diff --git a/ollama/cmd/cli.py b/ollama/cmd/cli.py
index ea12e743..28006141 100644
--- a/ollama/cmd/cli.py
+++ b/ollama/cmd/cli.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from yaspin import yaspin
 
 from ollama import model, engine
 from ollama.cmd import server
@@ -75,9 +76,16 @@ def generate(*args, **kwargs):
 def generate_oneshot(*args, **kwargs):
     print(flush=True)
 
+    spinner = yaspin()
+    spinner.start()
+    spinner_running = True
     for output in engine.generate(*args, **kwargs):
         choices = output.get("choices", [])
         if len(choices) > 0:
+            if spinner_running:
+                spinner.stop()
+                spinner_running = False
+                print("\r", end="")  # move cursor back to beginning of line again
             print(choices[0].get("text", ""), end="", flush=True)
 
     # end with a new line
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 93f1946f..50a2e62a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -622,6 +622,20 @@ urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<3"
 socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7)"]
 use-chardet-on-py3 = ["chardet (>=3.0.2,<6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "2.3.0"
+description = "ANSI color formatting for output in terminal"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "termcolor-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3afb05607b89aed0ffe25202399ee0867ad4d3cb4180d98aaf8eefa6a5f7d475"},
+    {file = "termcolor-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b5b08f68937f138fe92f6c089b99f1e2da0ae56c52b78bf7075fd95420fd9a5a"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+tests = ["pytest", "pytest-cov"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tqdm"
 version = "4.65.0"
@@ -773,7 +787,21 @@ files = [
 idna = ">=2.0"
 multidict = ">=4.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaspin"
+version = "2.3.0"
+description = "Yet Another Terminal Spinner"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7.2,<4.0.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "yaspin-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:17b5548479b3d5b30adec7a87ffcdcddb403d14a2bb86fbcee97f37951e13427"},
+    {file = "yaspin-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:547afd1a9700ac3a29a9f5591c70343bef186ed5dfb5e545a9bb0c77e561a1c9"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+termcolor = ">=2.2,<3.0"
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "45d11efe54e87646d1a469782d628c6687815328bc52040e9fc622a508df7684"
+content-hash = "76a09c53830f5066a8fbdfb93b90c8847e3e60dbeb8989fc1c167a8e3a41d90d"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94196bac..6f1f4cff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jinja2 = "^3.1.2"
 requests = "^2.31.0"
 tqdm = "^4.65.0"
 validators = "^0.20.0"
+yaspin = "^2.3.0"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]