diff --git a/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties b/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
index f1a13f29..475a8233 100644
--- a/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
+++ b/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kobalt.version=0.924
\ No newline at end of file
+kobalt.version=0.925
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java b/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java
index aad7d9f8..f5642cd7 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java
+++ b/modules/wrapper/src/main/java/com/beust/kobalt/wrapper/Main.java
@@ -431,12 +431,14 @@ public class Main {
         }
     }
 
+    private static String PROPERTY_NO_ANIMATIONS = "com.beust.kobalt.noAnimations";
+
     private void copyToStreamWithProgress(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream, long contentLength,
             String url) throws IOException {
         int bytesRead;
         long bytesSoFar = 0;
         byte[] buffer = new byte[100_000];
-        boolean hasTerminal = System.console() != null;
+        boolean hasTerminal = System.console() != null && System.getProperty(PROPERTY_NO_ANIMATIONS) == null;
         if (! hasTerminal) {
             log2(1, "\rDownloading " + url);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties b/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties
index 13b8e14f..1ae87372 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kobalt.version=0.924
+kobalt.version=0.925