diff --git a/gui/src/main/resources/fxml/mainapp/MainApp.fxml b/gui/src/main/resources/fxml/mainapp/MainApp.fxml
index bda4bee..08cdc88 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/resources/fxml/mainapp/MainApp.fxml
+++ b/gui/src/main/resources/fxml/mainapp/MainApp.fxml
@@ -1,91 +1,81 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--suppress ALL -->
+
+<?import java.lang.*?>
+<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
 <?import javafx.geometry.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
-<AnchorPane fx:id="rootPane" minHeight="600.0" minWidth="1024.0" prefHeight="600.0" prefWidth="1024.0"
-            xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1"
-            fx:controller="com.sothr.imagetools.ui.controller.AppController">
+
+<AnchorPane fx:id="rootPane" minHeight="600.0" minWidth="1024.0" prefHeight="600.0" prefWidth="1024.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="com.sothr.imagetools.ui.controller.AppController">
   <children>
-    <MenuBar fx:id="rootMenuBar" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="30.0" prefWidth="600.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0"
-             AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
+    <MenuBar fx:id="rootMenuBar" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="30.0" prefWidth="600.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
       <menus>
         <Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="File">
           <items>
-            <MenuItem fx:id="" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#closeAction" text="Close"/>
+            <MenuItem fx:id="" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#closeAction" text="Close" />
           </items>
         </Menu>
         <Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Edit">
           <items>
-            <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Settings"/>
+            <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Settings" />
           </items>
         </Menu>
         <Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Help">
           <items>
-            <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#aboutAction" text="About"/>
-            <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#helpAction" text="Help Site"/>
+            <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#aboutAction" text="About" />
+            <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#helpAction" text="Help Site" />
           </items>
         </Menu>
       </menus>
     </MenuBar>
-    <VBox id="VBox" alignment="CENTER" spacing="5.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="30.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0"
-          AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="30.0">
+    <VBox id="VBox" alignment="CENTER" spacing="5.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="30.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="30.0">
       <children>
-        <SplitPane dividerPositions="0.2181996086105675" focusTraversable="true" prefHeight="569.0" prefWidth="1024.0"
-                   visible="true" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
+        <SplitPane dividerPositions="0.2181996086105675" focusTraversable="true" prefHeight="569.0" prefWidth="1024.0" visible="true" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
           <items>
-            <TabPane maxWidth="220.0" minHeight="0.0" minWidth="220.0" prefHeight="567.0" prefWidth="220.0"
-                     tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE">
+            <TabPane maxWidth="220.0" minHeight="0.0" minWidth="220.0" prefHeight="567.0" prefWidth="220.0" tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE">
               <tabs>
                 <Tab closable="false" text="Folders">
                   <content>
-                    <BorderPane maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="200.0"
-                                prefWidth="200.0">
+                    <BorderPane maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="200.0" prefWidth="200.0">
                       <top>
-                        <Button maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="200.0" mnemonicParsing="false"
-                                onAction="#browseFolders" text="Browse" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER"/>
+                        <Button maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="200.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#browseFolders" text="Browse" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
                       </top>
                       <center>
                         <FlowPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                           <children>
-                            <Label maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="210.0"
-                                   text="Selected Folder:">
+                            <Label maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="210.0" text="Selected Folder:">
                               <padding>
-                                <Insets left="5.0" right="5.0"/>
+                                <Insets left="5.0" right="5.0" />
                               </padding>
                             </Label>
-                            <Label fx:id="selectedDirectoryLabel" alignment="TOP_LEFT" lineSpacing="2.0"
-                                   maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="210.0" minWidth="210.0"
-                                   prefWidth="210.0" text="&lt;SELECTED&gt;" wrapText="true">
+                            <Label fx:id="selectedDirectoryLabel" alignment="TOP_LEFT" lineSpacing="2.0" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="210.0" minWidth="210.0" prefWidth="210.0" text="&lt;SELECTED&gt;" wrapText="true">
                               <font>
-                                <Font name="System Bold" size="12.0"/>
+                                <Font name="System Bold" size="12.0" />
                               </font>
                               <padding>
-                                <Insets left="5.0" right="5.0"/>
+                                <Insets left="5.0" right="5.0" />
                               </padding>
                             </Label>
                           </children>
                         </FlowPane>
                       </center>
                       <bottom>
-                        <FlowPane maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="60.0"
-                                  prefWidth="220.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                        <FlowPane maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="60.0" prefWidth="220.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                           <children>
-                            <Button maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="220.0" mnemonicParsing="false"
-                                    onAction="#showAllImages" text="Show All Images">
+                            <Button maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="220.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#showAllImages" text="Show All Images">
                               <FlowPane.margin>
-                                <Insets bottom="5.0"/>
+                                <Insets bottom="5.0" />
                               </FlowPane.margin>
                             </Button>
-                            <Button maxWidth="200.0" minWidth="220.0" mnemonicParsing="false"
-                                    onAction="#showSimilarImages" text="Show Similar Images"/>
+                            <Button maxWidth="200.0" minWidth="220.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#showSimilarImages" text="Show Similar Images" />
                           </children>
                         </FlowPane>
                       </bottom>
                       <padding>
-                        <Insets bottom="5.0" top="5.0"/>
