diff --git a/F-Droid/res/values/strings.xml b/F-Droid/res/values/strings.xml
index bfc956e78..21fd192b0 100644
--- a/F-Droid/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/F-Droid/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 	  - Percentage complete (int between 0-100)
 	-->
 	<string name="status_download">Downloading\n%2$s / %3$s (%4$d%%) from\n%1$s</string>
-	<string name="status_processing_xml">Processing application\n%2$d of %3$d from\n%1$s</string>
+	<string name="status_processing_xml">Processing\n%2$s / %3$s (%4$d%%) from\n%1$s</string>
 	<string name="status_connecting_to_repo">Connecting to\n%1$s</string>
 	<string name="status_checking_compatibility">Checking apps compatibility with your device…</string>
     <string name="status_inserting">Saving application details (%1$d%%)</string>
diff --git a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/ProgressBufferedInputStream.java b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/ProgressBufferedInputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..526d91105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/ProgressBufferedInputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.fdroid.fdroid;
+
+import android.os.Bundle;
+
+import org.fdroid.fdroid.data.Repo;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+public class ProgressBufferedInputStream extends BufferedInputStream {
+    private static final String TAG = "ProgressBufferedInputSt";
+
+    final Repo repo;
+    final ProgressListener progressListener;
+    final Bundle data;
+    final int totalBytes;
+
+    int currentBytes = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Reports progress to the specified {@link ProgressListener}, with the
+     * progress based on the {@code totalBytes}.
+     */
+    public ProgressBufferedInputStream(InputStream in, ProgressListener progressListener, Repo repo, int totalBytes)
+            throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        this.progressListener = progressListener;
+        this.repo = repo;
+        this.data = new Bundle(1);
+        this.data.putString(RepoUpdater.PROGRESS_DATA_REPO_ADDRESS, repo.address);
+        this.totalBytes = totalBytes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int read(byte[] buffer, int byteOffset, int byteCount) throws IOException {
+        if (progressListener != null) {
+            currentBytes += byteCount;
+            /* don't send every change to keep things efficient.  333333 bytes to keep all
+             * the digits changing because it looks pretty, < 9000 since the reads won't
+             * line up exactly */
+            if (currentBytes % 333333 < 9000) {
+                progressListener.onProgress(
+                        new ProgressListener.Event(
+                                RepoUpdater.PROGRESS_TYPE_PROCESS_XML,
+                                currentBytes, totalBytes, data));
+            }
+        }
+        return super.read(buffer, byteOffset, byteCount);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java
index 0b6e3a0d0..f14a283fa 100644
--- a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java
+++ b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoUpdater.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
 
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -136,12 +135,13 @@ public class RepoUpdater {
             if (repo.pubkey == null) // new repo, no signing certificate stored
                 storePubKey = true;
 
-            JarEntry indexEntry = null;
-            if (downloadedFile != null && downloadedFile.exists()) {
-                JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(downloadedFile, true);
-                indexEntry = (JarEntry) jarFile.getEntry("index.xml");
-                indexInputStream = new BufferedInputStream(jarFile.getInputStream(indexEntry));
-            }
+            if (downloadedFile == null || !downloadedFile.exists())
+                throw new UpdateException(repo, downloadedFile + " does not exist!");
+
+            JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(downloadedFile, true);
+            JarEntry indexEntry = (JarEntry) jarFile.getEntry("index.xml");
+            indexInputStream = new ProgressBufferedInputStream(jarFile.getInputStream(indexEntry),
+                    progressListener, repo, (int)indexEntry.getSize());
 
             // Process the index...
             final SAXParser parser = SAXParserFactory.newInstance().newSAXParser();
diff --git a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/UpdateService.java b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/UpdateService.java
index 43f3157bf..b4dc635d8 100644
--- a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/UpdateService.java
+++ b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/UpdateService.java
@@ -769,7 +769,6 @@ public class UpdateService extends IntentService implements ProgressListener {
         Log.d(TAG, "Removing " + numDeleted + " apks that don't have any apks");
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Received progress event from the RepoXMLHandler. It could be progress
      * downloading from the repo, or perhaps processing the info from the repo.
@@ -780,16 +779,16 @@ public class UpdateService extends IntentService implements ProgressListener {
         // TODO: Switch to passing through Bundles of data with the event, rather than a repo address. They are
         // now much more general purpose then just repo downloading.
         String repoAddress = event.getData().getString(RepoUpdater.PROGRESS_DATA_REPO_ADDRESS);
+        String downloadedSize = Utils.getFriendlySize(event.progress);
+        String totalSize = Utils.getFriendlySize(event.total);
+        int percent = (int) ((double) event.progress / event.total * 100);
         switch (event.type) {
-        case Downloader.EVENT_PROGRESS:
-            String downloadedSize = Utils.getFriendlySize(event.progress);
-            String totalSize      = Utils.getFriendlySize(event.total);
-            int percent           = (int)((double)event.progress/event.total * 100);
-            message = getString(R.string.status_download, repoAddress, downloadedSize, totalSize, percent);
-            break;
-        case RepoUpdater.PROGRESS_TYPE_PROCESS_XML:
-            message = getString(R.string.status_processing_xml, repoAddress, event.progress, event.total);
-            break;
+            case Downloader.EVENT_PROGRESS:
+                message = getString(R.string.status_download, repoAddress, downloadedSize, totalSize, percent);
+                break;
+            case RepoUpdater.PROGRESS_TYPE_PROCESS_XML:
+                message = getString(R.string.status_processing_xml, repoAddress, downloadedSize, totalSize, percent);
+                break;
         }
         sendStatus(STATUS_INFO, message);
     }