diff --git a/src/commands.hxx b/src/commands.hxx
index 208045e..5d7bad9 100644
--- a/src/commands.hxx
+++ b/src/commands.hxx
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ class Command: public QObject {
       log(QString("  FAILED[")+demangle(typeid(e).name())+"]: "+e.what());
       throw e;
     }
+    virtual int steps(Script* parent) {
+      return 1;
+    }
     void line(int linenr) {
       _line = linenr;
     }
@@ -187,6 +190,8 @@ class Command: public QObject {
         QCoreApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::AllEvents, 100);
     }
   protected:
+    std::shared_ptr<Script> subParser(Script* parent, const QStringList& in,
+                                      const QString& file, int line, int indent);
     bool runScript(Logger& log, Command* parentCommand,
                    std::shared_ptr<Script> script,
                    Script* parent, QWebFrame* frame,
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ class Command: public QObject {
     }
     QStringList quotedStrings(QString value,
                               QString delimiter = " ",
-                              bool keepDelimiters = false) {
+                              bool keepDelimiters = false) const {
       QStringList res;
       QString quot("'\"");
       while (value=value.trimmed(), value.size()) {
@@ -222,17 +227,10 @@ class Command: public QObject {
         res += value.mid(start, m.capturedStart()-start);
         value.remove(0, m.capturedEnd());
         if (keepDelimiters && m.capturedLength()) res+=m.captured().mid(start).trimmed();
-        // std::cout<<"REMOVE: \""<<m.captured()<<"\" 0 - "<<(m.capturedEnd()+start)
-        //          <<" start="<<start<<" pos="<<pos<<std::endl
-        //          <<"REMAINING: \""<<value<<"\""<<std::endl;
       }
-      // std::cout<<"FOUND"<<std::endl;
-      // Q_FOREACH(QString tag, res) {
-      //   std::cout<<" - \""<<tag<<"\""<<std::endl;
-      // }
       return res;
     }
-    QStringList commaSeparatedList(QString value) {
+    QStringList commaSeparatedList(QString value) const {
       return quotedStrings(value, ",");
     }
     static QWebElement find(QWebFrame* frame, QString selector,
@@ -487,12 +485,14 @@ class Script: public QObject {
         .replace("&nbsp;", " ").replace("&amp;", "&");
     }
   public:
-    Script(): _clicktype(JAVASCRIPT_CLICK), _command(0), _screenshots(true),
-              _defaultTimeout(20) {
+    Script():
+        _step(0), _clicktype(JAVASCRIPT_CLICK), _command(0),
+        _screenshots(true), _defaultTimeout(20) {
       initPrototypes();
     }
     Script(const Script& o):
         QObject(),
+        _step(0),
         _prototypes(o._prototypes),
         _script(o._script),
         _command(0),
@@ -568,8 +568,8 @@ class Script: public QObject {
       reset();
       _variables.clear();
       _rvariables.clear();
-      _functions.clear();
       _timeout = _defaultTimeout;
+      _step = 0;
       _clicktype = JAVASCRIPT_CLICK;
     }
     std::shared_ptr<Command> parseLine(QStringList& in,
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
       throw;
     }
     void parse(QStringList in, QString filename, int line = 1, int indent = 0) {
+      _filename = filename;
       for (int linenr(0), oldsize(0);
            oldsize=in.size(), in.size();
            linenr+=oldsize-in.size())
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
              QString td = QString(), bool screenshots = true,
              int maxretries = 0) {
       bool res(true);
+      _step = 0;
       _testsuites = testsuites;
       _timeout = _defaultTimeout; // defaults to 20s
       _ignoreSignalsUntil.clear();
@@ -636,10 +638,11 @@ class Script: public QObject {
         testsuite.attr("name") = "Unnamed Test Suite";
         (*_testsuites)<<testsuite;
       }
-      int retries(0), back(0), step(0);
-      for (auto cmd(_script.begin()); cmd!=_script.end(); ++cmd, ++step) {
+      int retries(0), back(0);
+      for (auto cmd(_script.begin()); cmd!=_script.end();
+           _step+=(*cmd)->steps(this), ++cmd) {
         progress(QString("%1:%2").arg((*cmd)->file()).arg((*cmd)->line()),
