diff --git a/config.default.yaml b/config.default.yaml
index 0ec5e9fb..b9a30be7 100755
--- a/config.default.yaml
+++ b/config.default.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ electricity:
 
 atlite:
   nprocesses: 4
+  show_progress: false # false saves time
   cutouts:
     # use 'base' to determine geographical bounds and time span from config
     # base:
diff --git a/config.tutorial.yaml b/config.tutorial.yaml
index a3ffc2a9..4c093a3c 100755
--- a/config.tutorial.yaml
+++ b/config.tutorial.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ electricity:
 
 atlite:
   nprocesses: 4
+  show_progress: false # false saves time
   cutouts:
     be-03-2013-era5:
       module: era5
diff --git a/test/config.test1.yaml b/test/config.test1.yaml
index 15dc8e6e..7c9b0896 100755
--- a/test/config.test1.yaml
+++ b/test/config.test1.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ electricity:
 
 atlite:
   nprocesses: 4
+  show_progress: false # false saves time
   cutouts:
     be-03-2013-era5:
       module: era5