+                        <Insets bottom="5.0" top="5.0" />
                       </padding>
                     </BorderPane>
                   </content>
@@ -94,27 +84,17 @@
                   <content>
                     <AnchorPane id="Content" minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="180.0" prefWidth="200.0">
                       <children>
-                        <AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" maxHeight="50.0" prefHeight="50.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0"
-                                    AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="5.0">
+                        <AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" maxHeight="50.0" prefHeight="50.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="5.0">
                           <children>
-                            <TextField layoutY="0.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0"
-                                       AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0"/>
-                            <Button layoutY="27.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="192.0" text="Filter"
-                                    AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0"/>
+                            <TextField layoutY="0.0" prefWidth="200.0" text="" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0" />
+                            <Button layoutY="27.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="192.0" text="Filter" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0" />
                           </children>
                         </AnchorPane>
-                        <ListView fx:id="tagListView" prefHeight="385.0" prefWidth="198.0"
-                                  AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="60.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="10.0"
-                                  AnchorPane.rightAnchor="10.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="60.0"/>
-                        <AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" prefWidth="192.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="5.0"
-                                    AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0">
+                        <ListView fx:id="tagListView" prefHeight="385.0" prefWidth="198.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="60.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="10.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="10.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="60.0" />
+                        <AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" prefWidth="192.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="5.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0">
                           <children>
-                            <Button layoutY="2.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="192.0"
-                                    text="View All Images In Tags" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0"
-                                    AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0"/>
-                            <Button layoutY="28.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="192.0"
-                                    text="Search For Similarities In Tags" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0"
-                                    AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0"/>
+                            <Button layoutY="2.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="192.0" text="View All Images In Tags" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0" />
+                            <Button layoutY="28.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="192.0" text="Search For Similarities In Tags" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="20.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="20.0" />
                           </children>
                         </AnchorPane>
                       </children>
@@ -127,25 +107,20 @@
               <children>
                 <ToolBar maxHeight="30.0" minHeight="30.0" prefHeight="30.0" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
                   <items>
-                    <Label text="Currect Directory:"/>
-                    <Separator orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="200.0"/>
-                    <Label text="&lt;CURRENT DIRECTORY&gt;"/>
+                    <Label text="Currect Directory:" />
+                    <Separator orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="200.0" />
+                    <Label text="&lt;CURRENT DIRECTORY&gt;" />
                   </items>
                   <VBox.margin>
-                    <Insets bottom="-5.0"/>
+                    <Insets bottom="-5.0" />
                   </VBox.margin>
                 </ToolBar>
-                <ScrollPane id="ScrollPane" fitToHeight="true" fitToWidth="true" minWidth="600.0" pannable="false"
-                            prefViewportHeight="567.0" prefViewportWidth="766.0" vbarPolicy="AS_NEEDED"
-                            VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
+                <ScrollPane id="ScrollPane" fitToHeight="true" fitToWidth="true" minWidth="600.0" pannable="false" prefViewportHeight="567.0" prefViewportWidth="766.0" vbarPolicy="AS_NEEDED" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
                   <content>
-                    <TilePane fx:id="imageTilePane" hgap="5.0" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308"
-                              maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="-1.0" prefColumns="6" prefHeight="-1.0"
-                              prefTileHeight="160.0" prefTileWidth="160.0" prefWidth="-1.0" tileAlignment="TOP_LEFT"
-                              vgap="5.0"/>
+                    <TilePane fx:id="imageTilePane" hgap="5.0" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minWidth="-1.0" prefColumns="6" prefHeight="-1.0" prefTileHeight="160.0" prefTileWidth="160.0" prefWidth="-1.0" tileAlignment="TOP_LEFT" vgap="5.0" />
                   </content>
                   <VBox.margin>
-                    <Insets/>
+                    <Insets />
                   </VBox.margin>
                 </ScrollPane>
               </children>
@@ -154,14 +129,13 @@
         </SplitPane>
       </children>
     </VBox>
-    <ToolBar maxHeight="30.0" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minHeight="30.0" orientation="HORIZONTAL"
-             prefHeight="30.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0">
+    <ToolBar maxHeight="30.0" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" minHeight="30.0" orientation="HORIZONTAL" prefHeight="30.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0">
       <items>
-        <Label text="Progress:"/>
-        <Separator orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="200.0"/>
-        <ProgressBar prefWidth="200.0" progress="0.0"/>
-        <Separator orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="200.0"/>
-        <Label text="&lt;PROGRESS INFORMATION&gt;"/>
+        <Label text="Progress:" />
+        <Separator orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="200.0" />
+        <ProgressBar fx:id="progressBar" prefWidth="200.0" progress="0.0" />
+        <Separator orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="200.0" />
+        <Label fx:id="progressLabel" text="&lt;PROGRESS INFORMATION&gt;" />
       </items>
     </ToolBar>
   </children>
diff --git a/gui/src/main/scala/com/sothr/imagetools/ui/controller/AppController.scala b/gui/src/main/scala/com/sothr/imagetools/ui/controller/AppController.scala
index 267a337..6cb0728 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/scala/com/sothr/imagetools/ui/controller/AppController.scala
+++ b/gui/src/main/scala/com/sothr/imagetools/ui/controller/AppController.scala
@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
 package com.sothr.imagetools.ui.controller
 
