diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27af251..81ab5a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ $ clara --apiToken <apiToken> --username <username> scenes:get <sceneId>
   * scenes:delete <sceneId>                                Delete a scene
   * scenes:clone <sceneId>                                 Clone a scene
   * scenes:import [options] <sceneId>                      Import a file into the scene
+  * scenes:importOptimized [options] <sceneId>             Import a file into the scene, taking care to not reupload shared assets
   * scenes:export <sceneId> <extension>                    Export a scene
   * scenes:render [options] <sceneId>                      Render an image
   * scenes:command [options] <sceneId> <plugin> <command>  Run a command
@@ -130,7 +131,17 @@ $ clara set apiToken your-api-token
 $ clara set username your-username
 $ clara scenes:get scene-uuid
 ```
+### Configuration Variables
 
+Available configuration and their defaults:
+
+```
+  apiToken: null,
+  dryRun: false,
+  host: 'https://clara.io',
+  logLevel: 'info', // silly, verbose, info, warn, error, silent
+  username: null
+```
 
 ## Development
 
diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index a37a9e5..2ccbbf6 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var mapIndexed = R.addIndex(R.map);
 var fs = require('fs');
 var jsonQuery = require('json-query');
 var log = require('npmlog');
+var Progress = require('progress');
 
 var config = require('../lib/config');
 var conf = config();
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ function buildCommand(info, key, section) {
   R.forEach(R.curry(addOption)(query), R.keys(query));
   if (info.body) addOption(info, 'body');
 
-  if (info.async) {
+  if (info.async || info.sse) {
     cmd.option('--url', 'Return the URL of the result');
   }
 
@@ -103,6 +104,12 @@ function buildCommand(info, key, section) {
 
     var resource = resources[section][key];
 
+    var progress = new Progress(':status [:bar] :message', { total : 80, width: 40 });
+
+    opts.progressCallback = function(job) {
+      if (job.progress) progress.update(job.progress, job);
+    };
+
     claraApi[section][key](Object.assign({}, args, queryArgs, {url: cmd.url}), opts, function(err, result) {
       if (err) return fail(err, result);
 
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ function buildCommand(info, key, section) {
 
       if (program.output) {
         fs.writeFileSync(program.output, output, resource.isBinary ? 'binary' : 'utf8');
-      } else {
+      } else if (output) {
         process.stdout.write(output);
       }
     }).catch(fail);
diff --git a/lib/method.js b/lib/method.js
index d44682b..ea6db24 100644
--- a/lib/method.js
+++ b/lib/method.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module.exports = function(data, key) {
       queryArgs[key] = JSON.stringify(parseJSON(queryArgs[key]));
     }, data.jsonQueryKeys);
     var qs = R.keys(queryArgs).length ? '?'+queryString.stringify(queryArgs) : '';
-    var onlyLocation = data.async && queryOptions.url;
+    var onlyLocation = (data.async || data.sse) && queryOptions.url;
 
     var opts;
 
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ module.exports = function(data, key) {
       }, data.jsonKeys);
     }
 
-
     var errors = [];
     function checkRequired(fromObj, obj, key) {
       if (fromObj[key].required && obj[key] === undefined) {
@@ -113,7 +112,10 @@ module.exports = function(data, key) {
       function done(err, res) {
         var result;
 
-        if (!data.isBinary) {
+        if (!res) {
+          callback(null, res);
+          resolve(res);
+        } else if (!data.isBinary) {
           result = data.isJSON ? res.body : res.text;
           callback(null, result);
           resolve(result);
@@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ module.exports = function(data, key) {
       }
 
       var req = superagent[data.method](url);
-      if (data.output === 'json') req.set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      if (data.output === 'json') req.set('Accept', 'application/json');
+      if (data.sse) req.set('Accept', 'text/event-stream');
       if (conf.get('apiToken')) req.auth(conf.get('username'), conf.get('apiToken'));
 
       R.forEach(function(fileKey) {
@@ -179,7 +182,62 @@ module.exports = function(data, key) {
 
       if (data.method !== 'get') {
         log.debug('sending: ', JSON.stringify(opts, null, '  '));
