diff --git a/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/history_recorder.jl b/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/history_recorder.jl
index bfd0299e..11e51791 100644
--- a/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/history_recorder.jl
+++ b/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/history_recorder.jl
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function simulate(sim::HistoryRecorder,
         if (sim.max_steps === nothing) && (sim.eps === nothing)
             error("If show_progress=true in a HistoryRecorder, you must also specify max_steps or eps.")
         end
-        prog = Progress(max_steps, "Simulating..." )
+        prog = Progress(max_steps; desc="Simulating..." )
     else
         prog = nothing
     end
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function simulate(sim::HistoryRecorder,
         if (sim.max_steps === nothing) && (sim.eps === nothing)
             error("If show_progress=true in a HistoryRecorder, you must also specify max_steps or eps.")
         end
-        prog = Progress(max_steps, "Simulating..." )
+        prog = Progress(max_steps; desc="Simulating..." )
     else
         prog = nothing
     end
diff --git a/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/parallel.jl b/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/parallel.jl
index 12b5f901..90c61362 100644
--- a/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/parallel.jl
+++ b/lib/POMDPTools/src/Simulators/parallel.jl
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ end
 will return a dataframe with with the number of steps and the reward in it.
 """
 function run_parallel(process::Function, queue::AbstractVector, pool::AbstractWorkerPool=default_worker_pool();
-                      progress=Progress(length(queue), desc="Simulating..."),
+                      progress=Progress(length(queue); desc="Simulating..."),
                       proc_warn::Bool=true, show_progress::Bool=true)
 
     if nworkers(pool) == 1 && proc_warn