-                 step, steps());
+                 _step, countSteps());
         xml::Node testcase("testcase");
         try {
           testcase.attr("classname") =
@@ -670,8 +673,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
                 break; // test is successfully finished
               }
               progress(QString("%1:%2").arg((*cmd)->file()).arg((*cmd)->line()),
-                       step, steps());
-
+                       _step, countSteps());
             } catch (PossibleRetryLoad& e) {
               _timer.stop();
               // timeout may happen during load due to bad internet connection
@@ -691,13 +693,13 @@ class Script: public QObject {
                 QUrl url(frame->url());
                 if ((*cmd)->command()=="expect loadFinished true") {
                   ------cmd;
-                  ------step;
+                  ------_step;
                   back += 3;
                   _ignoreSignalsUntil = "loadStarted";
                   frame->load(url);
                 } else if ((*cmd)->command()=="expect loadStarted") {
                   ----cmd;
-                  ----step;
+                  ----_step;
                   back += 2;
                   _ignoreSignalsUntil = "loadStarted";
                   frame->page()->triggerAction(QWebPage::Stop);
@@ -706,7 +708,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
                   url2.remove("expect urlChanged");
                   if (url2.size()) url=url2.trimmed();
                   ----cmd;
-                  ----step;
+                  ----_step;
                   back += 2;
                   _ignoreSignalsUntil = "loadStarted";
                   frame->load(url);
@@ -715,7 +717,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
                   url2.remove("expect load");
                   if (url2.size()) url=url2.trimmed();
                   ----cmd;
-                  ----step;
+                  ----_step;
                   back += 2;
                   _ignoreSignalsUntil = "loadStarted";
                   frame->load(url);
@@ -791,8 +793,11 @@ class Script: public QObject {
     QString& cerr() {
       return _cerr;
     }
-    int steps() {
-      return _script.size();
+    int countSteps() {
+      int res(0);
+      for (auto cmd(_script.begin()); cmd!=_script.end(); ++cmd)
+        res += (*cmd)->steps(this);
+      return res;
     }
     bool screenshots() {
       return _screenshots;
@@ -839,7 +844,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
     QStringList variables() {
       return _variables.keys();
     }
-    QString variable(Logger& log, QString name) {
+    QString variable(QString name) {
       QMap<QString, QString>::iterator it(_variables.find(name));
       if (it==_variables.end()) error(VariableNotFound(name));
       return *it;
@@ -871,7 +876,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
     void function(QString name, std::shared_ptr<Function> f) {
       _functions[name] = f;
     }
-    std::shared_ptr<Function> function(Logger& log, QString name) {
+    std::shared_ptr<Function> function(QString name) {
       QMap<QString, std::shared_ptr<Function> >::iterator
         it(_functions.find(name));
       if (it==_functions.end()) error(FunctionNotFound(name));
@@ -1017,6 +1022,9 @@ class Script: public QObject {
       _prototypes[c->tag()] = std::shared_ptr<Command>(c);
     }
   private Q_SLOTS:
+    void innerProgress(QString txt, int delta) {
+      progress(txt, _step+delta, countSteps());
+    }
     void authenticationRequired(QNetworkReply*, QAuthenticator* a) {
       if (_auth.contains(a->realm())) {
         log("network: login to "+a->realm());
@@ -1083,6 +1091,7 @@ class Script: public QObject {
     Commands _script;
     std::queue<Signal> _signals;
     QTimer _timer;
+    int _step;
     QSet<QString> _ignores;
     QString _cout;
     QString _cerr;
@@ -1100,9 +1109,22 @@ class Script: public QObject {
     QString _testclass;
     Command* _command;
     QString _path;
+    QString _filename;
     QMap<QString, AuthRealm> _auth;
 };
 
