diff --git a/site-generator b/site-generator
index 7e1f1f0..143e2de 100755
--- a/site-generator
+++ b/site-generator
@@ -177,10 +177,11 @@ sub generate_page  {
 sub verbose {
 	my ($verbose, $message) = @_;
 	if ($verbose) {
-		print "$message\n";
+		print STDOUT "$message\n";
 	}
 	else {
-		print ".";
+		STDOUT->autoflush(1);
+		print STDOUT ".";
 	};
 }