diff --git a/pysaliency/external_datasets/mit.py b/pysaliency/external_datasets/mit.py
index 229049a..2cef352 100644
--- a/pysaliency/external_datasets/mit.py
+++ b/pysaliency/external_datasets/mit.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def check_size(f):
                     subject_path = os.path.join('DATA', subject)
                     outfile = '{0}_{1}.mat'.format(stimulus, subject)
                     outfile = os.path.join(out_path, outfile)
-                    cmds.append("fprintf('%d/%d\\n', {}, {});".format(n * len(subjects) + subject_id, total_cmd_count))
+                    cmds.append("fprintf('%d/%d\\r', {}, {});".format(n * len(subjects) + subject_id, total_cmd_count))
                     cmds.append("extract_fixations('{0}', '{1}', '{2}');".format(stimulus, subject_path, outfile))
 
             print('Running original code to extract fixations. This can take some minutes.')
diff --git a/pysaliency/external_datasets/scripts/extract_fixations.m b/pysaliency/external_datasets/scripts/extract_fixations.m
index 1498b90..6f988ff 100644
--- a/pysaliency/external_datasets/scripts/extract_fixations.m
+++ b/pysaliency/external_datasets/scripts/extract_fixations.m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function [ ] = extract_fixations(filename, datafolder, outname)
-	fprintf('Loading %s %s\n', datafolder, filename);
+	% fprintf('Loading %s %s\n', datafolder, filename);
 	addpath('DatabaseCode')
 	datafile = strcat(filename(1:end-4), 'mat');
 	load(fullfile(datafolder, datafile));