diff --git a/antithesis-tests/stress/singleton_driver_stress.sh b/antithesis-tests/stress/singleton_driver_stress.sh
index 06f27223f..ddd2ec7e4 100755
--- a/antithesis-tests/stress/singleton_driver_stress.sh
+++ b/antithesis-tests/stress/singleton_driver_stress.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-/bin/limbo_stress
\ No newline at end of file
+/bin/limbo_stress --silent
diff --git a/stress/main.rs b/stress/main.rs
index b342d66d2..527a31cba 100644
--- a/stress/main.rs
+++ b/stress/main.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,16 @@ fn generate_plan(opts: &Opts) -> Result<Plan, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send +
     plan.ddl_statements = ddl_statements;
     for _ in 0..opts.nr_threads {
         let mut queries = vec![];
-        for _ in 0..opts.nr_iterations {
+        for i in 0..opts.nr_iterations {
+            if !opts.silent && !opts.verbose {
+                if i % 100 == 0 {
+                    print!(
+                        "\r{} %",
+                        (i as f64 / opts.nr_iterations as f64 * 100.0) as usize
+                    );
+                    std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+                }
+            }
             let sql = generate_random_statement(&schema);
             if !opts.skip_log {
                 writeln!(log_file, "{}", sql)?;
@@ -406,8 +415,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
     }
 
     let plan = if opts.load_log {
+        println!("Loading plan from log file...");
         read_plan_from_log_file(&mut opts)?
     } else {
+        println!("Generating plan...");
         generate_plan(&opts)?
     };
 
@@ -428,7 +439,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
 
         // Apply each DDL statement individually
         for stmt in &plan.ddl_statements {
-            println!("executing ddl {}", stmt);
+            if opts.verbose {
+                println!("executing ddl {}", stmt);
+            }
             if let Err(e) = conn.execute(stmt, ()).await {
                 match e {
                     limbo::Error::SqlExecutionFailure(e) => {
@@ -448,9 +461,22 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
 
         let handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
             let conn = db.connect()?;
+            println!("\rExecuting queries...");
             for query_index in 0..nr_iterations {
                 let sql = &plan.queries_per_thread[thread][query_index];
-                println!("executing: {}", sql);
+                if !opts.silent {
+                    if opts.verbose {
+                        println!("executing query {}", sql);
+                    } else {
+                        if query_index % 100 == 0 {
+                            print!(
+                                "\r{:.2} %",
+                                (query_index as f64 / nr_iterations as f64 * 100.0)
+                            );
+                            std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
                 if let Err(e) = conn.execute(&sql, ()).await {
                     match e {
                         limbo::Error::SqlExecutionFailure(e) => {
diff --git a/stress/opts.rs b/stress/opts.rs
index 00c7b9e96..2475e19ee 100644
--- a/stress/opts.rs
+++ b/stress/opts.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ use clap::{command, Parser};
 #[command(name = "limbo_stress")]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 pub struct Opts {
+    /// Verbose mode
+    #[clap(short = 'v', long, help = "verbose mode")]
+    pub verbose: bool,
+
+    /// Silent mode
+    #[clap(long, help = "silent mode")]
+    pub silent: bool,
+
     /// Number of threads to run
     #[clap(short = 't', long, help = "the number of threads", default_value_t = 1)]
     pub nr_threads: usize,