diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
index f801b07b9e3edbab53831f1606477e7d06e7c764..d8737ef408e0e48690363aefc019b5cf34c8ee3c 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def create_error_pattern(
         gen_patt(100, "ep.g192", 5, working_dir=tmp_dir_test)
         if not tmp_sta_file_test.exists():
             raise RuntimeError(
-                "Used version of gen-patt was detected to be faulty (unable to write \"sta\"-file). See bin/README.md for details."
+                'Used version of gen-patt was detected to be faulty (unable to write "sta"-file). See bin/README.md for details.'
             )
 
     with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
index c689ce7678ad1ae23bebfa83a5afc63afc957bc5..916db8a4fec5999b137dadf136aa2e6b7e177b55 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def progressbar(iter: Iterable, width=80):
     def update(progress):
         fill = int(width * progress / count)
         print(
-            f"{int(progress/count*100):3d}%{'|'}{'X'*fill}{('.'*(width-fill))}{'|'}{progress}/{count}",
+            f"{int(progress/count*100):3d}%{'|'}{'='*fill}{(' '*(width-fill))}{'|'}{progress}/{count}",
             end="\r",
             file=sys.stdout,
             flush=True,