diff --git a/mnist_loader.js b/mnist_loader.js
index 4b41040..b2c081a 100644
--- a/mnist_loader.js
+++ b/mnist_loader.js
@@ -1,30 +1,94 @@
 export async function loadMNIST( device, sampleCount = 1000, preloader ) {
 
-	async function loadFile( path, progress ) {
+	async function loadFile( path, progressStart, progressEnd, label ) {
 
-		const res    = await fetch( path );
-		const buffer = await res.arrayBuffer();
+		const response = await fetch( path );
 
-		if ( preloader ) {
+		const contentLength = Number(
+			response.headers.get( "Content-Length" )
+		);
 
-			preloader.setProgress( progress );
+		const totalMB = contentLength
+			? ( contentLength / ( 1024 * 1024 ) )
+			: 0;
+
+		const reader = response.body.getReader();
+
+		let receivedLength = 0;
+		let chunks         = new Array();
+
+		while ( true ) {
+
+			const result = await reader.read();
+
+			if ( result.done ) break;
+
+			chunks.push( result.value );
+			receivedLength += result.value.length;
+
+			if ( preloader && contentLength ) {
+
+				const receivedMB = receivedLength / ( 1024 * 1024 );
+				const ratio     = receivedLength / contentLength;
+
+				preloader.setText(
+					label +
+					" (" +
+					receivedMB.toFixed( 2 ) +
+					" MB / " +
+					totalMB.toFixed( 2 ) +
+					" MB)"
+				);
+
+				preloader.setProgress(
+					progressStart + ratio * ( progressEnd - progressStart )
+				);
+
+			}
 
 		}
 
-		return new Uint8Array( buffer );
+		const buffer = new Uint8Array( receivedLength );
+
+		let offset = 0;
+
+		for ( let i = 0; i < chunks.length; i++ ) {
+
+			buffer.set( chunks[ i ], offset );
+			offset += chunks[ i ].length;
+
+		}
+
+		return buffer;
+
+	}
+
+	if ( preloader ) {
+
+		preloader.setText( "Loading MNIST images…" );
+		preloader.setProgress( 5 );
 
 	}
 
-	if ( preloader ) preloader.setText( "Loading MNIST images…" );
 	const imgRaw = await loadFile(
 		"./models/train-images-idx3-ubyte",
-		40
+		5,
+		40,
+		"Loading MNIST images"
 	);
 
-	if ( preloader ) preloader.setText( "Loading MNIST labels…" );
+	if ( preloader ) {
+
+		preloader.setText( "Loading MNIST labels…" );
+		preloader.setProgress( 40 );
+
+	}
+
 	const lblRaw = await loadFile(
 		"./models/train-labels-idx1-ubyte",
-		60
+		40,
+		55,
+		"Loading MNIST labels"
 	);
 
 	const header    = 16;
@@ -34,6 +98,13 @@ export async function loadMNIST( device, sampleCount = 1000, preloader ) {
 	const images = new Float32Array( count * 28 * 28 );
 	const labels = new Uint32Array( count );
 
+	if ( preloader ) {
+
+		preloader.setText( "Decoding MNIST data…" );
+		preloader.setProgress( 55 );
+
+	}
+
 	for ( let i = 0; i < count; i++ ) {
 
 		labels[ i ] = lblRaw[ 8 + i ];
@@ -50,9 +121,11 @@ export async function loadMNIST( device, sampleCount = 1000, preloader ) {
 		if ( preloader && ( i % 64 === 0 ) ) {
 
 			preloader.setProgress(
-				60 + ( i / count ) * 40
+				55 + ( i / count ) * 45
 			);
 
+			await new Promise( requestAnimationFrame );
+
 		}
 
 	}