diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 76f82d4..a6a9b51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ ChangeLog
 # Files created by releasenotes build
 releasenotes/build
 /clouds.yaml
+/*.dat
diff --git a/aerostat/app.py b/aerostat/app.py
index 0ec073d..faed328 100644
--- a/aerostat/app.py
+++ b/aerostat/app.py
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import pprint
 import sys
 
 import os_client_config
+import progressbar
 import shade
 import yaml
 
+from aerostat import download
 from aerostat import resolver
 
 
@@ -39,8 +41,9 @@ def main():
 
     tasks = []
 
-    for server in cloud.list_servers():
-        tasks.extend(res.server(server))
+    # for server in cloud.list_servers():
+    #     tasks.extend(res.server(server))
+    tasks.extend(res.server(cloud.get_server('dev1')))
 
     playbook = [
         {'hosts': 'localhost',
@@ -51,6 +54,11 @@ def main():
 
     print(yaml.dump(playbook, default_flow_style=False, explicit_start=True))
 
+    print('downloading snapshot')
+    image = cloud.get_image('dev1-sn1')
+    with download.ProgressBarDownloader('dev1-sn1.dat', image.size) as out:
+        cloud.download_image('dev1-sn1', output_file=out)
+
     # for volume in dev1.volumes:
     #     vol = cloud.get_volume(volume.id)
     #     pprint.pprint(vol)
diff --git a/aerostat/download.py b/aerostat/download.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62f6055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aerostat/download.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2010-2011 OpenStack Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import progressbar
+
+
+class ProgressBarDownloader:
+
+    def __init__(self, output_path, max_value):
+        self.output_path = output_path
+        self.max_value = max_value
+        self.bar = None
+        self.fd = None
+        self.amt_read = 0
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.bar = progressbar.ProgressBar(
+            widgets=[
+                progressbar.Percentage(),
+                progressbar.Bar(),
+                progressbar.FileTransferSpeed(),
+                ' ',
+                progressbar.ETA(),
+            ],
+            max_value=self.max_value,
+        )
+        self.fd = open(self.output_path, 'wb')
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.fd.close()
+        self.bar.finish()
+        return False
+
+    def write(self, block):
+        if block:
+            self.fd.write(block)
+            self.amt_read += len(block)
+            self.bar.update(self.amt_read)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 48ad734..a97934f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ cliff>=2.3.0
 shade>=1.12.0
 os-client-config>=1.22.0
 PyYAML>=3.10.0
+progressbar2>=3.12.0