diff --git a/uploader.sh b/uploader.sh
index 244139e..f6f1324 100755
--- a/uploader.sh
+++ b/uploader.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ show_notification() {
     local title="$1"
     local message="$2"
     local icon="${3:-cloud-upload-symbolic}"
-    if command -v kdialog &> /dev/null; then
+    if command -v kdialog &>/dev/null; then
         kdialog --passivepopup "$message" 5 --title "$title" --icon "$icon"
     else
         echo "$title: $message"
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ show_notification() {
 # ==========================================
 # Configuration
 # ==========================================
-API_URL="http://<f0ckm>/api/v2/upload"
+API_URL="http://localhost:1337/api/v2/upload"
 API_KEY=""
-
 # ==========================================
 
 FILE="$1"
@@ -30,44 +29,131 @@ if [ -z "$FILE" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Determine clipboard command (Wayland or X11)
-if command -v wl-copy &> /dev/null; then
+if command -v wl-copy &>/dev/null; then
     COPY_CMD="wl-copy"
-elif command -v xclip &> /dev/null; then
+elif command -v xclip &>/dev/null; then
     COPY_CMD="xclip -selection clipboard"
 else
     show_notification "Upload Error" "Please install wl-clipboard (Wayland) or xclip (X11)." "dialog-error"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-show_notification "Uploading..." "Uploading $(basename "$FILE")" "cloud-upload-symbolic"
-
 # Detect the real MIME type so curl doesn't fall back to application/octet-stream
 MIME_TYPE=$(file --mime-type -b "$FILE")
+BASENAME=$(basename "$FILE")
 
-# Perform the upload
-RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST "$API_URL" \
+# ==========================================
+# Progress bar setup (kdialog + qdbus)
+# ==========================================
+
+# Prefer qdbus6 on KDE6, fall back to qdbus on KDE5
+QDBUS_CMD=""
+if command -v qdbus6 &>/dev/null; then
+    QDBUS_CMD="qdbus6"
+elif command -v qdbus &>/dev/null; then
+    QDBUS_CMD="qdbus"
+fi
+
+PROGRESS_SERVICE=""
+PROGRESS_OBJECT=""
+
+if command -v kdialog &>/dev/null && [ -n "$QDBUS_CMD" ]; then
+    DBUS_REF=$(kdialog --title "f0ckm Uploader" \
+        --progressbar "Uploading $BASENAME..." 100 2>/dev/null)
+    PROGRESS_SERVICE=$(echo "$DBUS_REF" | awk '{print $1}')
+    PROGRESS_OBJECT=$(echo "$DBUS_REF" | awk '{print $2}')
+fi
+
+# If no progress dialog is available, show a passive "uploading" popup instead
+if [ -z "$PROGRESS_SERVICE" ]; then
+    show_notification "Uploading..." "Uploading $BASENAME" "cloud-upload-symbolic"
+fi
+
+# ==========================================
+# Upload via curl with live progress
+# ==========================================
+
+# FIFO routes curl's stderr (progress bar) to the reader loop
+FIFO=$(mktemp -u /tmp/f0ckm_XXXXXX)
+mkfifo "$FIFO"
+RESPONSE_TMP=$(mktemp)
+
+# --progress-meter forces curl to output progress table even when redirected to a FIFO
+curl --progress-meter -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST "$API_URL" \
     -H "X-Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
     -F "file=@$FILE;type=$MIME_TYPE" \
     -F "rating=" \
     -F "tags=" \
-    -F "is_oc=0")
+    -F "is_oc=0" \
+    >"$RESPONSE_TMP" 2>"$FIFO" &
+CURL_PID=$!
 
-# Extract the HTTP status code (last line) and the body
-HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | tail -n1)
-BODY=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | sed '$d')
+# Parse the curl progress meter output in real-time
+if [ -n "$PROGRESS_SERVICE" ] && [ -n "$PROGRESS_OBJECT" ]; then
+    while IFS= read -r -d $'\r' line; do
+        # Clean line and split into fields
+        line=$(echo "$line" | tr -d '\n\r')
+        read -ra fields <<< "$line"
+        
+        # Check if valid progress line: starts with percentage digit and has >= 11 fields
+        if [[ ${#fields[@]} -ge 11 ]] && [[ "${fields[0]}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            PCT="${fields[4]}" # % Xferd
+            if [[ ! "$PCT" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+                PCT="${fields[0]}"
+            fi
+            
+            TOTAL_SIZE="${fields[1]}"
+            XFERD="${fields[5]}"
+            SPEED="${fields[11]}"
+            TIME_LEFT="${fields[10]}"
+            
+            # Format speed (append /s if it looks like a size unit)
+            if [[ "$SPEED" =~ [0-9]+[bBkKmMgGtT]?$ ]]; then
+                SPEED="${SPEED}/s"
+            fi
+            
+            LABEL="Uploading $BASENAME
+($XFERD / $TOTAL_SIZE) @ $SPEED — $TIME_LEFT remaining"
+            
+            $QDBUS_CMD "$PROGRESS_SERVICE" "$PROGRESS_OBJECT" Set "" value "$PCT" 2>/dev/null || true
+            $QDBUS_CMD "$PROGRESS_SERVICE" "$PROGRESS_OBJECT" setLabelText "$LABEL" 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+    done < "$FIFO"
+else
+    # No progress dialog — drain the FIFO in the background so curl isn't blocked
+    cat "$FIFO" >/dev/null &
+fi
+
+wait "$CURL_PID"
+
+# Close the progress dialog
+if [ -n "$PROGRESS_SERVICE" ] && [ -n "$PROGRESS_OBJECT" ]; then
+    $QDBUS_CMD "$PROGRESS_SERVICE" "$PROGRESS_OBJECT" close 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+rm -f "$FIFO"
+
+# ==========================================
+# Parse response
+# ==========================================
+HTTP_CODE=$(tail -n1 "$RESPONSE_TMP")
+BODY=$(sed '$d' "$RESPONSE_TMP")
+rm -f "$RESPONSE_TMP"
 
 if [ "$HTTP_CODE" -ge 200 ] && [ "$HTTP_CODE" -lt 300 ]; then
     # Parse the direct file URL from the JSON response.
     # Expects a response containing a "file_url" field.
     URL=$(echo "$BODY" | grep -oP '"file_url"\s*:\s*"\K[^"]+')
 
-    # Fallback: if no file_url field is found, just copy the whole body if it's a raw string
+    # Fallback: if no file_url field is found, copy the whole body
     if [ -z "$URL" ]; then
         URL="$BODY"
     fi
 
     echo -n "$URL" | $COPY_CMD
-    show_notification "Upload Successful" "Link copied to clipboard!<br><br><a href=\"$URL\">$URL</a>" "cloud-upload-symbolic"
+    show_notification "Upload Successful" \
+        "Link copied to clipboard!<br><br><a href=\"$URL\">$URL</a>" \
+        "cloud-upload-symbolic"
 else
     show_notification "Upload Failed" "HTTP Error $HTTP_CODE\n$BODY" "dialog-error"
     exit 1