diff --git a/dvc/command/import_file.py b/dvc/command/import_file.py
index 5c6aa6eac..6e80bfe4d 100644
--- a/dvc/command/import_file.py
+++ b/dvc/command/import_file.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from dvc.runtime import Runtime
 from dvc.state_file import StateFile
 from dvc.system import System
 from dvc.command.data_sync import POOL_SIZE
-from dvc.progress import Progress
+from dvc.progress import progress
 
 
 class ImportFileError(DvcException):
@@ -178,21 +178,21 @@ class CmdImportFile(CmdBase):
                     Logger.debug('Downloaded {}'.format(sizeof_fmt(downloaded)))
 
                 # update progress bar
-                self.progress.update_target(name, downloaded, total_length)
+                progress.update_target(name, downloaded, total_length)
 
                 f.write(chunk)
 
         # tell progress bar that this target is finished downloading
-        self.progress.finish_target(name)
+        progress.finish_target(name)
 
     def download_targets(self, targets):
         """
         Download targets in a number of threads.
         """
-        self.progress = Progress(len(targets))
+        progress.set_n_total(len(targets))
         p = ThreadPool(processes=POOL_SIZE)
         p.map(self.download_target, targets)
-        self.progress.finish()
+        progress.finish()
 
     def create_state_files(self, targets, lock):
         """
diff --git a/dvc/progress.py b/dvc/progress.py
index 31c45b682..f4026db3a 100644
--- a/dvc/progress.py
+++ b/dvc/progress.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ class Progress(object):
     """
     Simple multi-target progress bar.
     """
-    def __init__(self, total):
-        self._n_total = total
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._n_total = 0
         self._n_finished = 0
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
 
+    def set_n_total(self, total):
+        self._n_total = total
+
     def _clearln(self):
         print('\r\x1b[K', end='')
 
@@ -73,3 +76,5 @@ class Progress(object):
         name = target_name[:name_len] if len(target_name) > name_len else target_name
 
         return num + bar + percent + name
+
+progress = Progress()