-        req.send(opts)
+        req.send(opts);
+      }
+
+
+      if (data.sse) {
+        var stream = require('stream').Writable();
+        var buf = '';
+        var failed = false;
+        var job = { status: 'starting', message: '', progress: 0};
+        stream._write = function(chunk, enc, next) {
+          buf = buf +  chunk.toString('utf8');
+          var lines = buf.split('\n');
+          buf = lines[lines.length-1];
+          for (var i = 0; i < lines.length-1; i++) {
+            var line = lines[i];
+            if (line === '') continue;
+            var match = line.match(/^data: (.*)$/);
+            if (!match) {
+              log.debug('unmatched line', line);
+              continue;
+            }
+            job = R.merge(job, JSON.parse(match[1]));
+            if (job.message === null) job.message = '';
+            if (opts.progressCallback) opts.progressCallback(job);
+          }
+
+          next();
+        };
+
+        stream.on('error', function(err) {
+          if (failed) return;
+          done(err);
+          failed = true;
+        });
+
+        stream.on('finish', function() {
+          if (failed) return;
+          if (!job.files || !job.files.length || !job.files[0].url) return done(null);
+          if (onlyLocation) {
+            callback(null, job.files[0].url);
+            return resolve(job.files[0].url);
+          }
+          var req2 = superagent.get(job.files[0].url);
+          req2.end(done);
+        });
+
+        // https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent/issues/565
+        req.on('end', function(err, res) {
+          if (err || this.res.statusCode >= 400) {
+            fail(err || this.res.statusCode);
+            failed = true;
+          }
+        });
+
+        req.pipe(stream);
+        return;
       }
 
       req.end(function(err, res) {
diff --git a/lib/resources/scenes.js b/lib/resources/scenes.js
index 2bbfafe..beae0e8 100644
--- a/lib/resources/scenes.js
+++ b/lib/resources/scenes.js
@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ module.exports = {
     description: 'Import files into the scene',
     method: 'post',
     path: '/scenes/{sceneId}/import',
+    sse: true,
     query: {
       async: {type: Boolean},
       data: {type: 'json', as: 'filename', description: 'Optional data for import'},
       fileIds: {type: Array, description: 'Array of existing file ids'}
     },
     options: {
+      progressCallback: {type: Function, description: "Called regularly with job information"},
       file: {type: 'File', description: 'A File', required: false},
       files: {type: 'Files', description: 'An array of files ', required: false}
     }
@@ -107,14 +109,19 @@ module.exports = {
     method: 'post',
     path: '/scenes/{sceneId}/export/{extension}',
     output: 'binary',
-    async: true
+    async: false,
+    sse: true,
+    options: {
+      progressCallback: {type: Function, description: "Called regularly with job information"}
+    }
   },
 
   render: {
     description: 'Render an image',
     method: 'post',
     path: '/scenes/{sceneId}/render',
-    async: true,
+    async: false,
+    sse: true,
     query: {
       time: {type: Number, description: 'Frame number to render'},
       width: {type: Number, description: 'Width in pixels of the desired image'},
@@ -129,7 +136,8 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     options: {
       setupCommand: {type: String, as: 'string', description: 'Command to be executed before render'},
-      data: {type: 'json', as: 'filename', description: 'Optional data for setupCommand'}
+      data: {type: 'json', as: 'filename', description: 'Optional data for setupCommand'},
+      progressCallback: {type: Function, description: "Called regularly with job information"}
     },
     output: 'binary'
   },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b591ec1..9b19bb4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "clara",
-  "version": "0.4.4",
+  "version": "0.4.5",
   "description": "Clara.io API wrapper",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "bin": "bin/clara.js",
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "md5-file": "^2.0.4",
     "npmlog": "^2.0.0",
     "osenv": "^0.1.3",
+    "progress": "git+https://github.com/visionmedia/node-progress.git#d47913502ba5b551fcaad9e94fe7b2f5876a7939",
     "query-string": "^3.0.0",
     "ramda": "^0.18.0",
     "superagent": "^1.5.0",