diff --git a/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/cloud.go b/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/cloud.go
index 8b94b385..98de143b 100644
--- a/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/cloud.go
+++ b/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/cloud.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func uploadAMI(path, targetArch string, flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 	// similar. Eventually we may provide json progress here too.
 	var pbar *pb.ProgressBar
 	switch progress {
-	case "text":
+	case "", "plain", "term":
 		pbar = pb.New(0)
 	}
 
diff --git a/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/main.go b/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/main.go
index 693d2382..9a5be5ea 100644
--- a/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/main.go
+++ b/bib/cmd/bootc-image-builder/main.go
@@ -487,6 +487,11 @@ func cmdBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	pbar.SetMessagef("Build complete!")
 	if upload {
+		// XXX: pass our own progress.ProgressBar here
+		// *for now* just stop our own progress and let the uploadAMI
+		// progress take over - but we really need to fix this in a
+		// followup
+		pbar.Stop()
 		for idx, imgType := range imgTypes {
 			switch imgType {
 			case "ami":