diff --git a/src/hipscat_import/margin_cache/margin_cache.py b/src/hipscat_import/margin_cache/margin_cache.py
index 6f30551e..75544089 100644
--- a/src/hipscat_import/margin_cache/margin_cache.py
+++ b/src/hipscat_import/margin_cache/margin_cache.py
@@ -106,17 +106,23 @@ def generate_margin_cache(args, client):
         args (MarginCacheArguments): A valid `MarginCacheArguments` object.
         client (dask.distributed.Client): A dask distributed client object.
     """
+    with tqdm(total=5, desc="Planning ", disable=not args.progress_bar) as step_progress:
     # determine which order to generate margin pixels for
-    partition_stats = args.catalog.partition_info.get_healpix_pixels()
+        partition_stats = args.catalog.partition_info.get_healpix_pixels()
+        step_progress.update(1)
 
-    # get the negative tree pixels
-    negative_pixels = args.catalog.generate_negative_tree_pixels()
+        # get the negative tree pixels
+        negative_pixels = args.catalog.generate_negative_tree_pixels()
+        step_progress.update(1)
 
-    combined_pixels = partition_stats + negative_pixels
+        combined_pixels = partition_stats + negative_pixels
+        step_progress.update(1)
 
-    margin_pairs = _find_partition_margin_pixel_pairs(combined_pixels, args.margin_order)
+        margin_pairs = _find_partition_margin_pixel_pairs(combined_pixels, args.margin_order)
+        step_progress.update(1)
 
-    _create_margin_directory(combined_pixels, args.catalog_path)
+        _create_margin_directory(combined_pixels, args.catalog_path)
+        step_progress.update(1)
 
     _map_to_margin_shards(
         client=client,
diff --git a/tests/hipscat_import/margin_cache/test_margin_cache.py b/tests/hipscat_import/margin_cache/test_margin_cache.py
index b489375e..efe472a0 100644
--- a/tests/hipscat_import/margin_cache/test_margin_cache.py
+++ b/tests/hipscat_import/margin_cache/test_margin_cache.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_margin_cache_gen(small_sky_source_catalog, tmp_path, dask_client):
 
     assert all(data[PartitionInfo.METADATA_ORDER_COLUMN_NAME] == norder)
     assert all(data[PartitionInfo.METADATA_PIXEL_COLUMN_NAME] == npix)
-    assert all(data[PartitionInfo.METADATA_DIR_COLUMN_NAME] == int(npix / 10000) * 10000)
+    assert all(data[PartitionInfo.METADATA_DIR_COLUMN_NAME] == 0)
 
     assert data.dtypes[PartitionInfo.METADATA_ORDER_COLUMN_NAME] == np.uint8
     assert data.dtypes[PartitionInfo.METADATA_DIR_COLUMN_NAME] == np.uint64