diff --git a/admin/anneal.inc.php b/admin/anneal.inc.php
index 29f90133..ccda734c 100644
--- a/admin/anneal.inc.php
+++ b/admin/anneal.inc.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class annealer {
 	var $start_temp, $start_moves;
 	var $cost_function_callback;
 	var $pick_move_callback;
+	var $update_callback;
 	var $iterations;
 	var $items_per_bucket;
 	var $rate;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class annealer {
 		$this->start_moves = $start_moves;
 		$this->cost_function_callback = $cost_function_cb;
 		unset($this->pick_move_callback);
+		unset($this->update_callback);
 	
 		$this->bucket_cost = array();
 		$this->bucket = array();
@@ -53,6 +55,11 @@ class annealer {
 		$this->pick_move_callback = $func;
 	}
 
+	function set_update_callback($func)
+	{
+		$this->update_callback = $func;
+	}
+
 
 	function pick_move()
 	{
@@ -202,6 +209,9 @@ class annealer {
 			return;
 		}
 //		$this->print_buckets();
+		$estimated_iterations = ceil(log(0.1 / $this->start_temp, $this->rate));
+
+		$iterations = 0;
 		while(1) {
 			$moves = $this->start_moves;
 			for($m = 0; $m<$moves; $m++) {
@@ -235,7 +245,7 @@ class annealer {
 //					TRACE("Move rejected\n");
 				}
 				$this->iterations++;
-				if($this->iterations % 50000 == 0) {
+				if($this->iterations % 10000 == 0) {
 					TRACE("   {$this->iterations} iterations, cost={$this->cost}, temperature=$temperature\n");
 //					$this->print_buckets();
 				}
@@ -246,7 +256,12 @@ class annealer {
 					break;
 				}
 			}
+			$iterations++;
 
+			if(isset ($this->update_callback)) {
+				$cb = $this->update_callback;
+				$cb($iterations, $estimated_iterations);
+			}
 			if($this->cost == 0) break;
 
 			if($this->cost == $last_cost) {
diff --git a/admin/judges_sa.php b/admin/judges_sa.php
index 6474bb66..d6533ddb 100644
--- a/admin/judges_sa.php
+++ b/admin/judges_sa.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
  send_header("Judging teams automatic scheduler");
 
+
 echo i18n("The scheduler is running.  Depending on the effort it may take
 several minutes to complete.  It will generate a lot of output on this page,
 most of it is just information about what the scheduler is doing.  You can copy
@@ -58,8 +59,6 @@ echo "<br />";
 echo "<br />";
 
 
-TRACE("<pre>");
-
 
 //function TRACE() { }
 //function TRACE_R() { }
@@ -67,6 +66,28 @@ function TRACE($str) { print($str); }
 function TRACE_R($array) { print_r($array); }
 
 
+TRACE("<pre>");
+
+
+function set_status($txt)
+{
+	TRACE("Status: $txt\n");
+	mysql_query("UPDATE config SET val='$txt' WHERE 
+			var='judge_scheduler_activity' AND year=0");
+}
+
+function set_progress($n)
+{
+	$p = floor($n);
+	TRACE("Progress: $p\%\n");
+	mysql_query("UPDATE config SET val='$p' WHERE 
+			var='judge_scheduler_precent' AND year=0");
+	
+}
+
+set_status("Initializing...");
+set_progress(0);
+
 /* The cost function is:
 	+ 50 * each judge below the min for each team
 	+ 10 * each judge above the max for each team
@@ -205,6 +226,7 @@ function jdiv_compute_cost($annealer, $bucket_id, $ids)
 }
 
 
+set_status("Loading Data From Database...");
 TRACE("\n\n");
 $div = array();
 TRACE("Loading Project Divisions...\n");
@@ -269,7 +291,7 @@ for($k=0; $k<count($keys); $k++) {
 	}
 }
 
-TRACE("Computing required judging teams...\n");
+set_status("Computing required judging teams");
 TRACE("   Each judging team may judge {$config['max_projects_per_team']} projects\n");
 TRACE("   Each project must be judged {$config['times_judged']} times\n");
 
@@ -295,7 +317,7 @@ $jteam[$jteam_id]['min_judges'] = 0;
 $jteam[$jteam_id]['max_judges'] = 0;
 $jteam_id++;
 
-TRACE("Assigning projects to judging teams...\n");
+set_status("Assigning projects to judging teams");
 $keys = array_keys($jdiv);
 for($k=0; $k<count($keys); $k++) {
 	$jdiv_id = $keys[$k];
@@ -375,7 +397,7 @@ mysql_query("DELETE FROM judges_teams WHERE autocreate_type_id=1 AND year={$conf
 print mysql_error();
 TRACE(" Done.\n");
 
-TRACE("Loading Judges...\n");
+set_status("Loading Judges");
 
 $q=mysql_query("SELECT judges.* FROM judges,judges_years WHERE ".
 		"complete='yes' ".
@@ -447,9 +469,17 @@ while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q))
 TRACE("Loaded ".count($judges)." judges.\n");
 $jteam[0]['max_judges'] = count($judges);
 
+
+function judges_to_teams_update($progress, $total)
+{
+	set_percent(($progress * 50) / $total);
+}
+set_status("Assigning Judges to Teams");
+
 $judge_ids = array_keys($judges);
 $e = $config['effort'];
 $a = new annealer(count($jteam), 25, $e, 0.98, judges_cost_function, $judge_ids);
+$a->set_update_callback(judges_to_teams_update);
 $a->anneal();
 
 
@@ -568,6 +598,8 @@ print("Unused Judges:\n");
 $ids = $a->bucket[0];
 for($y=0; $y<count($ids); $y++) pr_judge($jteam[0], $ids[$y]);
 
+set_status("Assigning Judging Teams and Projects to Timeslots");
+
 TRACE("Loading Timeslot Data\n");
 $available_timeslots=array();
 $q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM judges_timeslots WHERE ".
@@ -651,7 +683,8 @@ function timeslot_cost_function($annealer, $bucket_id, $ids)
 
 
 $keys = array_keys($jdiv);
-for($k=0; $k<count($keys); $k++) {
+$keys_count = count($keys);
+for($k=0; $k<$keys_count; $k++) {
 	$jdiv_id = $keys[$k];
 	$pids = array_keys($jdiv[$jdiv_id]['projects']);
 	$n_projects = count($pids);
@@ -694,6 +727,8 @@ for($k=0; $k<count($keys); $k++) {
 	print("Jteams ids len=".count($jteams_ids));
 	print("\n");
 
+	set_percent(50 + ($k / $keys_count) * 50);
+
 	$e = 500 + 50 * ($config['effort'] / 1000);
 	$a = new annealer($n_timeslots, 100, $e, 0.98, timeslot_cost_function, $jteams_ids);
 	$a->set_pick_move(timeslot_pick_move);
diff --git a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php
index d5f5cb48..55720f81 100644
--- a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php
+++ b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig.php
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ ogram; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 			array(	"max_projects_per_team", "times_judged",
 				"min_judges_per_team", "max_judges_per_team",
 				"effort", "project_status")  );
+	config_editor_require_vars("Judge Scheduler Status", 0, 
+			array(  "judge_scheduler_precent", 
+				"judge_scheduler_activity" ) );
+
 	config_editor("Judge Scheduler", $config['FAIRYEAR'], "var", $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
 
  echo "<hr />";