+class CommandContainer: public Command {
+  public:
+    int steps(Script* parent) {
+      return countSteps(parent);
+    }
+  protected:
+    virtual int countSteps(Script* parent) const {
+      return _script->countSteps()+1;
+    }
+    std::shared_ptr<Script> _script;
+};
+
 class Do: public Command {
   public:
     QString tag() const {
@@ -2083,7 +2105,7 @@ class SetValue: public Command {
     QString _value;
 };
 
-class Function: public Command {
+class Function: public CommandContainer {
   public:
     QString tag() const {
       return "function";
@@ -2115,8 +2137,7 @@ class Function: public Command {
       cmd->_name = allargs.takeFirst().trimmed();
       cmd->_vars = commaSeparatedList(allargs.join(' '));
       script->function(cmd->_name, cmd);
-      cmd->_script = std::shared_ptr<Script>(new Script);
-      cmd->_script->parse(subCommandBlock(in), file, line+1, indent+1);
+      cmd->_script = cmd->subParser(script, subCommandBlock(in), file, line, indent);
       return cmd;
     }
     bool execute(Script* script, QWebFrame*) {
@@ -2134,7 +2155,6 @@ class Function: public Command {
   private:
     QString _name;
     QStringList _vars;
-    std::shared_ptr<Script> _script;
 };
 
 class Call: public Command {
@@ -2165,15 +2185,18 @@ class Call: public Command {
     }
     bool execute(Script* script, QWebFrame* frame) {
       Logger log(this, script);
-      return script->function(log, _name)->call(log, this, script->replacevars(_args),
+      return script->function(_name)->call(log, this, script->replacevars(_args),
                                                 script, frame);
     }
+    int steps(Script* parent) {
+      return parent->function(_name)->steps(parent);
+    }
   public:
     QString _name;
     QStringList _args;
 };
 
-class If: public Command {
+class If: public CommandContainer {
   public:
     QString tag() const {
       return "if";
@@ -2213,7 +2236,7 @@ class If: public Command {
       return tag()+" "+_variable+" "+_cmp+" "+_value
         +(_script.get()?"\n  "+_script->print().join("\n  "):"");
     }
-    std::shared_ptr<Command> parse(Script*, QString args,
+    std::shared_ptr<Command> parse(Script* script, QString args,
                                    QStringList& in, QString file, int line,
                                    int indent) {
       std::shared_ptr<If> cmd(new If());
@@ -2229,12 +2252,10 @@ class If: public Command {
       }
       cmd->_variable = args.left(pos).trimmed();
       cmd->_value = args.mid(pos+len).trimmed();
-      cmd->_script = std::shared_ptr<Script>(new Script);
-      cmd->_script->parse(subCommandBlock(in), file, line+1, indent+1);
+      cmd->_script = cmd->subParser(script, subCommandBlock(in), file, line, indent);
       if (in.size() && in.first().contains(QRegularExpression("^ *else *$"))) {
         in.removeFirst();
-        cmd->_else = std::shared_ptr<Script>(new Script);
-        cmd->_else->parse(subCommandBlock(in), file, line+1, indent+1);
+        cmd->_else = cmd->subParser(script, subCommandBlock(in), file, line, indent);
       }
       return cmd;
     }
@@ -2256,35 +2277,39 @@ class If: public Command {
             +selector+" "+_cmp+" "+value);
       } else {
         switch (_cmp[0].toLatin1()) {
-          case '=': check = script->variable(log, _variable)==value;
+          case '=': check = script->variable(_variable)==value;
             break;
-          case '!': check = script->variable(log, _variable)!=value;
+          case '!': check = script->variable(_variable)!=value;
             break;
-          case '.': check = script->variable(log, _variable).contains(value);
+          case '.': check = script->variable(_variable).contains(value);
             break;
-          case '^': check = !script->variable(log, _variable).contains(value);
+          case '^': check = !script->variable(_variable).contains(value);
             break;
           case '~': check =
-              script->variable(log, _variable).contains(QRegularExpression(value));
+              script->variable(_variable).contains(QRegularExpression(value));
             break;
-          case '<': check = script->variable(log, _variable).toInt()<value.toInt();
+          case '<': check = script->variable(_variable).toInt()<value.toInt();
             break;
-          case '>': check = script->variable(log, _variable).toInt()>value.toInt();
+          case '>': check = script->variable(_variable).toInt()>value.toInt();
             break;
           default:;
         }
         log(QString("evaluated expression to ")+(check?"true":"false")+": "
-            +script->variable(log, _variable)+" "+_cmp+" "+value);
+            +script->variable(_variable)+" "+_cmp+" "+value);
       }
       if (check) return runScript(log, this, _script, script, frame);
       else if (_else) return runScript(log, this, _else, script, frame);
       return true;
     }
+  protected:
+    int countSteps(Script* parent) {
+      int res1(CommandContainer::countSteps(parent)), res2(_else->countSteps()+1);
+      return res1 > res2 ? res1 : res2;
+    }
   private:
     QString _variable;
     QString _cmp;
     QString _value;
-    std::shared_ptr<Script> _script;
     std::shared_ptr<Script> _else;
 };
 
@@ -2428,7 +2453,7 @@ class Check: public Command {
     std::shared_ptr<Command> _next;
 };
 
