diff --git a/desktop/api.go b/desktop/api.go
index 17a06bc8..3833a112 100644
--- a/desktop/api.go
+++ b/desktop/api.go
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 package desktop
 
-// ProgressMessage represents a message sent during model pull operations
+// ProgressMessage represents a structured message for progress reporting
 type ProgressMessage struct {
 	Type    string `json:"type"`    // "progress", "success", or "error"
-	Message string `json:"message"` // Human-readable message
+	Message string `json:"message"` // Deprecated: the message should be defined by clients based on Message.Total and Message.Layer
+	Total   uint64 `json:"total"`
+	Pulled  uint64 `json:"pulled"` // Deprecated: use Layer.Current
+	Layer   Layer  `json:"layer"`  // Current layer information
+}
+
+type Layer struct {
+	ID      string // Layer ID
+	Size    uint64 // Layer size
+	Current uint64 // Current bytes transferred
 }
 
 type OpenAIChatMessage struct {
diff --git a/desktop/desktop.go b/desktop/desktop.go
index 6506d308..2b43c329 100644
--- a/desktop/desktop.go
+++ b/desktop/desktop.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/go-units"
+
 	"github.com/docker/model-runner/pkg/inference"
 	dmrm "github.com/docker/model-runner/pkg/inference/models"
 	"github.com/docker/model-runner/pkg/inference/scheduling"
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ func (c *Client) Pull(model string, progress func(string)) (string, bool, error)
 	}
 
 	progressShown := false
+	current := uint64(0)                     // Track cumulative progress across all layers
+	layerProgress := make(map[string]uint64) // Track progress per layer ID
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(resp.Body)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -141,7 +145,17 @@ func (c *Client) Pull(model string, progress func(string)) (string, bool, error)
 		// Handle different message types
 		switch progressMsg.Type {
 		case "progress":
-			progress(progressMsg.Message)
+			// Update the current progress for this layer
+			layerID := progressMsg.Layer.ID
+			layerProgress[layerID] = progressMsg.Layer.Current
+
+			// Sum all layer progress values
+			current = uint64(0)
+			for _, layerCurrent := range layerProgress {
+				current += layerCurrent
+			}
+
+			progress(fmt.Sprintf("Downloaded %s of %s", units.HumanSize(float64(current)), units.HumanSize(float64(progressMsg.Total))))
 			progressShown = true
 		case "error":
 			return "", progressShown, fmt.Errorf("error pulling model: %s", progressMsg.Message)