 import java.io.{File, IOException}
-import java.util
+import java.util.ArrayList
 import java.util.Scanner
+import javafx.application.Platform
 import javafx.event.ActionEvent
 import javafx.fxml.FXML
+import javafx.scene.control.{Label, ProgressBar}
 import javafx.scene.text.{Text, TextAlignment}
 import javafx.scene.web.WebView
 import javafx.scene.{Group, Node, Scene}
 import javafx.stage.{DirectoryChooser, Stage, StageStyle}
 
+import akka.actor._
+import com.sothr.imagetools.engine.image.{SimilarImages, Image}
 import com.sothr.imagetools.engine.util.{PropertiesService, ResourceLoader}
-import com.sothr.imagetools.engine.{ConcurrentEngine, Engine}
+import com.sothr.imagetools.engine._
 import com.sothr.imagetools.ui.component.ImageTileFactory
 import grizzled.slf4j.Logging
 import org.markdown4j.Markdown4jProcessor
 
+import scala.concurrent._
+import scala.util.{Failure, Success}
+import ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
+
 /**
  * Main Application controller
  *
@@ -31,6 +39,10 @@ class AppController extends Logging {
 
   // Labels
   @FXML var selectedDirectoryLabel: javafx.scene.control.Label = null
+  @FXML var progressLabel: javafx.scene.control.Label = null
+
+  // Others
+  @FXML var progressBar: javafx.scene.control.ProgressBar = null
 
   // Engine
   val engine: Engine = new ConcurrentEngine()
@@ -42,6 +54,18 @@ class AppController extends Logging {
     if (PropertiesService.has("lastPath")) {
       currentDirectory = PropertiesService.get("lastPath", ".")
       selectedDirectoryLabel.setText(PropertiesService.get("lastPath", ""))
+
+      //setup the engine listener
+      val system: ActorSystem = AppConfig.getAppActorSystem
+      val guiListenerProps: Props = Props.create(classOf[GUIEngineListener])
+      val guiListener: ActorRef = system.actorOf(guiListenerProps)
+      // configure the listener
+      guiListener ! SetupListener(progressBar, progressLabel)
+      // tell the engine to use our listener
+      this.engine.setProcessedListener(guiListener)
+      this.engine.setSimilarityListener(guiListener)
+      // Initialize the progress label
+      guiListener ! SubmitMessage("Initialized System... Ready!")
     }
 
     //test
@@ -95,6 +119,10 @@ class AppController extends Logging {
     stage.close()
   }
 
+  //endregion
+
+  //region buttons
+
   @FXML
   def browseFolders(event: ActionEvent) = {
     val chooser = new DirectoryChooser()
@@ -113,24 +141,51 @@ class AppController extends Logging {
 
