diff --git a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/component/StackProjectManager.scala b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/component/StackProjectManager.scala
index 62fdeb94..875b1601 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/component/StackProjectManager.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/component/StackProjectManager.scala
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ object StackProjectManager {
 
     val title = (if (update) "Updating" else "Installing") + " Haskell tools"
 
-    ProgressManager.getInstance().run(new Task.Backgroundable(project, title, false, PerformInBackgroundOption.ALWAYS_BACKGROUND) {
+    ProgressManager.getInstance().run(new Task.Backgroundable(project, title, true, PerformInBackgroundOption.ALWAYS_BACKGROUND) {
 
       private def isToolAvailable(progressIndicator: ProgressIndicator, tool: HTool) = {
         HaskellSettingsState.useCustomTools || {
           if (!GlobalInfo.toolPath(tool).exists() || update) {
             progressIndicator.setText(s"Busy with installing ${tool.name} in ${GlobalInfo.toolsBinPath}")
-            StackCommandLine.installTool(project, tool.name)
+            StackCommandLine.installTool(project, progressIndicator, tool.name)
           } else {
             true
           }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/CommandLine.scala b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/CommandLine.scala
index 63b08106..f99544c5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/CommandLine.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/CommandLine.scala
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ package intellij.haskell.external.execution
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine.ParentEnvironmentType
 import com.intellij.execution.process._
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtil
+import com.intellij.util.io.BaseOutputReader
 import intellij.haskell.HaskellNotificationGroup
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.messages.BuildMessage
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.messages.BuildMessage.Kind
@@ -50,6 +52,23 @@ object CommandLine {
     run3(None, VfsUtil.getUserHomeDir.getPath, commandPath, arguments, timeoutInMillis, notifyBalloonError, ignoreExitCode, logOutput)
   }
 
+  def runWithProgressIndicator(project: Project, workDir: Option[String], commandPath: String, arguments: Seq[String], progressIndicator: Option[ProgressIndicator]): CapturingProcessHandler = {
+    val commandLine = createCommandLine(workDir.getOrElse(project.getBasePath), commandPath, arguments)
+
+    new CapturingProcessHandler(commandLine) {
+      override protected def createProcessAdapter(processOutput: ProcessOutput): CapturingProcessAdapter = {
+        progressIndicator match {
+          case Some(pi) => new CapturingProcessToProgressIndicator(project, pi)
+          case None => super.createProcessAdapter(processOutput)
+        }
+      }
+
+      override def readerOptions(): BaseOutputReader.Options = {
+        BaseOutputReader.Options.NON_BLOCKING
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private def run3(project: Option[Project], workDir: String, commandPath: String, arguments: Seq[String], timeoutInMillis: Long = DefaultTimeout.toMillis,
                    notifyBalloonError: Boolean = DefaultNotifyBalloonError, ignoreExitCode: Boolean = DefaultIgnoreExitCode, logOutput: Boolean = DefaultLogOutput): ProcessOutput = {
 
@@ -121,6 +140,13 @@ private class CapturingProcessToLog(val project: Option[Project], val cmd: Gener
   }
 }
 
+private class CapturingProcessToProgressIndicator(project: Project, progressIndicator: ProgressIndicator) extends CapturingProcessAdapter() {
+
+  override def onTextAvailable(event: ProcessEvent, outputType: Key[_]): Unit = {
+    progressIndicator.setText2(event.getText)
+  }
+}
+
 
 sealed trait CaptureOutput
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/StackCommandLine.scala b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/StackCommandLine.scala
index e267c8c5..fa7cc273 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/StackCommandLine.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/external/execution/StackCommandLine.scala
@@ -59,7 +59,19 @@ object StackCommandLine {
     })
   }
 
-  def installTool(project: Project, toolName: String): Boolean = {
+  def runWithProgressIndicator(project: Project, workDir: Option[String], arguments: Seq[String], progressIndicator: Option[ProgressIndicator]): Option[CapturingProcessHandler] = {
+    HaskellSdkType.getStackBinaryPath(project).map(stackPath => {
+      CommandLine.runWithProgressIndicator(
+        project,
+        workDir,
+        stackPath,
+        arguments,
+        progressIndicator
+      )
+    })
+  }
+
+  def installTool(project: Project, progressIndicator: ProgressIndicator, toolName: String): Boolean = {
     import intellij.haskell.GlobalInfo._
     val systemGhcOption = if (StackYamlComponent.isNixEnabled(project) || !HaskellSettingsState.useSystemGhc) {
       Seq()
@@ -67,8 +79,21 @@ object StackCommandLine {
       Seq("--system-ghc")
     }
     val arguments = systemGhcOption ++ Seq("-j1", "--stack-root", toolsStackRootPath.getPath, "--resolver", StackageLtsVersion, "--local-bin-path", toolsBinPath.getPath, "install", toolName)
-    val processOutput = run(project, arguments, -1, logOutput = true, notifyBalloonError = true, workDir = Some(VfsUtil.getUserHomeDir.getPath), enableExtraArguments = false)
-    processOutput.exists(o => o.getExitCode == 0 && !o.isTimeout)
+
+    val result = runWithProgressIndicator(project, workDir = Some(VfsUtil.getUserHomeDir.getPath), arguments, Some(progressIndicator)).exists(handler => {
+      val output = handler.runProcessWithProgressIndicator(progressIndicator)
+
+      if (output.isCancelled) {
+        handler.destroyProcess()
+      }
+
+      if (output.getExitCode != 0) {
+        HaskellNotificationGroup.logErrorBalloonEvent(project, output.getStderr)
+      }
+      output.getExitCode == 0 && !output.isCancelled && !output.isTimeout
+    })
+
+    result
   }
 
   def updateStackIndex(project: Project): Option[ProcessOutput] = {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/inspection/HLintQuickfix.scala b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/inspection/HLintQuickfix.scala
index aa8b39ec..27f4b785 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/inspection/HLintQuickfix.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/intellij/haskell/inspection/HLintQuickfix.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil
 import com.intellij.psi.{PsiDocumentManager, PsiElement, PsiFile}
 import intellij.haskell.action.{HindentReformatAction, SelectionContext}
 import intellij.haskell.annotator.HaskellAnnotator
+import intellij.haskell.external.component.StackProjectManager
 import intellij.haskell.psi.{HaskellElementFactory, HaskellPsiUtil, HaskellTypes}
 import intellij.haskell.util.HaskellFileUtil
 
@@ -71,7 +72,9 @@ class HLintQuickfix(startElement: PsiElement, endElement: PsiElement, startLineN
           e.getTextRange.getEndOffset,
           e.getText
         )
-        HindentReformatAction.format(psiFile, Some(context))
+        if (StackProjectManager.isHindentAvailable(project)) {
+          HindentReformatAction.format(psiFile, Some(context))
+        }
       })
 
       HaskellFileUtil.saveFile(psiFile)