diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/NestEngine.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/NestEngine.cs
index 51615a4..1eaf05c 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Engine/NestEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine/NestEngine.cs
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ namespace OpenNest
                 var linearBag = new System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentBag<(FillScore score, List<Part> parts)>();
                 var angleBag = new System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentBag<AngleResult>();
 
-                long lastLinearReport = 0;
+                var anglesCompleted = 0;
 
                 System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEach(angles,
                     new System.Threading.Tasks.ParallelOptions { CancellationToken = token },
@@ -307,19 +307,14 @@ namespace OpenNest
                             angleBag.Add(new AngleResult { AngleDeg = angleDeg, Direction = NestDirection.Vertical, PartCount = v.Count });
                         }
 
-                        var now = linearSw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
-                        if (progress != null && now - Interlocked.Read(ref lastLinearReport) >= 150)
+                        var done = Interlocked.Increment(ref anglesCompleted);
+                        var bestCount = System.Math.Max(h?.Count ?? 0, v?.Count ?? 0);
+                        progress?.Report(new NestProgress
                         {
-                            Interlocked.Exchange(ref lastLinearReport, now);
-                            var bestDir = (h?.Count ?? 0) >= (v?.Count ?? 0) ? "H" : "V";
-                            var bestCount = System.Math.Max(h?.Count ?? 0, v?.Count ?? 0);
-                            progress.Report(new NestProgress
-                            {
-                                Phase = NestPhase.Linear,
-                                PlateNumber = PlateNumber,
-                                Description = $"Linear: {angleDeg:F0}° {bestDir} - {bestCount} parts"
-                            });
-                        }
+                            Phase = NestPhase.Linear,
+                            PlateNumber = PlateNumber,
+                            Description = $"Linear: {done}/{angles.Count} angles, {angleDeg:F0}° = {bestCount} parts"
+                        });
                     });
                 linearSw.Stop();
                 AngleResults.AddRange(angleBag);
@@ -522,8 +517,8 @@ namespace OpenNest
 
             try
             {
-                var pairsSw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-                long lastPairsReport = 0;
+                var pairsCompleted = 0;
+                var pairsBestCount = 0;
 
                 System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.For(0, candidates.Count,
                     new System.Threading.Tasks.ParallelOptions { CancellationToken = token },
@@ -538,17 +533,14 @@ namespace OpenNest
                         if (filled != null && filled.Count > 0)
                             resultBag.Add((FillScore.Compute(filled, workArea), filled));
 
-                        var now = pairsSw.ElapsedMilliseconds;
-                        if (progress != null && now - Interlocked.Read(ref lastPairsReport) >= 150)
+                        var done = Interlocked.Increment(ref pairsCompleted);
+                        InterlockedMax(ref pairsBestCount, filled?.Count ?? 0);
+                        progress?.Report(new NestProgress
                         {
-                            Interlocked.Exchange(ref lastPairsReport, now);
-                            progress.Report(new NestProgress
-                            {
-                                Phase = NestPhase.Pairs,
-                                PlateNumber = PlateNumber,
-                                Description = $"Pairs: candidate {i + 1}/{candidates.Count} - {filled?.Count ?? 0} parts"
-                            });
-                        }
+                            Phase = NestPhase.Pairs,
+                            PlateNumber = PlateNumber,
+                            Description = $"Pairs: {done}/{candidates.Count} candidates, best = {pairsBestCount} parts"
+                        });
                     });
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
@@ -1103,5 +1095,15 @@ namespace OpenNest
             return result;
         }
 
+        private static void InterlockedMax(ref int location, int value)
+        {
+            int current;
+            do
+            {
+                current = location;
+                if (value <= current) return;
+            } while (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref location, value, current) != current);
+        }
+
     }
 }