-class For: public Command {
+class For: public CommandContainer {
   public:
     QString tag() const {
       return "for";
@@ -2452,29 +2477,35 @@ class For: public Command {
     QString command() const {
       return tag()+" "+_variable+" "+_vals.join(" ");
     }
-    std::shared_ptr<Command> parse(Script*, QString args,
+    std::shared_ptr<Command> parse(Script* script, QString args,
                                    QStringList& in, QString file, int line, int indent) {
       std::shared_ptr<For> cmd(new For());
       if (!args.size()) throw BadArgument(tag()+" requires a <variable>");
       QStringList allargs(args.split("->"));
       cmd->_variable = allargs.takeFirst().trimmed();
       cmd->_vals = commaSeparatedList(allargs.join("->"));
-      cmd->_script = std::shared_ptr<Script>(new Script);
-      cmd->_script->parse(subCommandBlock(in), file, line+1, indent+1);
+      cmd->_script = cmd->subParser(script, subCommandBlock(in), file, line, indent);
       return cmd;
     }
     bool execute(Script* script, QWebFrame* frame) {
       Logger log(this, script);
-      Q_FOREACH(QString i, _vals.size()?_vals:commaSeparatedList(script->variable(log, _variable))) {
+      Q_FOREACH(QString i, _vals.size()?_vals:commaSeparatedList(script->variable(_variable))) {
         if (!runScript(log, this, _script, script, frame, QStringList()<<_variable, QStringList()<<i))
           return false;
       }
       return true;
     }
+    int countSteps(Script* parent) const {
+      int sz(1);
+      if (_vals.size())
+        sz = _vals.size();
+      else if (parent->variables().contains(_variable))
+        sz = commaSeparatedList(parent->variable(_variable)).size();
+      return (sz?sz:1)*CommandContainer::countSteps(parent);
+    }
   private:
     QString _variable;
     QStringList _vals;
-    std::shared_ptr<Script> _script;
 };
 
 class Echo: public Command {
@@ -2575,7 +2606,7 @@ class ClearCookies: public Command {
     QString _url;
 };
 
-class Include: public Command {
+class Include: public CommandContainer {
   public:
     QString tag() const {
       return "include";
@@ -2597,11 +2628,12 @@ class Include: public Command {
       if (!f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) throw OpenIncludeFailed(cmd->_filename);
       QString txt(QString::fromUtf8(f.readAll()));
       try {
-        cmd->_script = std::shared_ptr<Script>(new Script);
-        cmd->_script->parse(txt.split('\n'), cmd->_filename, 1, indent+1);
+        cmd->_script = cmd->subParser(script, txt.split('\n'), cmd->_filename, 0, indent);
       } catch (Exception& e) {
         throw ParseIncludeFailed(cmd->_filename, e.what());
       }
+      Q_FOREACH(QString key, cmd->_script->functions()) // copy new functions to parent
+        script->function(key, cmd->_script->function(key));
       return cmd;
     }
     bool execute(Script* script, QWebFrame* frame) {
@@ -2614,7 +2646,6 @@ class Include: public Command {
     }
   private:
     QString _filename;
-    std::shared_ptr<Script> _script;
 };
 
