diff --git a/constants.py b/constants.py
index 59b0656..a6847e1 100644
--- a/constants.py
+++ b/constants.py
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ class Constants:
     UNKNOWN                 = "N/A"
     EXTRACTING_MSG          = "Extracting..."
     EXTRACTING_CODE         = -1
+    ZERO_INITIAL_SPEED      = -1
+    ZERO_FINAL_SPEED        = -2
     NOT_AVAILABLE           = "spectrumnotavailable.png"
     NOT_SELECTED            = "nosignalselected.png"
     FIELD_SEPARATOR         = ";"
diff --git a/download_db_window.ui b/download_db_window.ui
index b982512..6e63c27 100644
--- a/download_db_window.ui
+++ b/download_db_window.ui
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
    <string notr="true"/>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-   <property name="sizeConstraint">
-    <enum>QLayout::SetDefaultConstraint</enum>
-   </property>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
      <property name="font">
@@ -56,6 +53,21 @@ Please wait...
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="speed_lbl">
+     <property name="font">
+      <font>
+       <pointsize>12</pointsize>
+      </font>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Speed</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="alignment">
+      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QProgressBar" name="progressBar">
      <property name="minimum">
diff --git a/download_window.py b/download_window.py
index 763cdc8..ba21b9a 100644
--- a/download_window.py
+++ b/download_window.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class DownloadWindow(QWidget, Ui_Download_window):
         self._download_thread = DownloadThread()
         self._download_thread.finished.connect(self._wait_close)
         self._download_thread.progress.connect(self._display_progress)
+        self._download_thread.speed_progress.connect(self._display_speed)
         self.closed.connect(self._download_thread.set_exit)
         self.cancel_btn.clicked.connect(self._terminate_process)
 
@@ -51,28 +52,38 @@ class DownloadWindow(QWidget, Ui_Download_window):
         """Start the download thread."""
         self._download_thread.start()
 
-    def _downlaod_format_str(self, n, speed):
-        """Return a well-formatted string with downloaded MB and speed."""
-        ret = f"Downloaded: {n} MB\nSpeed: "
-        if speed == 0.0:
+    def _downlaod_format_str(self, n):
+        """Return a well-formatted string with the downloaded MB."""
+        return f"Downloaded: {n} MB"
+
+    @pyqtSlot(float)
+    def _display_speed(self, speed):
+        """Display the download speed."""
+        ret = "Speed: "
+        if speed == Constants.ZERO_INITIAL_SPEED:
+            ret += "Calculating..."
+        elif speed == 0.0:
             ret += "VERY SLOW"
+        elif speed == Constants.ZERO_FINAL_SPEED:
+            ret = ""
         else:
             ret += f"{speed} MB/s"
-        return ret
+        self.speed_lbl.setText(ret)
+
+    @pyqtSlot(int)
+    def _display_progress(self, progress):
+        """Display the downloaded MB."""
+        if progress != Constants.EXTRACTING_CODE:
+            self.status_lbl.setText(self._downlaod_format_str(progress))
+        elif progress == Constants.EXTRACTING_CODE:
+            self.status_lbl.setText(Constants.EXTRACTING_MSG)
 
     def show(self):
         """Extends QWidget.show. Set downloaded MB and speed to zero."""
-        self.status_lbl.setText(self._downlaod_format_str(0, 0))
+        self._display_progress(0)
+        self._display_speed(Constants.ZERO_INITIAL_SPEED)
         super().show()
 
-    @pyqtSlot(int, float)
-    def _display_progress(self, progress, speed):
-        """Display the downloaded MB and speed."""
-        if progress != Constants.EXTRACTING_CODE:
-            self.status_lbl.setText(self._downlaod_format_str(progress, speed))
-        elif progress == Constants.EXTRACTING_CODE:
-            self.status_lbl.setText(Constants.EXTRACTING_MSG + '\n')
-
     def _stop_thread(self):
         """Ask the download thread to stop."""
         if self._download_thread.isRunning():
diff --git a/threads.py b/threads.py
index ed965f6..830de03 100644
--- a/threads.py
+++ b/threads.py
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ class BaseDownloadThread(QThread):
 class DownloadThread(BaseDownloadThread):
     """Subclass BaseDownloadThread. Download the database, images and audio samples."""
 
-    progress = pyqtSignal(int, float)
+    progress = pyqtSignal(int)
+    speed_progress = pyqtSignal(float)
     _CHUNK = 128 * 1024
     _MEGA = 1024**2
+    _DELTAT = 2
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Just call super().__init__."""
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ class DownloadThread(BaseDownloadThread):
         self.status = ThreadStatus.UNDEFINED
         self._db = None
         raw_data = bytes(0)
+        sub_data = bytes(0)
         try:
             self._db = urllib3.PoolManager().request(
                 'GET',
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ class DownloadThread(BaseDownloadThread):
                 timeout=4.0
             )
             start = perf_counter()
+            prev_downloaded = 0
             while True:
                 try:
                     data = self._db.read(self._CHUNK)
@@ -98,10 +102,17 @@ class DownloadThread(BaseDownloadThread):
                     if not data:
                         break
                     raw_data += data
-                    self.progress.emit(
-                        self._pretty_len(raw_data),
-                        self._get_download_speed(raw_data, delta)
-                    )
+                    sub_data += data
+                    # Emit a progress signal only if at least 1 MB has been downloaded.
+                    if len(raw_data) - prev_downloaded >= self._MEGA:
+                        prev_downloaded = len(raw_data)
+                        self.progress.emit(self._pretty_len(raw_data))
+                    if delta >= self._DELTAT:
+                        self.speed_progress.emit(
+                            self._get_download_speed(sub_data, delta)
+                        )
+                        sub_data = bytes(0)
+                        start = perf_counter()
                     if self._exit_call:
                         self._exit_call = False
                         self._db.release_conn()
@@ -128,7 +139,8 @@ class DownloadThread(BaseDownloadThread):
         if os.path.exists(Constants.DATA_FOLDER):
             rmtree(Constants.DATA_FOLDER)
         try:
-            self.progress.emit(Constants.EXTRACTING_CODE, 0.0)
+            self.progress.emit(Constants.EXTRACTING_CODE)
+            self.speed_progress.emit(Constants.ZERO_FINAL_SPEED)
             with ZipFile(BytesIO(raw_data)) as zipped:
                 zipped.extractall()
         except Exception: