diff --git a/exec/background_results.php b/exec/background_results.php
index 45c7e64..292602c 100644
--- a/exec/background_results.php
+++ b/exec/background_results.php
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ $dbh = new db();
 
 $files   = glob("*.*");
 $stack   = [];
-$running = [];
-$time    = 0;
 $threads = [];
 
 foreach ($files as $file) {
diff --git a/exec/parse_nvd_json_cve.php b/exec/parse_nvd_json_cve.php
index 7cbb8c3..4d8d06f 100644
--- a/exec/parse_nvd_json_cve.php
+++ b/exec/parse_nvd_json_cve.php
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ print "Currently " . count($existing_cves) . " in DB" . PHP_EOL . "Parsing: " .
 $db_cpes      = [];
 $new_cves     = [];
 $new_cve_refs = [];
-$new_cve_web  = [];
 $sw_rows      = [];
 $new          = 0;
 $existing     = 0;
@@ -82,9 +81,6 @@ $cve_fields = [
 $ref_fields = [
     'cve_seq', 'source', 'url', 'val'
 ];
-$web_fields = [
-    'cve_id', 'xml'
-];
 
 foreach ($json->CVE_Items as $cve) {
     if (!isset($existing_cves["{$cve->cve->CVE_data_meta->ID}"])) {
@@ -168,18 +164,9 @@ foreach ($json->CVE_Items as $cve) {
 
         $new_cves     = [];
         $new_cve_refs = [];
-        $new_cve_web  = [];
         $sw_rows      = [];
 
         print "\t" . ($existing + $new) . " completed" . PHP_EOL;
-
-        $db->help->update("settings", ['meta_value' => number_format((($existing + $new) / count($json->CVE_Items)) * 100, 2)], [
-            [
-                'field' => 'meta_key',
-                'value' => 'nvd-cve-progress'
-            ]
-        ]);
-        $db->help->execute();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/exec/update_db.php b/exec/update_db.php
index 7cfeb61..11674e3 100644
--- a/exec/update_db.php
+++ b/exec/update_db.php
@@ -361,9 +361,10 @@ if (isset($cmd['nvd'])) {
         $load_date = new DateTime($db->get_Settings("nvd-cve-load-date"));
         if ($load_date < $too_old) {
             // More than 7 days old so have to do a full load
-            foreach ($nvd_years as $yr) {
+            foreach ($nvd_years as $x => $yr) {
                 $db->set_Setting('nvd-year', $yr);
-                download_file("https://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/json/cve/1.0/nvdcve-1.0-{$yr}.json.zip", TMP . "/nvd/nvdcve-{$yr}.json.zip", $db->help, 'nvd-cve-dl-progress');
+                $db->set_Setting('nvd-cve-dl-progress', (($x + 1) / count($nvd_years)) * 100);
+                download_file("https://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/json/cve/1.0/nvdcve-1.0-{$yr}.json.zip", TMP . "/nvd/nvdcve-{$yr}.json.zip");
                 $zip = new ZipArchive();
                 $zip->open(TMP . "/nvd/nvdcve-{$yr}.json.zip");
                 $zip->extractTo(TMP . "/nvd");
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ if (isset($cmd['nvd'])) {
     chdir(DOC_ROOT . "/exec");
     if (isset($cmd['po']) || !isset($cmd['do'])) {
         $json_files = glob(TMP . "/nvd/*.json");
-        foreach ($json_files as $j) {
+        foreach ($json_files as $x => $j) {
             $match = [];
             if (preg_match("/(\d{4}|recent|modified)/", basename($j), $match)) {
                 $db->set_Setting('nvd-year', $match[1]);
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ if (isset($cmd['nvd'])) {
 
             $log->debug("Running NVD CVE parsing script on file: $j");
             passthru($script);
+            $db->set_Setting('nvd-cve-progress', (($x + 1) / count($json_files)) * 100);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/inc/helper.inc b/inc/helper.inc
index 78f652f..ce3c589 100644
--- a/inc/helper.inc
+++ b/inc/helper.inc
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
  */
 include_once 'error.inc';
 include_once 'validation.inc';
+include_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
 
 /**
  * Function to get element or value from XML document using XPath
@@ -720,9 +723,9 @@ function url_exists($url)
 
 /**
  *
- * @param type $start
- * @param type $end
- * @return type
+ * @param float $start
+ * @param float $end
+ * @return float
  */
 function microtime_diff($start, $end = null)
 {
@@ -815,7 +818,7 @@ function add_intervals($i1, $i2)
 
 /**
  * Helper method to convert a file name to a .log file
- * 
+ *
  * @param string $fname
  *
  * @return string New filename with the prepended LOG_PATH