diff --git a/cli/app/list.go b/cli/app/list.go
index 081913dc..e9d476da 100644
--- a/cli/app/list.go
+++ b/cli/app/list.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ can take some time.
 				}
 			}
 
-			statuses, err = config.GetAppStatuses(appFiles)
+			statuses, err = config.GetAppStatuses(appFiles, internal.MachineReadable)
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.Fatal(err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index 85793b8e..2ba2143d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3"
+
 	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/formatter"
 	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/upstream/convert"
 	loader "coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/upstream/stack"
@@ -343,7 +345,7 @@ func SanitiseAppName(name string) string {
 }
 
 // GetAppStatuses queries servers to check the deployment status of given apps
-func GetAppStatuses(appFiles AppFiles) (map[string]map[string]string, error) {
+func GetAppStatuses(appFiles AppFiles, MachineReadable bool) (map[string]map[string]string, error) {
 	statuses := make(map[string]map[string]string)
 
 	var unique []string
@@ -355,12 +357,18 @@ func GetAppStatuses(appFiles AppFiles) (map[string]map[string]string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	bar := formatter.CreateProgressbar(len(servers), "querying remote servers...")
+	var bar *progressbar.ProgressBar
+
+	if !MachineReadable {
+		bar = formatter.CreateProgressbar(len(servers), "querying remote servers...")
+	}
 	ch := make(chan stack.StackStatus, len(servers))
 	for server := range servers {
 		go func(s string) {
 			ch <- stack.GetAllDeployedServices(s)
-			bar.Add(1)
+			if !MachineReadable {
+				bar.Add(1)
+			}
 		}(server)
 	}