diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c
index bc6c14c9..bb98023d 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c
@@ -552,11 +552,11 @@ ostree_fetcher_session_thread (gpointer data)
   /* XXX: Now that we have mirrorlist support, we could make this even smarter
    * by spreading requests across mirrors. */
   g_object_get (closure->session, "max-conns-per-host", &max_conns, NULL);
-  if (max_conns < 8)
+  if (max_conns < _OSTREE_MAX_OUTSTANDING_FETCHER_REQUESTS)
     {
       /* We download a lot of small objects in ostree, so this
        * helps a lot.  Also matches what most modern browsers do. */
-      max_conns = 8;
+      max_conns = _OSTREE_MAX_OUTSTANDING_FETCHER_REQUESTS;
       g_object_set (closure->session,
                     "max-conns-per-host",
                     max_conns, NULL);
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index 21f3007e..79da7809 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ update_progress (gpointer user_data)
   ostree_async_progress_set_uint (pull_data->progress, "outstanding-writes", outstanding_writes);
   ostree_async_progress_set_uint (pull_data->progress, "fetched", fetched);
   ostree_async_progress_set_uint (pull_data->progress, "requested", requested);
+  ostree_async_progress_set_uint (pull_data->progress, "scanning", g_queue_is_empty (&pull_data->scan_object_queue) ? 0 : 1);
   ostree_async_progress_set_uint (pull_data->progress, "scanned-metadata", n_scanned_metadata);
   ostree_async_progress_set_uint64 (pull_data->progress, "bytes-transferred", bytes_transferred);
   ostree_async_progress_set_uint64 (pull_data->progress, "start-time", start_time);
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
index 4ac39d11..47e95ae4 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
@@ -3876,6 +3876,7 @@ ostree_repo_pull_default_console_progress_changed (OstreeAsyncProgress *progress
 {
   GString *buf;
   g_autofree char *status = NULL;
+  gboolean scanning;
   guint outstanding_fetches;
   guint outstanding_metadata_fetches;
   guint outstanding_writes;
@@ -3889,6 +3890,7 @@ ostree_repo_pull_default_console_progress_changed (OstreeAsyncProgress *progress
   outstanding_fetches = ostree_async_progress_get_uint (progress, "outstanding-fetches");
   outstanding_metadata_fetches = ostree_async_progress_get_uint (progress, "outstanding-metadata-fetches");
   outstanding_writes = ostree_async_progress_get_uint (progress, "outstanding-writes");
+  scanning = ostree_async_progress_get_uint (progress, "scanning") == 1;
   n_scanned_metadata = ostree_async_progress_get_uint (progress, "scanned-metadata");
   fetched_delta_parts = ostree_async_progress_get_uint (progress, "fetched-delta-parts");
   total_delta_parts = ostree_async_progress_get_uint (progress, "total-delta-parts");
@@ -3937,7 +3939,7 @@ ostree_repo_pull_default_console_progress_changed (OstreeAsyncProgress *progress
                                   formatted_bytes_sec, formatted_bytes_transferred,
                                   formatted_total, formatted_est_time_remaining);
         }
-      else if (outstanding_metadata_fetches)
+      else if (scanning || outstanding_metadata_fetches)
         {
           g_string_append_printf (buf, "Receiving metadata objects: %u/(estimating) %s/s %s",
                                   metadata_fetched, formatted_bytes_sec, formatted_bytes_transferred);