diff --git a/rust-lightclient/src/commands.rs b/rust-lightclient/src/commands.rs
index 3bb7637..ec2e9f6 100644
--- a/rust-lightclient/src/commands.rs
+++ b/rust-lightclient/src/commands.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ impl Command for InfoCommand {
     }
 
     fn exec(&self, _args: &[&str], lightclient: &LightClient) -> String {
+        lightclient.do_sync();
         lightclient.do_info()
     }
 }
@@ -88,9 +89,10 @@ impl Command for AddressCommand {
         "List all current addresses".to_string()
     }
 
-    fn exec(&self, _args: &[&str], lightclient: &LightClient) -> String {
-        let res = lightclient.do_address();
-        format!("{}", res.pretty(2))
+    fn exec(&self, _args: &[&str], lightclient: &LightClient) -> String {        
+        lightclient.do_sync();
+        
+        format!("{}", lightclient.do_address().pretty(2))
     }
 }
 
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ impl Command for SendCommand {
 
         let memo = if args.len() == 3 { Some(args[2].to_string()) } else {None};
         
+        lightclient.do_sync();
+
         lightclient.do_send(args[0], value, memo)
     }
 }
@@ -168,8 +172,9 @@ impl Command for TransactionsCommand {
     }
 
     fn exec(&self, _args: &[&str], lightclient: &LightClient) -> String {
-        let txns = lightclient.do_list_transactions();
-        format!("{}", txns.pretty(2))
+        lightclient.do_sync();
+
+        format!("{}", lightclient.do_list_transactions().pretty(2))
     }
 }
 
@@ -200,8 +205,9 @@ impl Command for NotesCommand {
             false
         };
 
-        let txns = lightclient.do_list_notes(all_notes);
-        format!("{}", txns.pretty(2))
+        lightclient.do_sync();
+        
+        format!("{}", lightclient.do_list_notes(all_notes).pretty(2))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rust-lightclient/src/lightclient.rs b/rust-lightclient/src/lightclient.rs
index 9334775..c32c719 100644
--- a/rust-lightclient/src/lightclient.rs
+++ b/rust-lightclient/src/lightclient.rs
@@ -365,18 +365,20 @@ impl LightClient {
         // 2. Get all the blocks that we don't have
         // 3. Find all new Txns that don't have the full Tx, and get them as full transactions 
         //    and scan them, mainly to get the memos
-        let mut last_scanned_height = self.wallet.last_scanned_height() as u64;
-        let mut end_height = last_scanned_height + 1000;
+        let mut last_scanned_height = self.wallet.last_scanned_height() as u64;        
 
         // This will hold the latest block fetched from the RPC
         let latest_block_height = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
-        // TODO: this could be a oneshot channel
-        let latest_block_height_clone = latest_block_height.clone();
+        let lbh = latest_block_height.clone();
         self.fetch_latest_block(move |block: BlockId| {
-                latest_block_height_clone.store(block.height, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                lbh.store(block.height, Ordering::SeqCst);
             });
         let last_block = latest_block_height.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
 
+        // Get the end height to scan to.
+        let mut end_height = std::cmp::min(last_scanned_height + 1000, last_block);
+
+        // Count how many bytes we've downloaded
         let bytes_downloaded = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
 
         // Fetch CompactBlocks in increments
@@ -384,8 +386,10 @@ impl LightClient {
             let local_light_wallet = self.wallet.clone();
             let local_bytes_downloaded = bytes_downloaded.clone();
 
-            print!("Syncing {}/{}, Balance = {}           \r", 
-                last_scanned_height, last_block, self.wallet.balance(None));
+            // Show updates only if we're syncing a lot of blocks
+            if end_height - last_scanned_height > 100 {
+                print!("Syncing {}/{}\r", last_scanned_height, last_block);
+            }
 
             // Fetch compact blocks
             self.fetch_blocks(last_scanned_height, end_height, 
@@ -416,6 +420,7 @@ impl LightClient {
                 end_height = last_block;
             }        
         }    
+        println!(); // Print a new line, to finalize the syncing updates
         
         let mut responses = vec![];
         responses.push(format!("Synced to {}, Downloaded {} kB", last_block, bytes_downloaded.load(Ordering::SeqCst) / 1024));
diff --git a/rust-lightclient/src/main.rs b/rust-lightclient/src/main.rs
index 5f6be16..bcdc516 100644
--- a/rust-lightclient/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust-lightclient/src/main.rs
@@ -32,18 +32,22 @@ pub fn main() {
 
     let seed: Option<String> = matches.value_of("seed").map(|s| s.to_string());
 
+    println!("Creating Light Wallet");
+
     let lightclient = match LightClient::new(seed) {
         Ok(lc) => Arc::new(lc),
         Err(e) => { eprintln!("Failed to start wallet. Error was:\n{}", e); return; }
     };
 
+    // At startup, run a sync
+    let sync_update = lightclient.do_sync();
+    println!("{}", sync_update);
+
     let (command_tx, command_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<(String, Vec<String>)>();
     let (resp_tx, resp_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<String>();
 
     let lc = lightclient.clone();
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        println!("Starting Light Client");
-        
         loop {
             match command_rx.recv() {
                 Ok((cmd, args)) => {
@@ -58,8 +62,6 @@ pub fn main() {
                 _ => {}
             }
         }
-
-        println!("finished running");
     });
 
     // `()` can be used when no completer is required