diff --git a/src/HistogramDescriptionPersister.py b/src/HistogramDescriptionPersister.py
index 1cfadd75caf..df1a7f84c9b 100644
--- a/src/HistogramDescriptionPersister.py
+++ b/src/HistogramDescriptionPersister.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ class HistogramDescriptionPersister:
         self.directory = directory
 
     def saveHistogramDescriptionsForBatchcodes(self, batchcodes, dictByBatchcodeTable):
-        for batchcode in batchcodes:
+        for count, batchcode in enumerate(batchcodes, start = 1):
             histogramDescription = self._getHistogramDescriptionForBatchcode(batchcode, dictByBatchcodeTable)
-            print('saving', batchcode)
+            print(f'{count}/{len(batchcodes)}: saving {batchcode}')
             IOUtils.saveDictAsJson(
                 histogramDescription,
                 f'{self.directory}/{batchcode}.json')
diff --git a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
index c644158bc6d..18924a3f9a9 100644
--- a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
+++ b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
@@ -192,16 +192,6 @@
     "histogramDescriptionPersister.saveHistogramDescriptionsForBatchcodes(batchcodes[:100], dictByBatchcodeTable)"
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "ab4ccc60",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "batchcodes[:10]"
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,