diff --git a/gnes/client/cli.py b/gnes/client/cli.py
index 7546686a..1f7e8231 100644
--- a/gnes/client/cli.py
+++ b/gnes/client/cli.py
@@ -85,29 +85,30 @@ def __init__(self, bar_len: int = 20, task_name: str = ''):
 
     def update(self):
         self.num_bars += 1
-        if (self.num_bars + 1) % self.bar_len == 0:
-            sys.stdout.write('\n')
+        sys.stdout.write('\r')
         elapsed = time.perf_counter() - self.start_time
         elapsed_str = colored('elapsed', 'yellow')
         speed_str = colored('speed', 'yellow')
+        num_bars = self.num_bars % self.bar_len
+        num_bars = self.bar_len if not num_bars and self.num_bars else max(num_bars, 1)
 
         sys.stdout.write(
             '{:>10} [{:<{}}]  {:>8}: {:3.1f}s   {:>8}: {:3.1f} batch/s'.format(
                 colored(self.task_name, 'cyan'),
-                colored('=' * int(self.num_bars % self.bar_len), 'green'),
+                colored('=' * num_bars, 'green'),
                 self.bar_len + 9,
                 elapsed_str,
                 elapsed,
                 speed_str,
                 self.num_bars / elapsed,
             ))
-
+        if num_bars == self.bar_len:
+            sys.stdout.write('\n')
         sys.stdout.flush()
-        sys.stdout.write('\r')
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self.start_time = time.perf_counter()
-        self.num_bars = 0
+        self.num_bars = -1
         self.update()
         return self
 
diff --git a/gnes/helper.py b/gnes/helper.py
index d4df0a67..450e32e5 100644
--- a/gnes/helper.py
+++ b/gnes/helper.py
@@ -586,14 +586,14 @@ def _path_import(absolute_path):
         return module, spec
 
 
-def make_route_table(routes, exclude_frontend: bool = False, jitter: float = 1e-8):
+def make_route_table(routes, include_frontend: bool = False, jitter: float = 1e-8):
     route_time = []
-    if exclude_frontend:
+    if include_frontend:
         total_duration = get_duration(routes[0].start_time, routes[0].end_time) + jitter
     else:
         total_duration = get_duration(routes[0].start_time, routes[-1].end_time) + jitter
     sum_duration = 0
-    for k in routes[(1 if exclude_frontend else 0):]:
+    for k in routes:
         d = get_duration(k.start_time, k.end_time)
         route_time.append((k.service, d))
         sum_duration += d
diff --git a/gnes/service/frontend.py b/gnes/service/frontend.py
index 1aa3a5f8..d17c956c 100644
--- a/gnes/service/frontend.py
+++ b/gnes/service/frontend.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def remove_envelope(self, m: 'gnes_pb2.Message'):
             m.envelope.routes[0].end_time.GetCurrentTime()
             if self.args.route_table:
                 self.logger.info('route: %s' % router2str(m))
-                self.logger.info('route table: \n%s' % make_route_table(m.envelope.routes, exclude_frontend=True))
+                self.logger.info('route table: \n%s' % make_route_table(m.envelope.routes, include_frontend=True))
             if self.args.dump_route:
                 self.args.dump_route.write(MessageToJson(m.envelope, indent=0).replace('\n', '') + '\n')
                 self.args.dump_route.flush()
diff --git a/tests/test_progressbar.py b/tests/test_progressbar.py
index 53177f98..bade83c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_progressbar.py
+++ b/tests/test_progressbar.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ def test_progressbar5(self):
         with ProgressBar(task_name='test', bar_len=self.bar_len) as pb:
             for j in range(5 * self.bar_len):
                 pb.update()
+                time.sleep(.05)
 
     def test_progressbar1(self):
         # should be single line
         with ProgressBar(task_name='test', bar_len=self.bar_len) as pb:
             for j in range(self.bar_len):
                 pb.update()
-                time.sleep(.1)
+                time.sleep(.05)