   @FXML
   def showAllImages(event: ActionEvent) = {
-    imageTilePane.getChildren.setAll(new util.ArrayList[Node]())
-    val images = engine.getImagesForDirectory(currentDirectory)
-    info(s"Displaying ${images.length} images")
-    for (image <- images) {
-      debug(s"Adding image ${image.toString} to app")
-      imageTilePane.getChildren.add(ImageTileFactory.get(image))
+    imageTilePane.getChildren.setAll(new ArrayList[Node]())
+    val f: Future[List[Image]] = Future {
+      engine.getImagesForDirectory(currentDirectory)
+    }
+
+    f onComplete {
+      case Success(images) =>
+        info(s"Displaying ${images.length} images")
+        // This is used so that JavaFX updates on the proper thread
+        // This is important since UI updates can only happen on that thread
+        Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
+          override def run() {
+            for (image <- images) {
+              debug(s"Adding image ${image.toString} to app")
+              imageTilePane.getChildren.add(ImageTileFactory.get(image))
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      case Failure(t) =>
+        error("An Error Occurred", t)
     }
   }
 
   @FXML
   def showSimilarImages(event: ActionEvent) = {
-    imageTilePane.getChildren.setAll(new util.ArrayList[Node]())
-    val similarImages = engine.getSimilarImagesForDirectory(currentDirectory)
-    info(s"Displaying ${similarImages.length} similar images")
-    for (similarImage <- similarImages) {
-      debug(s"Adding similar images ${similarImage.rootImage.toString} to app")
-      imageTilePane.getChildren.add(ImageTileFactory.get(similarImage.rootImage))
-      similarImage.similarImages.foreach(image => imageTilePane.getChildren.add(ImageTileFactory.get(image)))
+    imageTilePane.getChildren.setAll(new ArrayList[Node]())
+
+    val f: Future[List[SimilarImages]] = Future {
+      engine.getSimilarImagesForDirectory(currentDirectory)
+    }
+
+    f onComplete {
+      case Success(similarImages) =>
+        info(s"Displaying ${similarImages.length} similar images")
+        Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
+          override def run() {
+            for (similarImage <- similarImages) {
+              debug(s"Adding similar images ${similarImage.rootImage.toString} to app")
+              imageTilePane.getChildren.add(ImageTileFactory.get(similarImage.rootImage))
+              similarImage.similarImages.foreach(image => imageTilePane.getChildren.add(ImageTileFactory.get(image)))
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      case Failure(t) =>
+        error("An Error Occurred", t)
     }
   }
 
@@ -232,3 +287,71 @@ class AppController extends Logging {
     "This method works"
   }
 }
+
+//region EngineListener
+case class SetupListener(progressBar: ProgressBar, progressLabel: Label)
+
+/**
+ * Actor for logging output information
+ */
+class GUIEngineListener extends EngineListener with ActorLogging {
+  var progressBar: javafx.scene.control.ProgressBar = null
+  var progressLabel: javafx.scene.control.Label = null
+
+  var isStarted = false
+  var isFinished = false
+
+  override def receive: Actor.Receive = {
+    case command: SetupListener => setupListener(command)
+    case command: SubmitMessage => handleMessage(command)
+    case command: ScannedFileCount => handleScannedFileCount(command)
+    case command: ComparedFileCount => handleComparedFileCount(command)
+    case _ => log.info("received unknown message")
+  }
+
+  def setupListener(command: SetupListener) = {
+    this.progressBar = command.progressBar
+    this.progressLabel = command.progressLabel
+  }
+
+  override def handleComparedFileCount(command: ComparedFileCount): Unit = {
+    Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
+      override def run(): Unit = {
+        if (command.message != null) {
+          log.debug(command.message)
+          progressLabel.setText(command.message)
+        } else {
+          progressLabel.setText(s"Processed ${command.count}/${command.total}")
+        }
+        log.debug("Processed {}/{}", command.count, command.total)
+        progressBar.setProgress(command.count.toFloat/command.total)
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  override def handleScannedFileCount(command: ScannedFileCount): Unit = {
+    Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
+      override def run(): Unit = {
+        if (command.message != null) {
+          log.debug(command.message)
+          progressLabel.setText(command.message)
+        } else {
+          progressLabel.setText(s"Scanned ${command.count}/${command.total} For Similarities")
+        }
+        log.debug("Scanned {}/{} For Similarities", command.count, command.total)
+        progressBar.setProgress(command.count.toFloat/command.total)
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  override def handleMessage(command: SubmitMessage): Unit = {
+    Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
+      override def run(): Unit = {
+        log.debug(command.message)
+        progressLabel.setText(command.message)
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+//endregion