diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
index 04a288d9..88019902 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ endforeach()
 
 externalproject_add(mve
     GIT_REPOSITORY  https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/mve.git
-    GIT_TAG         092
+    GIT_TAG         098
     UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
     SOURCE_DIR      ${SB_SOURCE_DIR}/elibs/mve
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
diff --git a/stages/mve.py b/stages/mve.py
index f32473b8..da02e3c4 100644
--- a/stages/mve.py
+++ b/stages/mve.py
@@ -49,54 +49,13 @@ class ODMMveStage(types.ODM_Stage):
 
             dmrecon_config = [
                 "-s%s" % mve_output_scale,
-	            "--progress=silent",
+	            "--progress=fancy",
                 "--local-neighbors=2",
                 # "--filter-width=3",
             ]
 
             # Run MVE's dmrecon
-            log.ODM_INFO('                                                                               ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                                    ,*/**                                      ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                                  ,*@%*/@%*                                    ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                                ,/@%******@&*.                                 ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                              ,*@&*********/@&*                                ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                            ,*@&**************@&*                              ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                          ,/@&******************@&*.                           ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                        ,*@&*********************/@&*                          ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                      ,*@&**************************@&*.                       ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                    ,/@&******************************&&*,                     ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                  ,*&&**********************************@&*.                   ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                ,*@&**************************************@&*.                 ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('              ,*@&***************#@@@@@@@@@%****************&&*,               ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('            .*&&***************&@@@@@@@@@@@@@@****************@@*.             ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('          .*@&***************&@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@%****(@@%********@@*.           ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('        .*@@***************%@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#****&@@@@%******&@*,         ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('      .*&@****************@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@/*****@@*.       ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('    .*@@****************@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@%*************@@*.     ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('  .*@@****/***********@@@@@&**(@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#*****************%@*,   ')
-            log.ODM_INFO(' */@*******@*******#@@@@%*******/@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@********************/@(,  ')
-            log.ODM_INFO(' ,*@(********&@@@@@@#**************/@@@@@@@#**(@@&/**********************@&*   ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('   *#@/*******************************@@@@@***&@&**********************&@*,    ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('     *#@#******************************&@@@***@#*********************&@*,      ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('       */@#*****************************@@@************************@@*.        ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('         *#@/***************************/@@/*********************%@*,          ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('           *#@#**************************#@@%******************%@*,            ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('             */@#*************************(@@@@@@@&%/********&@*.              ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('               *(@(*********************************/%@@%**%@*,                ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                 *(@%************************************%@**                  ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                   **@%********************************&@*,                    ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                     *(@(****************************%@/*                      ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                       ,(@%************************#@/*                        ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                         ,*@%********************&@/,                          ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                           */@#****************#@/*                            ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                             ,/@&************#@/*                              ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                               ,*@&********%@/,                                ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                                 */@#****(@/*                                  ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                                   ,/@@@@(*                                    ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('                                     .**,                                      ')
-            log.ODM_INFO('')
-            log.ODM_INFO("Running dense reconstruction. This might take a while. Please be patient, the process is not dead or hung.")
-            log.ODM_INFO("                              Process is running")
+            log.ODM_INFO("Running dense reconstruction. This might take a while.")
             
             # TODO: find out why MVE is crashing at random
             # MVE *seems* to have a race condition, triggered randomly, regardless of dataset