diff --git a/resources/playbar.blp b/resources/playbar.blp
index c3f2008..323791f 100644
--- a/resources/playbar.blp
+++ b/resources/playbar.blp
@@ -2,174 +2,186 @@ using Gtk 4.0;
 using Adw 1;
 
 template $AudreyUiPlaybar: Adw.Bin {
-  child: CenterBox {
-    hexpand: true;
+  child: Overlay {
+    [overlay]
+    ProgressBar pulse_bar {
+      styles [
+        "osd"
+      ]
+      visible: bind template.show-pulse-bar;
+      valign: start;
+    }
 
-    styles [
-      "toolbar",
-    ]
+    child: CenterBox {
+      hexpand: true;
 
-    [start]
-    Box {
-      AspectFrame {
-        visible: false; // FIXME annoying annoying annoying annoying
-        // visible: bind template.show_cover_art;
-        vexpand: true;
-        ratio: 1.0;
-        obey-child: false;
+      styles [
+        "toolbar",
+      ]
 
-        child: Picture {
-          content-fit: scale_down;
-          paintable: bind template.playing_cover_art;
-        };
+      [start]
+      Box {
+        AspectFrame {
+          visible: false; // FIXME annoying annoying annoying annoying
+          // visible: bind template.show_cover_art;
+          vexpand: true;
+          ratio: 1.0;
+          obey-child: false;
+
+          child: Picture {
+            content-fit: scale_down;
+            paintable: bind template.playing_cover_art;
+          };
+        }
+
+        Box {
+          margin-start: 6;
+          orientation: vertical;
+          valign: center;
+
+          Label {
+            styles [
+              "heading"
+            ]
+
+            xalign: 0;
+            halign: start;
+            label: bind template.song as <$AudreyPlaybinSong>.title;
+            ellipsize: end;
+          }
+
+          Label {
+            styles [
+              "caption"
+            ]
+
+            xalign: 0;
+            label: bind template.song as <$AudreyPlaybinSong>.artist;
+            ellipsize: end;
+          }
+
+          Label {
+            styles [
+              "caption"
+            ]
+
+            xalign: 0;
+            label: bind template.song as <$AudreyPlaybinSong>.album;
+            ellipsize: end;
+          }
+        }
       }
 
+      [center]
       Box {
-        margin-start: 6;
         orientation: vertical;
         valign: center;
 
-        Label {
-          styles [
-            "heading"
-          ]
+        CenterBox {
+          [start]
+          Label play_position_label {
+            styles [
+              "caption",
+              "numeric",
+            ]
 
-          xalign: 0;
-          halign: start;
-          label: bind template.song as <$AudreyPlaybinSong>.title;
-          ellipsize: end;
+            label: bind $format_timestamp(template.position) as <string>;
+          }
+
+          [center]
+          Scale play_position {
+            name: "seek-scale";
+            orientation: horizontal;
+            width-request: 400;
+            sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
+
+            adjustment: Adjustment {
+              lower: 0;
+              value: bind template.position;
+              upper: bind template.duration;
+            };
+
+            change-value => $on_play_position_seek() swapped;
+          }
+
+          [end]
+          Label play_duration {
+            styles [
+              "caption",
+              "numeric",
+            ]
+
+            label: bind $format_timestamp(template.duration) as <string>;
+          }
         }
 
-        Label {
-          styles [
-            "caption"
-          ]
+        Box {
+          halign: center;
+          orientation: horizontal;
 
-          xalign: 0;
-          label: bind template.song as <$AudreyPlaybinSong>.artist;
-          ellipsize: end;
-        }
+          Button {
+            icon-name: "media-skip-backward";
+            valign: center;
+            sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
+            clicked => $on_skip_backward_clicked() swapped;
+          }
 
-        Label {
-          styles [
-            "caption"
-          ]
+          Button {
+            icon-name: "media-seek-backward";
+            valign: center;
+            sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
+            clicked => $seek_backward() swapped;
+          }
 
-          xalign: 0;
-          label: bind template.song as <$AudreyPlaybinSong>.album;
-          ellipsize: end;
+          Button {
+            icon-name: bind $play_pause_icon_name(template.idle-active, template.pause) as <string>;
+            valign: center;
+            sensitive: bind $play_pause_sensitive(template.playlist-count) as <bool>;
+            clicked => $on_play_pause_clicked() swapped;
+          }
+
+          Button {
+            icon-name: "media-seek-forward";
+            valign: center;
+            sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
+            clicked => $seek_forward() swapped;
+          }
+
+          Button {
+            icon-name: "media-skip-forward";
+            valign: center;
+            sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
+            clicked => $on_skip_forward_clicked() swapped;
+          }
         }
       }
-    }
 
-    [center]
-    Box {
-      orientation: vertical;
-      valign: center;
-
-      CenterBox {
-        [start]
-        Label play_position_label {
-          styles [
-            "caption",
-            "numeric",
-          ]
-
-          label: bind $format_timestamp(template.position) as <string>;
+      [end]
+      Box {
+        Button {
+          icon-name: "non-starred";
+          valign: center;
+          sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
         }
 
