diff --git a/app/br/br.cpp b/app/br/br.cpp
index 8b3d9f4..c59ddb8 100644
--- a/app/br/br.cpp
+++ b/app/br/br.cpp
@@ -231,14 +231,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     br_initialize(argc, argv);
 
     // Do argument execution in another thread so this main thread can run an event loop.
-    // When adding fakeMain to the global thread pool we give it low priority
+    // When adding fakeMain to the global thread pool we give it a higher (slower) priority
     //   so that it is preempted when parallel work is available,
     //   otherwise we would only achieve (n-1)/n CPU utilization.
     FakeMain *fakeMain = new FakeMain(argc, argv);
-    QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start(fakeMain, -1);
+    QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start(fakeMain, 1);
     QCoreApplication::exec();
 
     br_finalize();
 }
-
-#include "br.moc"
diff --git a/sdk/plugins/meta.cpp b/sdk/plugins/meta.cpp
index dd11ca5..5962aa0 100644
--- a/sdk/plugins/meta.cpp
+++ b/sdk/plugins/meta.cpp
@@ -61,31 +61,6 @@ static void _train(Transform *transform, const TemplateList *data)
     transform->train(*data);
 }
 
-// For handling progress feedback
-static int depth = 0;
-
-static void acquireStep()
-{
-    if (depth == 0) {
-        Globals->currentStep = 0;
-        Globals->totalSteps = 1;
-    }
-    depth++;
-}
-
-static void releaseStep()
-{
-    depth--;
-    Globals->currentStep = floor(Globals->currentStep * pow(10.0, double(depth))) / pow(10.0, double(depth));
-    if (depth == 0)
-        Globals->totalSteps = 0;
-}
-
-static void incrementStep()
-{
-    Globals->currentStep += 1.0 / pow(10.0, double(depth));
-}
-
 /*!
  * \ingroup Transforms
  * \brief Transforms in series.
@@ -102,16 +77,13 @@ class PipeTransform : public CompositeTransform
 
     void train(const TemplateList &data)
     {
-        acquireStep();
-
         TemplateList copy(data);
         for (int i=0; i<transforms.size(); i++) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s training... ", qPrintable(transforms[i]->objectName()));
             transforms[i]->train(copy);
+            fprintf(stderr, "projecting...\n");
             copy >> *transforms[i];
-            incrementStep();
         }
-
-        releaseStep();
     }
 
     void backProject(const Template &dst, Template &src) const