diff --git a/coder.py b/coder.py
index 48f2205d0..2e0b183a7 100755
--- a/coder.py
+++ b/coder.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class Coder:
             for line in content:
                 print(role, line)
 
-    def send(self, messages, model=None, show_progress=0):
+    def send(self, messages, model=None, progress_bar_expected=0, silent=False):
         # self.show_messages(messages, "all")
 
         if not model:
@@ -234,20 +234,20 @@ class Coder:
 
         interrupted = False
         try:
-            if show_progress is not None:
-                self.show_send_progress(completion, show_progress)
-            elif self.pretty and show_progress:
+            if progress_bar_expected:
+                self.show_send_progress(completion, progress_bar_expected)
+            elif self.pretty and not silent:
                 self.show_send_output_color(completion)
             else:
-                self.show_send_output_plain(completion, False)
+                self.show_send_output_plain(completion, silent)
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             interrupted = True
 
         return self.resp, interrupted
 
-    def show_send_progress(self, completion, show_progress):
+    def show_send_progress(self, completion, progress_bar_expected):
         self.resp = ""
-        pbar = tqdm(total=show_progress)
+        pbar = tqdm(total=progress_bar_expected)
         for chunk in completion:
             try:
                 text = chunk.choices[0].delta.content
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ class Coder:
 
             pbar.update(len(text))
 
-        pbar.update(show_progress)
+        pbar.update(progress_bar_expected)
         pbar.close()
 
-    def show_send_output_plain(self, completion, show_output=True):
+    def show_send_output_plain(self, completion, silent):
         self.resp = ""
 
         for chunk in completion:
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class Coder:
             except AttributeError:
                 continue
 
-            if show_output:
+            if not silent:
                 sys.stdout.write(text)
                 sys.stdout.flush()
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class Coder:
             dict(role="user", content=prompt),
         ]
         res, interrupted = self.send(
-            messages, show_progress=len(content) + len(edit) / 2, model=model
+            messages, progress_bar_expected=len(content) + len(edit) / 2, model=model
         )
         if interrupted:
             return
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class Coder:
         commit_message, interrupted = self.send(
             messages,
             model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
-            show_progress=None,
+            silent=True,
         )
 
         commit_message = commit_message.strip()