-        [center]
-        Scale play_position {
-          name: "seek-scale";
+        Button {
+          icon-name: bind $mute_button_icon_name(template.mute) as <string>;
+          valign: center;
+          clicked => $on_mute_toggle() swapped;
+        }
+
+        Scale {
+          name: "volume-scale";
           orientation: horizontal;
-          width-request: 400;
-          sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
+          width-request: 130;
+
           adjustment: Adjustment {
             lower: 0;
-            value: bind template.position;
-            upper: bind template.duration;
+            value: bind template.volume bidirectional;
+            upper: 100;
           };
-
-          change-value => $on_play_position_seek() swapped;
-        }
-
-        [end]
-        Label play_duration {
-          styles [
-            "caption",
-            "numeric",
-          ]
-
-          label: bind $format_timestamp(template.duration) as <string>;
         }
       }
-
-      Box {
-        halign: center;
-        orientation: horizontal;
-
-        Button {
-          icon-name: "media-skip-backward";
-          valign: center;
-          sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
-          clicked => $on_skip_backward_clicked() swapped;
-        }
-
-        Button {
-          icon-name: "media-seek-backward";
-          valign: center;
-          sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
-          clicked => $seek_backward() swapped;
-        }
-
-        Button {
-          icon-name: bind $play_pause_icon_name(template.idle-active, template.pause) as <string>;
-          valign: center;
-          sensitive: bind $play_pause_sensitive(template.playlist-count) as <bool>;
-          clicked => $on_play_pause_clicked() swapped;
-        }
-
-        Button {
-          icon-name: "media-seek-forward";
-          valign: center;
-          sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
-          clicked => $seek_forward() swapped;
-        }
-
-        Button {
-          icon-name: "media-skip-forward";
-          valign: center;
-          sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
-          clicked => $on_skip_forward_clicked() swapped;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    [end]
-    Box {
-      Button {
-        icon-name: "non-starred";
-        valign: center;
-        sensitive: bind template.idle-active inverted;
-      }
-
-      Button {
-        icon-name: bind $mute_button_icon_name(template.mute) as <string>;
-        valign: center;
-        clicked => $on_mute_toggle() swapped;
-      }
-
-      Scale {
-        name: "volume-scale";
-        orientation: horizontal;
-        width-request: 130;
-
-        adjustment: Adjustment {
-          lower: 0;
-          value: bind template.volume bidirectional;
-          upper: 100;
-        };
-      }
-    }
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/playbar.rs b/src/ui/playbar.rs
index 05f10c7..92ffa81 100644
--- a/src/ui/playbar.rs
+++ b/src/ui/playbar.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ mod imp {
     #[properties(wrapper_type = super::Playbar)]
     #[template(resource = "/eu/callcc/audrey/playbar.ui")]
     pub struct Playbar {
+        #[template_child]
+        #[property(get)]
+        pulse_bar: TemplateChild<gtk::ProgressBar>,
+
         #[property(get, set)]
         song: RefCell<Option<PlaybinSong>>,
         #[property(get, set)]
@@ -34,6 +38,9 @@ mod imp {
         position: Cell<f64>,
         #[property(get, set)]
         duration: Cell<f64>,
+
+        #[property(get, set)]
+        _show_pulse_bar: Cell<bool>,
     }
 
     #[glib::object_subclass]
diff --git a/src/ui/window.rs b/src/ui/window.rs
index 6323456..bb714c4 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ mod imp {
         #[property(type = u32, get = Self::playlist_count)]
         _playlist_count: (),
 
+        tick_callback: Cell<Option<gtk::TickCallbackId>>,
+
         pub(super) queued_seek: Cell<Option<f64>>,
 
         pub(crate) initial_setup_handle: RefCell<Option<JoinHandle<()>>>,
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ mod imp {
                 _idle_active: (),
                 _playlist_count: (),
 
-                queued_seek: Cell::new(None),
+                tick_callback: Default::default(),
+
+                queued_seek: Default::default(),
 
                 initial_setup_handle: Default::default(),
                 mpv_event_loop_handle: Default::default(),
@@ -202,7 +206,9 @@ mod imp {
                             },
 
                             Event::StartFile(_) => {
+                                event!(Level::INFO, "start file event");
                                 window.notify("song");
+                                window.imp().buffering_start();
                                 // TODO: load cover art
                             }
 
@@ -258,12 +264,12 @@ mod imp {
 
                             Event::Seek => {
                                 event!(Level::INFO, "seek event");
-                                // TODO: if doing "buffering" progress bar, show it after a timeout here
+                                window.imp().buffering_start();
                             }
 
                             Event::PlaybackRestart => {
                                 event!(Level::INFO, "playback restart event");
-                                // TODO: if doing "buffering" progress bar, hide it here
+                                window.imp().buffering_end();
 
                                 if let Some(queued_seek) = window.imp().queued_seek.take() {
                                     // a seek was tried before and failed, try again now
@@ -478,6 +484,25 @@ mod imp {
                 Some(song)
             }
         }
+
+        fn buffering_start(&self) {
+            let started_buffering = std::time::Instant::now();
+            self.tick_callback
+                .replace(Some(self.obj().add_tick_callback(move |window, _| {
+                    // 3 second period from gnome hig
+                    if started_buffering.elapsed() > std::time::Duration::from_secs(3) {
+                        window.imp().playbar.set_show_pulse_bar(true);
+                        window.imp().playbar.pulse_bar().pulse();
+                    }
+                    glib::ControlFlow::Continue
+                })))
+                .map(gtk::TickCallbackId::remove);
+        }
+
+        fn buffering_end(&self) {
+            self.tick_callback.take().map(gtk::TickCallbackId::remove);
+            self.playbar.set_show_pulse_bar(false);
+        }
     }
 
     impl Drop for Window {