diff --git a/toolchainlib/src/init.luau b/toolchainlib/src/init.luau
index a361fdd..5b605de 100644
--- a/toolchainlib/src/init.luau
+++ b/toolchainlib/src/init.luau
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ function installTool(tool: ToolId, installPath: pathfs.Path): number
 				end
 			end
 
-			barFns.stop(bar)
 			return error(`No release found for version {version}`)
 		end,
 
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ function installTool(tool: ToolId, installPath: pathfs.Path): number
 		local decompressedPath = downloadAndDecompress(matchingAsset):unwrap()
 		binaryPath = decompressedPath:join(aliasPath)
 		if not pathfs.isFile(binaryPath) then
-			barFns.stop(bar)
 			error(`No matching binary found in {decompressedPath}`)
 		end
 	end
@@ -328,6 +326,9 @@ return setmetatable(
 			)
 
 			if not ok then
+				-- Cleanup progress bar in case of error
+				makeConditionalBar().stop(bar)
+
 				stdio.ewrite(`{ERROR_PREFIX} Failed to install {tool}\n`)
 				stdio.ewrite(`	- {err}\n`)
 				return 1
diff --git a/toolchainlib/src/utils/progress.luau b/toolchainlib/src/utils/progress.luau
index 4f79617..9c42572 100644
--- a/toolchainlib/src/utils/progress.luau
+++ b/toolchainlib/src/utils/progress.luau
@@ -55,10 +55,15 @@ function ProgressBar.start(self: ProgressBarImpl): ()
 			for _, spinner in SPINNERS do
 				local stage = self.stages[self.currentStageIndex]
 				stdio.write(
-					`\x1b[2K\x1b[0G{spinner} {stage.message}{string.rep(" ", MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH - #stage.message)} [{string.rep(
-						BAR,
-						self.currentStageIndex
-					)}{string.rep(" ", TOTAL_BAR_LENGTH - (BAR_LENGTH * self.currentStageIndex))}] {self.currentStageIndex} / {#self.stages}`
+					`\x1b[2K\x1b[0G{stdio.color("cyan")}{spinner} {stage.message}{stdio.color("reset")}{string.rep(
+						" ",
+						MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH - #stage.message
+					)} [{stdio.style("dim")}{string.rep(BAR, self.currentStageIndex)}{string.rep(
+						" ",
+						TOTAL_BAR_LENGTH - (BAR_LENGTH * self.currentStageIndex)
+					)}{stdio.style("reset")}] {stdio.style("bold")}{self.currentStageIndex} / {#self.stages}{stdio.style(
+						"reset"
+					)}`
 				)
 
 				task.wait(0.1)