diff --git a/src/reporting_thread.cpp b/src/reporting_thread.cpp
index 200baa9..e27e44a 100644
--- a/src/reporting_thread.cpp
+++ b/src/reporting_thread.cpp
@@ -17,23 +17,23 @@ ReportingThread::~ReportingThread() {
 // each component which has connects for the corresponding signals.
 void ReportingThread::run() {
 
-    qCritical() << "START DOWNLOAD THREAD";
+    qCritical() << QDateTime::currentDateTime() << "START DOWNLOAD THREAD";
 
-    static QString status;
+    static QString report("");
 
-#if 0
     int cnt = 5;
-    while (!m_hw->dcDownloadRunning()) {
+    while (!m_hw->dcDownloadGetRunning()) {
         if (--cnt > 0) {
-            status =  QString("%1 waiting for download to start %2")
+            report =  QString("%1 waiting for download to start %2")
                             .arg(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString(Qt::ISODate))
                             .arg(cnt);
-            qCritical() << __LINE__ << "STATUS" << status;
-            emit m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadStatus(status);
+            qCritical() << __LINE__ << "STATUS" << report;
+            emit m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadStatus(report);
             QThread::sleep(1);
         } else break;
     }
 
+#if 0
     if (cnt == 0) {
         m_hw->dcDownloadResetRequest();
         status = QString("%1 reset download request")
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ void ReportingThread::run() {
             return;
         }
     }
-#endif
 
     uint16_t const tnr = 1750;
     uint16_t cnr = 0;
@@ -66,11 +65,11 @@ void ReportingThread::run() {
         QString report("");
 
         if (cnr > 0) {
-            double percent = (double)cnr / (double)tnr;
-            report = QString("total blocks %1, current block %2 [%3%]")
+            double percent = ((double)cnr / (double)tnr) * 100.0;
+            report = QString(": total blocks %1, current block %2 [%3]")
                     .arg(tnr).arg(cnr).arg(percent, 0, 'f', 2);
         } else {
-            report = QString("total blocks %1, current block %2 [0]")
+            report = QString(": total blocks %1, current block %2 [0]")
                     .arg(tnr).arg(cnr);
         }
         status = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString(Qt::ISODate) + report;
@@ -90,38 +89,67 @@ void ReportingThread::run() {
                 .arg(m_fileToDownload).arg(tnr).arg(cnr));
     }
 
-#if 0
-
-    while (m_hw->dcDownloadRunning()) {
-        uint16_t const cnr = m_hw->dcDownloadGetCurrentBlockNumber();
-        uint16_t const tnr = m_hw->dcDownloadGetTotalBlockNumber();
-
-        QString report("");
-
-        if (cnr > 0) {
-            report = QString("total blocks %1, current block %2 [%3]")
-                    .arg(tnr).arg(cnr).arg((double)(tnr)/(double(cnr)));
-        } else {
-            report = QString("total blocks %1, current block %2 [0]")
-                    .arg(tnr).arg(cnr);
-        }
-
-    emit m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadStatus(QString("XXXXX") + QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString(Qt::ISODate));
-        emit m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadStatus(report);
-    }
-
-    uint16_t const cnr = m_hw->dcDownloadGetCurrentBlockNumber();
-    uint16_t const tnr = m_hw->dcDownloadGetTotalBlockNumber();
-
-    if (tnr == cnr) {
-        m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadSuccess(
-            QString("SUCCESS DOWNLOADING") + m_fileToDownload);
-    } else {
-        m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadFailure(
-            QString("ERROR DOWNLOADING %1 (total blocks=%2, sent blocks=%3)")
-                .arg(m_fileToDownload).arg(tnr).arg(cnr));
-    }
 #endif
 
-    qCritical() << "FINISH DOWNLOAD THREAD";
+    uint16_t const totalBlocks = m_hw->dcDownloadGetTotalBlockNumber();
+
+    qCritical() << QDateTime::currentDateTime() << "TOTAL BLOCKS" << totalBlocks;
+
+    if (totalBlocks) {
+        qint64 const start = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
+        double durationMillis = 0;
+        uint16_t currentBlockNumber = 0;
+
+        while (m_hw->dcDownloadGetRunning()) {
+            currentBlockNumber = m_hw->dcDownloadGetCurrentBlockNumber();
+
+            durationMillis += QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch() - start;
+
+            double const timeAveragePerBlock = (currentBlockNumber > 0) ? (durationMillis / currentBlockNumber) : durationMillis;
+            double const estimatedSecondsLeft = (timeAveragePerBlock * (totalBlocks - currentBlockNumber)) / 1000.0;
+
+            double percent = ((double)currentBlockNumber / (double)totalBlocks) * 100.0;
+            report = QString(": total blocks %1, current block %2 [%3] (est. time left: %4s)")
+                        .arg(totalBlocks)
+                        .arg(currentBlockNumber)
+                        .arg(percent, 0, 'f', 2)
+                        .arg(estimatedSecondsLeft, 0, 'f', 2);
+
+            qCritical() << "RT report" << report;
+
+            emit m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadStatus(report);
+            QThread::msleep(100);
+        }
+
+        QThread::msleep(100);
+
+        if (totalBlocks == currentBlockNumber) {
+            m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadSuccess(
+                QString("SUCCESS DOWNLOADING") + m_fileToDownload);
+        } else {
+            m_hw->hwapi_reportDCDownloadFailure(
+                QString("ERROR DOWNLOADING %1 (total blocks=%2, sent blocks=%3)")
+                    .arg(m_fileToDownload).arg(totalBlocks).arg(currentBlockNumber));
+        }
+    }
+
+    qCritical() << QDateTime::currentDateTime() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+                << QString("line=%1 REPORT THREAD ABOUT TO FINISH").arg(__LINE__);
+
+    cnt = 10;
+
+    bool running = m_hw->dcDownloadGetRunning();
+    bool finished = m_hw->dcDownloadGetFinished();
+
+    while (--cnt > 0 && (running && !finished)) {
+        qCritical() << QDateTime::currentDateTime() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+                    << QString("line=%1 REPORT THREAD: WAIT FOR END OF DOWNLOAD THREAD %2 %3 (%4)")
+            .arg(__LINE__).arg(running).arg(finished).arg(cnt);
+        QThread::sleep(1);
+        running = m_hw->dcDownloadGetRunning();
+        finished = m_hw->dcDownloadGetFinished();
+    }
+
+    qCritical() << QDateTime::currentDateTime() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+                << QString("line=%1 FINISH REPORT THREAD").arg(__LINE__);
 }