diff --git a/clone/clone b/clone/clone
index 6ec69ce..2138217 100755
--- a/clone/clone
+++ b/clone/clone
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ step3(){
 
 		echo "     - using gunzip";
 
-		( dd if=$IMAGE_FILE | pv -s $(du -bs $IMAGE_FILE | gunzip | awk '{print $1}') | sudo dd of=$DEV bs=4M ) \
+		( sudo dd if=$IMAGE_FILE of=$DEV bs=4M status=progress ) \
 			|| echo "<<< error: dd command failed" || exit 1;
 
 	else
 
-		( dd if=$IMAGE_FILE | pv -s $(du -bs $IMAGE_FILE | awk '{print $1}') | sudo dd of=$DEV bs=4M ) \
+		( sudo dd if=$IMAGE_FILE of=$DEV bs=4M status=progress ) \
 			|| echo "<<< error: dd command failed" || exit 1;