diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d0fa450..d03e1cce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 * Do more of line simplification in integer coordinates, to make behavior consistent across platforms
+* Reduce excessive logging during pmtiles conversion
 
 # 2.26.1
 
diff --git a/decode.cpp b/decode.cpp
index b78ce6e5..4bd64849 100644
--- a/decode.cpp
+++ b/decode.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ int minzoom = 0;
 int maxzoom = 32;
 bool force = false;
 
+bool progress_time() {
+	return false;
+}
+
 void do_stats(mvt_tile &tile, size_t size, bool compressed, int z, unsigned x, unsigned y, json_writer &state) {
 	state.json_write_hash();
 
diff --git a/pmtiles_file.cpp b/pmtiles_file.cpp
index 91673214..c1226d07 100644
--- a/pmtiles_file.cpp
+++ b/pmtiles_file.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "pmtiles_file.hpp"
 #include "mvt.hpp"
 #include "write_json.hpp"
+#include "main.hpp"
 
 bool pmtiles_has_suffix(const char *filename) {
 	if (filename == nullptr) {
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ std::string metadata_to_pmtiles_json(metadata m) {
 	return compressed;
 }
 
-void mbtiles_map_image_to_pmtiles(char *fname, metadata m, bool tile_compression, bool quiet, bool quiet_progress) {
+void mbtiles_map_image_to_pmtiles(char *fname, metadata m, bool tile_compression, bool fquiet, bool fquiet_progress) {
 	sqlite3 *db;
 
 	if (sqlite3_open(fname, &db) != SQLITE_OK) {
@@ -197,12 +198,14 @@ void mbtiles_map_image_to_pmtiles(char *fname, metadata m, bool tile_compression
 		tmp_ostream.open(tmpname.c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
 
 		int idx = 0;
+		int progress_reported = -1;
 		for (auto const &tile_id : tile_ids) {
 			idx = idx + 1;
 			double progress = ((double) idx / tile_ids.size()) * 100;
 			pmtiles::zxy zxy = pmtiles::tileid_to_zxy(tile_id);
-			if (!quiet && !quiet_progress) {
+			if (!fquiet && !fquiet_progress && progress_time() && (int) progress != progress_reported) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "  %3.1f%%  %d/%u/%u  \r", progress, zxy.z, zxy.x, zxy.y);
+				progress_reported = (int) progress;
 				fflush(stderr);
 			}
 			sqlite3_bind_int(map_stmt, 1, zxy.z);
diff --git a/tile-join.cpp b/tile-join.cpp
index d65b1f1b..661a1bb8 100644
--- a/tile-join.cpp
+++ b/tile-join.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ int minzoom = 0;
 std::map<std::string, std::string> renames;
 bool exclude_all = false;
 
+bool progress_time() {
+	return false;
+}
+
 struct stats {
 	int minzoom;
 	int maxzoom;