diff --git a/assets/locales.json b/assets/locales.json
index e8ede7844..e76ea9e9f 100644
--- a/assets/locales.json
+++ b/assets/locales.json
@@ -3197,6 +3197,31 @@
         "zh_TW": "正在修剪 XCI 檔案 '{0}'"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "ID": "StatusBarXCIFileScanning",
+      "Translations": {
+        "ar_SA": "",
+        "de_DE": "",
+        "el_GR": "",
+        "en_US": "Scanning XCI Files...",
+        "es_ES": "",
+        "fr_FR": "",
+        "he_IL": "",
+        "it_IT": "",
+        "ja_JP": "",
+        "ko_KR": "",
+        "no_NO": "",
+        "pl_PL": "",
+        "pt_BR": "",
+        "ru_RU": "",
+        "sv_SE": "",
+        "th_TH": "",
+        "tr_TR": "",
+        "uk_UA": "",
+        "zh_CN": "",
+        "zh_TW": ""
+      }
+    },
     {
       "ID": "LinuxVmMaxMapCountDialogTitle",
       "Translations": {
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
index b0cd6a556..3f1393b47 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.UI.ViewModels
             }
         }
 
-        public async void ProcessTrimResult(String filename, XCIFileTrimmer.OperationOutcome operationOutcome)
+        public async Task ProcessTrimResult(String filename, XCIFileTrimmer.OperationOutcome operationOutcome)
         {
             string notifyUser = operationOutcome.ToLocalisedText();
 
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/XciTrimmerViewModel.cs b/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/XciTrimmerViewModel.cs
index ec9561896..f2a1bcc65 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/XciTrimmerViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/XciTrimmerViewModel.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ using Ryujinx.Ava.Systems.AppLibrary;
 using Ryujinx.Common.Utilities;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using static Ryujinx.Common.Utilities.XCIFileTrimmer;
@@ -57,11 +56,34 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.UI.ViewModels
 
         private void LoadXCIApplications()
         {
-            IEnumerable<ApplicationData> apps = ApplicationLibrary.Applications.Items
-                .Where(app => app.FileExtension == _FileExtXCI);
+            try
+            {
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressStatusText = LocaleManager.Instance.UpdateAndGetDynamicValue(LocaleKeys.StatusBarXCIFileScanning);
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressStatusVisible = true;
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressMaximum = 1;
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressValue = 0;
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarVisible = true;
 
-            foreach (ApplicationData xciApp in apps)
-                AddOrUpdateXCITrimmerFile(CreateXCITrimmerFile(xciApp.Path));
+                IEnumerable<ApplicationData> apps = ApplicationLibrary.Applications.Items
+                    .Where(app => app.FileExtension == _FileExtXCI).ToArray();
+
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressMaximum = apps.Count();
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressValue = 0;
+
+                int appsProcessed = 0;
+                foreach (ApplicationData xciApp in apps)
+                {
+                    AddOrUpdateXCITrimmerFile(CreateXCITrimmerFile(xciApp.Path));
+                    _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressValue = ++appsProcessed;
+                    Dispatcher.UIThread.InvokeAsync(() => { }, DispatcherPriority.Render).Wait();
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressStatusVisible = false;
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarProgressStatusText = string.Empty;
+                _mainWindowViewModel.StatusBarVisible = false;                
+            }
 
             ApplicationsChanged();
         }