diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 193f9e5778..c43cae0c38 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageInsert(name, url, path string, out io.Writer, sf *utils.
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.Inject(utils.ProgressReader(file.Body, int(file.ContentLength), out, sf.FormatProgress("Downloading", "%v/%v (%v)"), sf), path); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Inject(utils.ProgressReader(file.Body, int(file.ContentLength), out, sf.FormatProgress("Downloading", "%8v/%v (%v)"), sf), path); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	// FIXME: Handle custom repo, tag comment, author
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pullImage(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, imgID, endpoin
 				return err
 			}
 			defer layer.Close()
-			if err := srv.runtime.graph.Register(utils.ProgressReader(layer, imgSize, out, sf.FormatProgress("Downloading", "%v/%v (%v)"), sf), false, img); err != nil {
+			if err := srv.runtime.graph.Register(utils.ProgressReader(layer, imgSize, out, sf.FormatProgress("Downloading", "%8v/%v (%v)"), sf), false, img); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pushImage(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, remote, imgID,
 	}
 
 	// Send the layer
-	if err := r.PushImageLayerRegistry(imgData.ID, utils.ProgressReader(layerData, int(layerData.Size), out, sf.FormatProgress("Pushing", "%v/%v (%v)"), sf), ep, token); err != nil {
+	if err := r.PushImageLayerRegistry(imgData.ID, utils.ProgressReader(layerData, int(layerData.Size), out, sf.FormatProgress("Pushing", "%8v/%v (%v)"), sf), ep, token); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageImport(src, repo, tag string, in io.Reader, out io.Write
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		archive = utils.ProgressReader(resp.Body, int(resp.ContentLength), out, sf.FormatProgress("Importing", "%v/%v (%v)"), sf)
+		archive = utils.ProgressReader(resp.Body, int(resp.ContentLength), out, sf.FormatProgress("Importing", "%8v/%v (%v)"), sf)
 	}
 	img, err := srv.runtime.graph.Create(archive, nil, "Imported from "+src, "", nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index df615844a7..153b1b910c 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (r *progressReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	}
 	if r.readProgress-r.lastUpdate > updateEvery || err != nil {
 		if r.readTotal > 0 {
-			fmt.Fprintf(r.output, r.template, HumanSize(int64(r.readProgress)), HumanSize(int64(r.readTotal)), fmt.Sprintf("%2.0f%%", float64(r.readProgress)/float64(r.readTotal)*100))
+			fmt.Fprintf(r.output, r.template, HumanSize(int64(r.readProgress)), HumanSize(int64(r.readTotal)), fmt.Sprintf("%.0f%%", float64(r.readProgress)/float64(r.readTotal)*100))
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(r.output, r.template, r.readProgress, "?", "n/a")
 		}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (r *progressReader) Close() error {
 func ProgressReader(r io.ReadCloser, size int, output io.Writer, template []byte, sf *StreamFormatter) *progressReader {
 	tpl := string(template)
 	if tpl == "" {
-		tpl = string(sf.FormatProgress("", "%v/%v (%v)"))
+		tpl = string(sf.FormatProgress("", "%8v/%v (%v)"))
 	}
 	return &progressReader{r, NewWriteFlusher(output), size, 0, 0, tpl, sf}
 }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func HumanSize(size int64) string {
 		sizef = sizef / 1000.0
 		i++
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%5.4g %s", sizef, units[i])
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.4g %s", sizef, units[i])
 }
 
 func Trunc(s string, maxlen int) string {