diff --git a/scp_udg_client_app/cli.py b/scp_udg_client_app/cli.py
index ed98601ef20347bb405d5d0e428b566e3260e364..8bf93e94e1378be77e8349c5e44748646e801739 100644
--- a/scp_udg_client_app/cli.py
+++ b/scp_udg_client_app/cli.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from scp_udg_client_app.config import Config
 
 config = Config()
 
+
 @click.group()
 @click.option(
     "--config",
@@ -29,11 +30,16 @@ config = Config()
     "--verbose",
     is_flag=True,
     default=False,
-    help="Enable verbose output for debugging purposes.")
+    help="Whether to be more verbose with the logging output.")
+@click.option(
+    "--progress",
+    is_flag=True,
+    default=False,
+    help="Whether to output progress information on the files being processed.")
 @click.version_option()
 @click.pass_context
-def cli(ctx, verbose):
-    ctx.obj = {"verbose": verbose}
+def cli(ctx, verbose, progress):
+    ctx.obj = {"verbose": verbose, "progress": progress}
     ctx.default_map = config.build_default_map()
 
 
@@ -45,4 +51,4 @@ cli.add_command(report.report)
 cli.add_command(validate.validate)
 cli.add_command(poll.poll)
 
-main = cli
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+main = cli