diff --git a/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json b/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
index ce82f5a..20eb39a 100644
--- a/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
+++ b/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 			"fsPath": "$ROOTPATH$/borghelper.sh",
 			"bookmarks": [
 				-1,
-				231,
+				243,
 				-1,
 				-1,
 				-1,
diff --git a/borghelper.sh b/borghelper.sh
index fbbcca0..37d6bd9 100755
--- a/borghelper.sh
+++ b/borghelper.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
             restorePath="${2%/}"
             shift
             ;;
+        --progress)
+            # show progress
+            commonOptions="$commonOptions --progress"
+            ;;
         -r|--restore)
             # restore archive/file
             operation='restore'
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
             varsFile="$2"
             shift
             ;;
+        --verbose)
+            # display each file being processed
+            restoreOptions="$restoreOptions --list"
+            ;;
         *)
             # invalid option
             printf "%s\nUnknown option: %s\n" "$err" "$1"
@@ -155,6 +163,10 @@ if [ "$fileName" ] && [ -z "$archiveName" ]; then
     consoleError 1 "Filename specified without an associated archive name."
 fi
 
+# clean-up leading spaces in option strings
+commonOptions=${commonOptions##[[:space:]]}
+restoreOptions=${restoreOptions##[[:space:]]}
+
 
 ### read borg information file
 
@@ -234,11 +246,11 @@ if [ "$operation" = 'restore' ]; then
     if [ -z "$fileName" ]; then
         # restore entire archive
         cd "$restorePath" || consoleError 4 'Could not change to restore directory.'
-        borg --show-rc extract --list ::"${archiveName}"
+        borg --show-rc "$commonOptions" extract "$restoreOptions" ::"${archiveName}"
     elif [ "$fileName" ]; then
         # restore single file
         cd "$restorePath" || consoleError 4 'Could not change to restore directory.'
-        borg --show-rc extract --list ::"${archiveName}" "${fileName}"
+        borg --show-rc "$commonOptions" extract "$restoreOptions" ::"${archiveName}" "${fileName}"
     fi
 fi