diff --git a/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/PMDInvoker.java b/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/PMDInvoker.java
index 81527e0..4a9754d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/PMDInvoker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/PMDInvoker.java
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditorManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.Task;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ProjectRootManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.actions.VcsContextFactory;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFileFilter;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindow;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowManager;
+import com.intellij.plugins.bodhi.pmd.core.PMDProgressRenderer;
 import com.intellij.plugins.bodhi.pmd.core.PMDResultCollector;
 import com.intellij.plugins.bodhi.pmd.tree.*;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -152,8 +154,9 @@ public void processFiles(Project project, final String ruleSetPaths, final List<
         ApplicationManager.getApplication().saveAll();
 
         //Run PMD asynchronously
-        Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
-            public void run() {
+        ProgressManager.getInstance().run(new Task.Backgroundable(project, "Running PMD", true) {
+            @Override
+            public void run(@NotNull ProgressIndicator indicator) {
                 //Show a progress indicator.
                 ProgressIndicator progress = ProgressManager.getInstance().getProgressIndicator();
                 String[] ruleSetPathArray = ruleSetPaths.split(RULE_DELIMITER);
@@ -165,15 +168,15 @@ public void run() {
                 rootNode.setFileCount(files.size());
                 rootNode.setRuleSetCount(ruleSetPathArray.length);
                 rootNode.setRunning(true);
+                PMDProgressRenderer progressRenderer = new PMDProgressRenderer(progress, files.size() * ruleSetPathArray.length);
                 for (String ruleSetPath : ruleSetPathArray) {
-                    //TODO: even better progress
                     progress.setText("Running : " + ruleSetPath + " on " + files.size() + " file(s)");
 
                     //Create a result collector to get results
                     PMDResultCollector collector = new PMDResultCollector();
 
                     //Get the tree nodes from result collector
-                    List<PMDRuleSetEntryNode> resultRuleNodes = collector.runPMDAndGetResults(files, ruleSetPath, projectComponent);
+                    List<PMDRuleSetEntryNode> resultRuleNodes = collector.runPMDAndGetResults(files, ruleSetPath, projectComponent, progressRenderer);
                     // sort rules by priority, rule and suppressed nodes are comparable
                     resultRuleNodes.sort(null);
 
@@ -189,13 +192,15 @@ public void run() {
                         rootNode.calculateCounts();
                         resultPanel.reloadResultTree();
                     }
+                    if (progress.isCanceled()) {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
                 resultPanel.addProcessingErrorsNodeToRootIfHasAny(); // as last node
                 rootNode.calculateCounts();
                 rootNode.setRunning(false);
                 resultPanel.reloadResultTree();
             }
-        };
-        ProgressManager.getInstance().runProcessWithProgressSynchronously(runnable, "Running PMD", true, project);
+        });
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/core/PMDProgressRenderer.java b/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/core/PMDProgressRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3864961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/core/PMDProgressRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.intellij.plugins.bodhi.pmd.core;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.Report;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.AbstractRenderer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.datasource.DataSource;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class PMDProgressRenderer extends AbstractRenderer {
+    private final ProgressIndicator progress;
+    private final int totalFiles;
+    private int processedFiles = 0;
+
+    public PMDProgressRenderer(ProgressIndicator progress, int totalFiles) {
+        super("Progress", "Reports progress to IntelliJ");
+
+        this.progress = progress;
+        this.totalFiles = totalFiles;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String defaultFileExtension() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void startFileAnalysis(DataSource dataSource) {
+        processedFiles++;
+        progress.setFraction(processedFiles / (double) totalFiles);
+        progress.setText2(dataSource.getNiceFileName(true, null));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void renderFileReport(Report report) throws IOException {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void end() throws IOException {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/core/PMDResultCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/core/PMDResultCollector.java
index fd21104..d00b97d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/core/PMDResultCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/intellij/plugins/bodhi/pmd/core/PMDResultCollector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.intellij.plugins.bodhi.pmd.core;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.plugins.bodhi.pmd.PMDConfigurationForm;
 import com.intellij.plugins.bodhi.pmd.PMDProjectComponent;
@@ -54,11 +55,24 @@ public static Report getReport() {
     /**
      * Runs the given ruleSet(s) on given set of files and returns the result.
      *
-     * @param files The files to run PMD on
-     * @param ruleSetPath The path of the ruleSet to run
+     * @param files            The files to run PMD on
+     * @param ruleSetPath      The path of the ruleSet to run
+     * @param progressRenderer
      * @return list of results
      */
     public List<PMDRuleSetEntryNode> runPMDAndGetResults(List<File> files, String ruleSetPath, PMDProjectComponent comp) {
+        return this.runPMDAndGetResults(files, ruleSetPath, comp, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs the given ruleSet(s) on given set of files and returns the result.
+     *
+     * @param files       The files to run PMD on
+     * @param ruleSetPath The path of the ruleSet to run
+     * @param progress    Object to report progress to
+     * @return list of results
+     */
+    public List<PMDRuleSetEntryNode> runPMDAndGetResults(List<File> files, String ruleSetPath, PMDProjectComponent comp, PMDProgressRenderer progressRenderer) {
         Map<String, String> options = comp.getOptions();
         Project project = comp.getCurrentProject();
 
@@ -78,6 +92,7 @@ public List<PMDRuleSetEntryNode> runPMDAndGetResults(List<File> files, String ru
 
             PMDJsonExportingRenderer exportingRenderer = addExportRenderer(options);
             if (exportingRenderer != null) renderers.add(exportingRenderer);
+            if (progressRenderer != null) renderers.add(progressRenderer    );
 
             try (PmdAnalysis pmd = PmdAnalysis.create(pmdConfig)) {
                 files.forEach(file -> pmd.files().addFile(file.toPath()));