diff --git a/pmb/helpers/apk.py b/pmb/helpers/apk.py
index 37d18764..5741e548 100644
--- a/pmb/helpers/apk.py
+++ b/pmb/helpers/apk.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def apk_with_progress(args, command, chroot=False, suffix="native"):
             while p_apk.poll() is None:
                 line = p_cat.stdout.readline().decode('utf-8')
                 progress = _compute_progress(line)
-                pmb.helpers.cli.progress_print(progress)
-            pmb.helpers.cli.progress_flush()
+                pmb.helpers.cli.progress_print(args, progress)
+            pmb.helpers.cli.progress_flush(args)
             pmb.helpers.run_core.check_return_code(args, p_apk.returncode,
                                                    log_msg)
diff --git a/pmb/helpers/cli.py b/pmb/helpers/cli.py
index 6edd74eb..db7749da 100644
--- a/pmb/helpers/cli.py
+++ b/pmb/helpers/cli.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def confirm(args, question="Continue?", default=False, no_assumptions=False):
     return answer == "y"
 
 
-def progress_print(progress):
+def progress_print(args, progress):
     """
     Print a snapshot of a progress bar to STDOUT. Call progress_flush to end
     printing progress and clear the line. No output is printed in
@@ -122,16 +122,16 @@ def progress_print(progress):
     filled = "\u2588" * chars
     empty = " " * (width - chars)
     percent = int(progress * 100)
-    if pmb.config.is_interactive:
+    if pmb.config.is_interactive and not args.details_to_stdout:
         sys.stdout.write(f"\u001b7{percent:>3}% {filled}{empty}")
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stdout.write("\u001b8\u001b[0K")
 
 
-def progress_flush():
+def progress_flush(args):
     """
     Finish printing a progress bar. This will erase the line. Does nothing in
     non-interactive mode.
     """
-    if pmb.config.is_interactive:
+    if pmb.config.is_interactive and not args.details_to_stdout:
         sys.stdout.flush()
diff --git a/pmb/helpers/repo.py b/pmb/helpers/repo.py
index de9a9c33..280b13a4 100644
--- a/pmb/helpers/repo.py
+++ b/pmb/helpers/repo.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def update(args, arch=None, force=False, existing_only=False):
 
     # Download and move to right location
     for (i, (url, target)) in enumerate(outdated.items()):
-        pmb.helpers.cli.progress_print(i / len(outdated))
+        pmb.helpers.cli.progress_print(args, i / len(outdated))
         temp = pmb.helpers.http.download(args, url, "APKINDEX", False,
                                          logging.DEBUG, True)
         if not temp:
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def update(args, arch=None, force=False, existing_only=False):
         if not os.path.exists(target_folder):
             pmb.helpers.run.root(args, ["mkdir", "-p", target_folder])
         pmb.helpers.run.root(args, ["cp", temp, target])
-    pmb.helpers.cli.progress_flush()
+    pmb.helpers.cli.progress_flush(args)
 
     return True