diff --git a/lbry/console.py b/lbry/console.py
index 70cde1510..5364d9207 100644
--- a/lbry/console.py
+++ b/lbry/console.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class tqdm2(tqdm):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     def format_meter(
         n, total, elapsed, ncols=None, prefix='', ascii=False,  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
         unit='it', unit_scale=False, rate=None, bar_format=None,
-        postfix=None, unit_divisor=1000, **extra_kwargs
+        postfix=None, unit_divisor=1000, initial=0, **extra_kwargs
     ):
 
         # sanity check: total
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 30c183f3b..07212ecdc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ setup(
         'pyzmq==18.1.1',
         'sqlalchemy@git+https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy.git',
         'chiabip158@git+https://github.com/Chia-Network/chiabip158.git',
-        'tqdm',
+        'tqdm==4.49.0',
     ],
     extras_require={
         'ui': ['pyside2'],