diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykCliAuthenticationService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykCliAuthenticationService.kt
index 737931bb8..c4e5c8f12 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykCliAuthenticationService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykCliAuthenticationService.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.application.ModalityState
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.Service
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
 import com.intellij.openapi.ide.CopyPasteManager
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.EmptyProgressIndicator
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.Task
@@ -54,7 +55,13 @@ class SnykCliAuthenticationService(val project: Project) {
     private fun downloadCliIfNeeded() {
         val downloadCliTask: () -> Unit = {
             if (!getCliFile().exists()) {
-                getSnykTaskQueueService(project)?.downloadLatestRelease()
+                val progress =
+                    if (!ProgressManager.getInstance().hasProgressIndicator()) {
+                        EmptyProgressIndicator()
+                    } else {
+                        ProgressManager.getInstance().progressIndicator
+                    }
+                getSnykTaskQueueService(project)?.downloadLatestRelease(progress)
             } else {
                 logger.debug("Skip CLI download, since it was already downloaded")
             }
@@ -152,7 +159,11 @@ class AuthDialog : DialogWrapper(true) {
 
     override fun createCenterPanel(): JComponent {
         val centerPanel = JPanel(BorderLayout(JBUIScale.scale(5), JBUIScale.scale(5)))
-        val scrollPane = JBScrollPane(viewer, ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER)
+        val scrollPane = JBScrollPane(
+            viewer,
+            ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
+            ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER
+        )
         centerPanel.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER)
 
         val progressBar = JProgressBar().apply {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueService.kt
index f318d6ca6..bdd63e982 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueService.kt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class SnykTaskQueueService(val project: Project) {
 
     fun waitUntilCliDownloadedIfNeeded(indicator: ProgressIndicator) {
         indicator.text = "Snyk waits for CLI to be downloaded..."
-        downloadLatestRelease()
+        downloadLatestRelease(indicator)
         do {
             indicator.checkCanceled()
             Thread.sleep(WAIT_FOR_DOWNLOAD_MILLIS)
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class SnykTaskQueueService(val project: Project) {
         })
     }
 
-    fun downloadLatestRelease() {
+    fun downloadLatestRelease(indicator: ProgressIndicator) {
         // abort even before submitting a task
         if (!pluginSettings().manageBinariesAutomatically) {
             if (!isCliInstalled()) {
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class SnykTaskQueueService(val project: Project) {
         val cliDownloader = getSnykCliDownloaderService()
 
         taskQueue.run(object : Task.Backgroundable(project, "Check Snyk CLI presence", true) {
-            override fun run(indicator: ProgressIndicator) {
+            override fun run(ignored: ProgressIndicator) {
                 cliDownloadPublisher.checkCliExistsStarted()
                 if (project.isDisposed) return
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/download/CliDownloader.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/download/CliDownloader.kt
index 28030b7a2..03cdacd6b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/download/CliDownloader.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/download/CliDownloader.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class CliDownloader {
             val message = "Cannot create file in the configured CLI path directory ${cliFile.parent}. " +
                 "Please either change the CLI path to a writeable directory or give the " +
                 "current directory write permissions."
+            indicator.cancel()
             throw IOException(message, e)
         }
         try {
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueServiceTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueServiceTest.kt
index 3f32c4f4a..76d79888f 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueServiceTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/io/snyk/plugin/services/SnykTaskQueueServiceTest.kt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class SnykTaskQueueServiceTest : LightPlatformTestCase() {
 
         assertTrue(snykTaskQueueService.getTaskQueue().isEmpty)
 
-        snykTaskQueueService.downloadLatestRelease()
+        snykTaskQueueService.downloadLatestRelease(indicator)
         PlatformTestUtil.dispatchAllInvocationEventsInIdeEventQueue()
 
         assertTrue(snykTaskQueueService.getTaskQueue().isEmpty)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class SnykTaskQueueServiceTest : LightPlatformTestCase() {
         setProject(null) // to avoid double disposing effort in tearDown
 
         // the Task should roll out gracefully without any Exception or Error
-        snykTaskQueueService.downloadLatestRelease()
+        snykTaskQueueService.downloadLatestRelease(indicator)
     }
 
     fun testSastEnablementCheckInScan() {