 class Case: public Command {
@@ -2670,7 +2701,7 @@ class Case: public Command {
       }
       return tag()+" "+_variable+body;
     }
-    std::shared_ptr<Command> parse(Script*, QString args,
+    std::shared_ptr<Command> parse(Script* script, QString args,
                                    QStringList& in, QString file, int line,
                                    int indent) {
       std::shared_ptr<Case> cmd(new Case());
@@ -2684,9 +2715,9 @@ class Case: public Command {
         QString value(parts.join(' '));
         if (!cmp.contains(QRegularExpression("^[=!.^~<>]|->|default$")))
           throw BadArgument(tag()+" needs a comparision, not: "+cmp);
-        std::shared_ptr<Script> script(std::shared_ptr<Script>(new Script));
-        script->parse(subCommandBlock(body), file, line+1, indent+2);
-        cmd->_conditions.append(Condition(cmp, value, script));
+        std::shared_ptr<Script> sub
+          (cmd->subParser(script, subCommandBlock(body), file, line, indent+1));
+        cmd->_conditions.append(Condition(cmp, value, sub));
       }
       return cmd;
     }
@@ -2712,31 +2743,39 @@ class Case: public Command {
               +selector+" "+condition.cmp+" "+value);
         } else {
           switch (condition.cmp[0].toLatin1()) {
-            case '=': check = script->variable(log, _variable)==value;
+            case '=': check = script->variable(_variable)==value;
               break;
-            case '!': check = script->variable(log, _variable)!=value;
+            case '!': check = script->variable(_variable)!=value;
               break;
-            case '.': check = script->variable(log, _variable).contains(value);
+            case '.': check = script->variable(_variable).contains(value);
               break;
-            case '^': check = !script->variable(log, _variable).contains(value);
+            case '^': check = !script->variable(_variable).contains(value);
               break;
             case '~': check =
-                script->variable(log, _variable).contains(QRegularExpression(value));
+                script->variable(_variable).contains(QRegularExpression(value));
               break;
-            case '<': check = script->variable(log, _variable).toInt()<value.toInt();
+            case '<': check = script->variable(_variable).toInt()<value.toInt();
               break;
-            case '>': check = script->variable(log, _variable).toInt()>value.toInt();
+            case '>': check = script->variable(_variable).toInt()>value.toInt();
               break;
             default:;
           }
           log(QString("evaluated expression to ")+(check?"true":"false")+": "
-              +script->variable(log, _variable)+" "+condition.cmp+" "+value);
+              +script->variable(_variable)+" "+condition.cmp+" "+value);
         }
         if (check) return runScript(log, this, condition.script, script, frame);
       }
       return true;
     }
   private:
+    int countSteps(Script* parent) {
+      int res1(0);
+      for (auto condition: _conditions) {
+        int res2(condition.script->countSteps()+1);
+        if (res2>res1) res1=res2;
+      }
+      return res1;
+    }
     struct Condition {
         Condition(QString c, QString v, std::shared_ptr<Script> s):
             cmp(c), value(v), script(s) {
@@ -2888,6 +2927,16 @@ inline Logger::~Logger() {
   }
 }
 
+inline std::shared_ptr<Script> Command::subParser(Script* parent, const QStringList& in,
+                                                  const QString& file,
+                                                  int line, int indent) {
+  std::shared_ptr<Script> res(new Script);
+  Q_FOREACH(QString key, parent->functions()) // copy functions from parent
+    res->function(key, parent->function(key));
+  res->parse(in, file, line+1, indent+1);
+  return res;
+}
+
 inline bool Command::runScript(Logger& log, Command* parentCommand,
                                std::shared_ptr<Script> script,
                                Script* parent, QWebFrame* frame,
@@ -2906,21 +2955,25 @@ inline bool Command::runScript(Logger& log, Command* parentCommand,
   try {
     assert(connect(&scriptCopy, SIGNAL(logging(QString)),
                    parent, SLOT(parentlog(QString))));
+    assert(connect(&scriptCopy, SIGNAL(progress(QString, int, int)),
+                   parent, SLOT(innerProgress(QString, int))));
     parent->removeSignals(frame);
     bool res(scriptCopy.run(frame));
     parent->addSignals(frame);
+    disconnect(&scriptCopy, SIGNAL(progress(QString, int, int)),
+               parent, SLOT(innerProgress(QString, int)));
     disconnect(&scriptCopy, SIGNAL(logging(QString)),
                parent, SLOT(parentlog(QString)));
     parentCommand->_result = scriptCopy.result();
     Q_FOREACH(QString key, scriptCopy.variables()) // copy new variables to parent
-      if (!vars.contains(key)) parent->set(key, scriptCopy.variable(log, key));
-    Q_FOREACH(QString key, scriptCopy.functions()) // copy new functions to parent
-      parent->function(key, scriptCopy.function(log, key));
+      if (!vars.contains(key)) parent->set(key, scriptCopy.variable(key));
     if (parentCommand->_result.size())
       parent->log("result: "+parentCommand->_result);
     return res;
   } catch (const Exception& x) {
     parent->addSignals(frame);
+    disconnect(&scriptCopy, SIGNAL(progress(QString, int, int)),
+               parent, SLOT(innerProgress(QString, int)));
     disconnect(&scriptCopy, SIGNAL(logging(QString)),
                parent, SLOT(parentlog(QString)));
     throw;
diff --git a/src/webrunner.cxx b/src/webrunner.cxx
index dfc76e8..67751b4 100644
--- a/src/webrunner.cxx
+++ b/src/webrunner.cxx
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) try {
       testcase.attr("name") = "parse test suite file";
       testsuite<<testcase;
       script.parse(txt.split('\n'), file);
-      expectedtestcases = script.steps()+2;
+      expectedtestcases = script.countSteps()+2;
       if (failed) {
         script.log("FAILED: "+file+" skipped due to previous error");
         testcase.attr("name") = "testsuite";