::function<void(std::string_view)> fn)
+    {
+        m_progress_fn = fn;
+    }
+
     void write_result(const Feature& f_in)
     {
         auto f_out = m_output.create_feature();
@@ -110,38 +115,18 @@ class Processor
     }
 
   protected:
-    template<typename T>
-    void progress(const T& name) const
+    void progress(std::string_view message) const
     {
-        if (m_show_progress)
-            std::cout << std::endl
-                      << "Processing " << name << std::flush;
-    }
+        if (!m_show_progress) {
+            return;
+        }
 
-    void progress(const Feature& f, const std::string& field) const
-    {
-        if (m_show_progress) {
-            std::cout << std::endl
-                      << "Processing ";
-            const auto& value = f.get(field);
-            if (const std::string* sval = std::get_if<std::string>(&value)) {
-                std::cout << *sval;
-            } else if (const std::int32_t* ival = std::get_if<std::int32_t>(&value)) {
-                std::cout << *ival;
-            } else if (const double* dval = std::get_if<double>(&value)) {
-                std::cout << *dval;
-            } else {
-                std::cout << ".";
-            }
-
-            std::cout << std::flush;
+        if (m_progress_fn) {
+            (m_progress_fn)(message);
+            return;
         }
-    }
 
-    void progress() const
-    {
-        if (m_show_progress)
-            std::cout << "." << std::flush;
+        std::cout << "." << std::flush;
     }
 
     StatsRegistry m_reg;
@@ -160,5 +145,7 @@ class Processor
     std::vector<std::string> m_include_cols;
 
     size_t m_max_cells_in_memory = 1000000L;
+
+    std::function<void(std::string_view)> m_progress_fn;
 };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/raster_sequential_processor.cpp b/src/raster_sequential_processor.cpp
index c6d9a0f8..cd5d431f 100644
--- a/src/raster_sequential_processor.cpp
+++ b/src/raster_sequential_processor.cpp
@@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ RasterSequentialProcessor::process()
                 } else {
                     m_reg.update_stats(*f, *op, *coverage, *values);
                 }
-
-                progress();
             }
         }
 
-        progress(subgrid.extent());
+        if (m_show_progress) {
+            std::stringstream ss;
+            ss << subgrid.extent();
+            progress(ss.str());
+        }
     }
 
     for (const auto& f_in : m_features) {
diff --git a/src/utils_cli.cpp b/src/utils_cli.cpp
index 850a9ee8..12ff87d3 100644
--- a/src/utils_cli.cpp
+++ b/src/utils_cli.cpp
@@ -74,4 +74,12 @@ load_gdal_rasters(const std::vector<std::string>& descriptors)
 
     return raster_sources;
 }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+void
+cli_progress(std::string_view message)
+{
+    std::cout << message << std::endl
+              << std::flush;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/utils_cli.h b/src/utils_cli.h
index da4f2b99..e73b8127 100644
--- a/src/utils_cli.h
+++ b/src/utils_cli.h
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "utils.h"
+#include <string>
 
 namespace exactextract {
+
 std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RasterSource>>
 load_gdal_rasters(const std::vector<std::string>& descriptors);
 
+void
+cli_progress(std::string_view message);
+
 }