diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java
index e9c0ed4db..4e01060c6 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ public class ContributionListPanel extends JPanel implements Scrollable, Contrib
               updateColors();  // XXX this is the place
             }
           }
+          // To make the scroll shift to the first element
+          // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19400239/scrolling-to-the-top-jpanel-inside-a-jscrollpane
+          EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+              scrollRectToVisible(new Rectangle(0, 0, 1, 1));
+            }
+          });
         }
       });
     }
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
index 7453b7b99..595ce9ffb 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
   FilterField filterField;
   JButton restartButton;
   JButton retryConnectingButton;
+  JProgressBar progressBar;
 
   // the calling editor, so updates can be applied
   Editor editor;
@@ -167,6 +168,9 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
           downloadAndUpdateContributionListing();
         }
       });
+      
+      progressBar = new JProgressBar();
+      progressBar.setVisible(true);
 
       Toolkit.setIcon(dialog);
       createComponents();
@@ -293,6 +297,7 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
       statusRestartPane.setOpaque(false);
 
       statusRestartPane.add(status, BorderLayout.WEST);
+      statusRestartPane.add(progressBar, BorderLayout.LINE_END);
 
     // Adding both of these to EAST shouldn't pose too much of a problem,
     // since they can never get added together.
@@ -464,19 +469,28 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
 
   protected void downloadAndUpdateContributionListing() {
     retryConnectingButton.setEnabled(false);
-
-    contribListing.downloadAvailableList(new ContribProgressMonitor() {
+    status.setMessage(Language.text("contrib.status.downloading_list"));
+    contribListing.downloadAvailableList(new ContribProgressBar(progressBar) {
+      
+      
+      @Override
+      public void startTask(String name, int maxValue) {
+        super.startTask(name, maxValue);
+        progressBar.setString(null);
+      }
 
       @Override
       public void setProgress(int value) {
         super.setProgress(value);
-        int percent = 100 * value / this.max;
-        status.setMessage(Language.text("contrib.status.downloading_list") + " (" + percent + "%)");
+//        int percent = 100 * value / this.max;
+        progressBar.setValue(value);
+        progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
+        status.setMessage(Language.text("contrib.status.downloading_list"));
       }
 
       @Override
-      public void finished() {
-        super.finished();
+      public void finishedAction() {
+        progressBar.setVisible(false);
 
         updateContributionListing();
         updateCategoryChooser();
@@ -485,9 +499,11 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
 
         if (error) {
           if (exception instanceof SocketTimeoutException) {
-            status.setErrorMessage(Language.text("contrib.errors.list_download.timeout"));
+            status.setErrorMessage(Language
+              .text("contrib.errors.list_download.timeout"));
           } else {
-            status.setErrorMessage(Language.text("contrib.errors.list_download"));
+            status.setErrorMessage(Language
+              .text("contrib.errors.list_download"));
           }
           exception.printStackTrace();
           retryConnectingButton.setVisible(true);
diff --git a/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties b/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties
index f59987600..f1099bd2d 100644
--- a/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties
+++ b/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ contrib.errors.temporary_directory = Could not write to temporary directory.
 contrib.errors.contrib_download.timeout = Connection timed out while downloading %s.
 contrib.errors.no_internet_connection = You do not seem to be connected to the Internet.
 contrib.status.downloading_list = Downloading contribution list...
+contrib.status.connecting = Connecting...
 contrib.status.done = Done.
 contrib.all = All
 contrib.undo = Undo