diff --git a/python/_project.pyx b/python/_project.pyx
index 138eaa2..de3f952 100644
--- a/python/_project.pyx
+++ b/python/_project.pyx
@@ -731,6 +731,18 @@ cdef double _spherical_projloop(double theta, double phi, DTYPE_t[:,:,:] density
  
   return C_line_of_sight_projection(density, u0, min_distance, max_distance, shifter, integrator_id)
 
+@cython.boundscheck(False)
+cdef npx.uint64_t _mysum(int[:] jobs) nogil:
+  cdef npx.uint64_t s
+  cdef npx.uint64_t N
+  cdef int i
+
+  s = 0
+  N = jobs.shape[0]
+  for i in xrange(N):
+    s += jobs[i]
+  return s
+
 
 @cython.boundscheck(False)
 def spherical_projection(int Nside,
@@ -744,6 +756,7 @@ def spherical_projection(int Nside,
     cdef DTYPE_t[:] theta,phi
     cdef DTYPE_t[:,:,:] density_view
     cdef DTYPE_t[:] outm
+    cdef int[:] job_done
     cdef npx.ndarray[DTYPE_t, ndim=1] outm_array
     cdef long N
     cdef double stheta
@@ -760,14 +773,17 @@ def spherical_projection(int Nside,
       p = pb.ProgressBar(maxval=outm.size,widgets=[pb.BouncingBar(), pb.ETA()]).start()
 
     N = outm.size
+    job_done = view.array(shape=(1,), format="i", itemsize=sizeof(int))
+    job_done[:] = 0
     theta,phi = hp.pix2ang(Nside, np.arange(N))
     with nogil, parallel():
       for i in prange(N):
           if progress != 0 and (i%booster) == 0:
             with gil:
-              p.update(i)
+              p.update(_mysum(job_done))
           outm[i] = _spherical_projloop(theta[i], phi[i], density_view, min_distance, max_distance, shifter, integrator_id)
-          
+          job_done[i] = 1
+
     if progress:
       p.finish()
 
diff --git a/python_sample/icgen/gen_ic_from_borg.py b/python_sample/icgen/gen_ic_from_borg.py
index aced412..bae7b12 100644
--- a/python_sample/icgen/gen_ic_from_borg.py
+++ b/python_sample/icgen/gen_ic_from_borg.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cosmo['omega_B_0']=0.049
 cosmo['SIGMA8']=0.8344
 cosmo['ns']=0.9624
 
-supergen=4
+supergen=8
 zstart=50
 astart=1/(1.+zstart)
 halfPixelShift=False