diff --git a/src/ensemble/basic_ensemble_solve.jl b/src/ensemble/basic_ensemble_solve.jl
index 0578ba251..adf3003c4 100644
--- a/src/ensemble/basic_ensemble_solve.jl
+++ b/src/ensemble/basic_ensemble_solve.jl
@@ -26,28 +26,45 @@ struct EnsembleSerial <: BasicEnsembleAlgorithm end
 
 mutable struct AggregateLogger{T<:AbstractLogger} <: AbstractLogger
     progress::Dict{Symbol, Float64}
+    done_counter::Int
     total::Float64
+    print_time::Float64
     lock::ReentrantLock
     logger::T
 end
-AggregateLogger(logger::AbstractLogger) = AggregateLogger(Dict{Symbol, Float64}(), 0.0, ReentrantLock(), logger)
+AggregateLogger(logger::AbstractLogger) = AggregateLogger(Dict{Symbol, Float64}(),0 , 0.0, 0.0, ReentrantLock(), logger)
 
 function Logging.handle_message(l::AggregateLogger, level, message, _module, group, id, file, line; kwargs...)
     if convert(LogLevel, level) == LogLevel(-1) && haskey(kwargs, :progress)
         pr = kwargs[:progress]
         if trylock(l.lock) || (pr == "done" && lock(l.lock)===nothing)
             try
-                if pr isa Number
-                    l.progress[id] = pr
-                elseif pr == "done"
-                    l.progress[id] = 1.0
+                if pr == "done"
+                    pr = 1.0
+                    l.done_counter += 1
                 end
-                tot = sum(values(l.progress))/length(l.progress)
-                tot < 1.0 && isapprox(tot, l.total; atol=0.001) && return # less than 0.1% change
-                l.total = tot
-                if tot>=1.0
+                len = length(l.progress)
+                if haskey(l.progress, id)
+                    l.total += (pr-l.progress[id])/len
+                else
+                    l.total = l.total*(len/(len+1)) + pr/(len+1)
+                    len += 1
+                end
+                l.progress[id] = pr
+                # validation check (slow)
+                # tot = sum(values(l.progress))/length(l.progress)
+                # @show tot l.total l.total ≈ tot
+                curr_time = time()
+                if l.done_counter >= len
                     tot="done"
                     empty!(l.progress)
+                    l.done_counter = 0
+                    l.print_time = 0.0
+                elseif curr_time-l.print_time > 0.1
+                    tot = l.total
+                    l.print_time = curr_time
+                else
+                    return
                 end
                 id=:total
                 message="Total"