diff --git a/functions/population.py b/functions/population.py
index e8cfebf..91285f6 100644
--- a/functions/population.py
+++ b/functions/population.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def camel_to_snake(name):
 def process_buffer_population(data):
     transformer = pyproj.Transformer.from_crs('EPSG:2950', 'EPSG:4326', always_xy=True)
     PERSON_LIST = []
-    elements = BeautifulSoup(data,'html.parser')
+    elements = BeautifulSoup(data, 'lxml-xml')
     for person in elements.find_all('person'):
         person_obj = {}
         person_obj['id'] = person['id']
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ def process_buffer_population(data):
 
 def process_travels(data):
     transformer = pyproj.Transformer.from_crs('EPSG:2950', 'EPSG:4326', always_xy=True)
-    activities_list = [] = []
-    elements = BeautifulSoup(data, 'xml')
+    activities_list = []
+    elements = BeautifulSoup(data, 'lxml-xml')
     for person in elements.find_all('person'):
         person_id = person['id']
         plan = person.find('plan')
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 8b858a9..bf12a43 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ from typing_extensions import Annotated
 from typing import Optional
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Tuple
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.progress import Progress, SpinnerColumn, TextColumn, BarColumn, TaskProgressColumn
+import time
 
 from classes import City, DBMode, RTMode
 from functions import buffer_creator, process_buffer_population,process_travels, push_population, write_population
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ def population(
     push: bool = typer.Option(False, "--push", "-p", help="Save the output directly to the database When mentioned. Otherwise, Saves as a [green bold]CSV file[/green bold] in the input directory]"),
     mode: Optional[DBMode] = typer.Option(None, help="Specify either [underline]'append'[/underline] or [underline]'drop'[/underline] when pushing data", show_default=False),
     ):
+    console = Console()
     all_tables = ["agents","travels"]
     common_tables = [item for item in tables if item in ["all"] + all_tables]
     if len(common_tables) == 0:
@@ -81,40 +85,53 @@ def population(
         else:
             log_file.touch()
             info_printer(f"Log file {log_file} created")
+       
+    with Progress(
+        SpinnerColumn(),
+        TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}"),
+        BarColumn(),
+        TaskProgressColumn(),
+        console=console
+    ) as progress:
+        task = progress.add_task("[cyan]Processing chunks...", total=max_chunk)
 
-    current_chunk = 0
-    processed_line = 0
-    if log:
-        with open(log_file,'r',encoding='utf-8') as l:
-            log_list = l.read().splitlines()
-    while current_chunk < max_chunk:
-        if current_chunk < range[0] or current_chunk > range[1]:
-            processed_line, buffer = buffer_creator(file, os.getenv("DIVIDER"), processed_line, int(os.getenv("CHUNK_SIZE")))
-            current_chunk += 1
-            continue
-        if log and current_chunk in log_list: continue
-        processed_line, buffer = buffer_creator(file, os.getenv("DIVIDER"), processed_line, int(os.getenv("CHUNK_SIZE")))
-        if "agents" in common_tables:
-            dataframe = process_buffer_population(buffer)
-            if cleandata:
-                dataframe = dataframe.dropna()
-            if push:
-                push_population("agents",dataframe, mode)
-            else:
-                write_population("agents",dataframe, file)
-
-        if "travels" in common_tables:
-            dataframe_travels = process_travels(buffer)
-            if push:
-                push_population("travels",dataframe_travels, mode)
-            else:
-                write_population("travels",dataframe_travels, file)
-        
+        current_chunk = 0
+        processed_line = 0
         if log:
-            f = open(log_file, "a")
-            f.write(f"\n{current_chunk}")
-            f.close()
-        current_chunk += 1
+            with open(log_file,'r',encoding='utf-8') as l:
+                log_list = l.read().splitlines()
+        while current_chunk < max_chunk:
+            if current_chunk < range[0] or current_chunk > range[1]:
+                processed_line, buffer = buffer_creator(file, os.getenv("DIVIDER"), processed_line, int(os.getenv("CHUNK_SIZE")))
+                current_chunk += 1
+                continue
+            if log and current_chunk in log_list: continue
+            processed_line, buffer = buffer_creator(file, os.getenv("DIVIDER"), processed_line, int(os.getenv("CHUNK_SIZE")))
+            if "agents" in common_tables:
+                dataframe = process_buffer_population(buffer)
+                if cleandata:
+                    dataframe = dataframe.dropna()
+                if push:
+                    push_population("agents",dataframe, mode)
+                else:
+                    write_population("agents",dataframe, file)
+
+            if "travels" in common_tables:
+                dataframe_travels = process_travels(buffer)
+                if push:
+                    push_population("travels",dataframe_travels, mode)
+                else:
+                    write_population("travels",dataframe_travels, file)
+        
+            if log:
+                f = open(log_file, "a")
+                f.write(f"\n{current_chunk}")
+                f.close()
+            current_chunk += 1
+            time.sleep(2)
+            progress.update(task, advance=1)
+    progress.update(task, visible=False)
+    console.print("[green]Processing complete![/green]")
 
 @app.command()
 def network(