diff --git a/lib/gui/gui.py b/lib/gui/gui.py
index 62fa4daf84c272d6b7037a0da0e2a0d71411f4c6..17d8fe502d0945a2f3ff59f0de76ef46b4f2b253 100644
--- a/lib/gui/gui.py
+++ b/lib/gui/gui.py
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ class SuGui(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
             # Thread stuff
             # progress_bar
             self.progress_bar_thread.set_measure_time(options['capture_time'])
-            self.progress_bar_thread.progress.connect(self.update_progress_bar, QtCore.Qt.QueuedConnection)
+            self.progress_bar_thread.progress.connect(self.update_progress_bar, \
+                                                      QtCore.Qt.QueuedConnection)
+            self.progress_bar_thread.run_time.connect(self.update_run_time, \
+                                                      QtCore.Qt.QueuedConnection)
             self.progress_bar_thread.start()
             self._set_setEnabled(False)
 
@@ -115,6 +118,11 @@ class SuGui(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         """
         self.progressBar.setValue(text)
 
+    def update_run_time(self, run_time):
+        capture_time = self._extract_options()['capture_time']
+        self.label_status. \
+            setText("Time: %ss of %ss" % (run_time, capture_time))
+
     def stop_button(self):
         """
         Stop button action in main window.
diff --git a/lib/gui/update_progress_bar.py b/lib/gui/update_progress_bar.py
index 76352e930d64743b1342bb47a3a705212449cdc8..02a3396de262d5ed0623188a04acfdef6d78473a 100644
--- a/lib/gui/update_progress_bar.py
+++ b/lib/gui/update_progress_bar.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QThread, pyqtSignal, QObject
 class UpdateProgressBar(QThread):
 
     progress = pyqtSignal(int)
+    run_time = pyqtSignal(int)
 
     def __init__(self):
         """
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class UpdateProgressBar(QThread):
         while True:
             running_time_in_percent = self.time_to_percent()
             self.progress.emit(running_time_in_percent)
+            self.run_time.emit(float(time.time())-self.start_time)
 
             if running_time_in_percent >= 100:
                 # kill thread if 100 % is reached