diff --git a/mvw-dl.py b/mvw-dl.py
index b02730c..8062aef 100644
--- a/mvw-dl.py
+++ b/mvw-dl.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ from rich.progress import (
     TransferSpeedColumn,
 )
 
+# TODO set locale for datetime and others to globally stick to en_US
+download_start_time = 0
+download_last_update_time = 0
+size_downloaded = 0
 progress = Progress(
     TextColumn("[bold blue]{task.fields[filename]}", justify="right"),
     BarColumn(bar_width=None),