diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
index 517706255..0d7151358 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"runtime/pprof"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/common"
@@ -26,57 +25,6 @@ const (
 	logInterval = 30 // seconds
 )
 
-type progressLogger struct {
-	timer    *time.Ticker
-	quit     chan struct{}
-	interval int
-	batch    ethdb.DbWithPendingMutations
-}
-
-func NewProgressLogger(intervalInSeconds int, batch ethdb.DbWithPendingMutations) *progressLogger {
-	return &progressLogger{
-		timer:    time.NewTicker(time.Duration(intervalInSeconds) * time.Second),
-		quit:     make(chan struct{}),
-		interval: intervalInSeconds,
-		batch:    batch,
-	}
-}
-
-func (l *progressLogger) Start(numberRef *uint64) {
-	go func() {
-		prev := atomic.LoadUint64(numberRef)
-		printFunc := func() {
-			now := atomic.LoadUint64(numberRef)
-			speed := float64(now-prev) / float64(l.interval)
-			var m runtime.MemStats
-			runtime.ReadMemStats(&m)
-			log.Info("Executed blocks:",
-				"currentBlock", now,
-				"speed (blk/second)", speed,
-				"state batch", common.StorageSize(l.batch.BatchSize()),
-				"alloc", common.StorageSize(m.Alloc),
-				"sys", common.StorageSize(m.Sys),
-				"numGC", int(m.NumGC))
-
-			prev = now
-		}
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-l.timer.C:
-				printFunc()
-			case <-l.quit:
-				printFunc()
-				return
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-}
-
-func (l *progressLogger) Stop() {
-	l.timer.Stop()
-	close(l.quit)
-}
-
 type HasChangeSetWriter interface {
 	ChangeSetWriter() *state.ChangeSetWriter
 }
@@ -110,23 +58,20 @@ func SpawnExecuteBlocksStage(s *StageState, stateDB ethdb.Database, chainConfig
 		}
 	}
 
-	stageProgress := s.BlockNumber
-
 	batch := stateDB.NewBatch()
 
-	progressLogger := NewProgressLogger(logInterval, batch)
-	progressLogger.Start(&stageProgress)
-	defer progressLogger.Stop()
-
 	engine := blockchain.Engine()
 	vmConfig := blockchain.GetVMConfig()
 
-	for blockNum := atomic.LoadUint64(&stageProgress) + 1; blockNum <= to; blockNum++ {
+	stageProgress := s.BlockNumber
+	logTime, logBlock := time.Now(), stageProgress
+
+	for blockNum := stageProgress + 1; blockNum <= to; blockNum++ {
 		if err := common.Stopped(quit); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		atomic.StoreUint64(&stageProgress, blockNum)
+		stageProgress = blockNum
 
 		blockHash := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(stateDB, blockNum)
 		block := rawdb.ReadBlock(stateDB, blockHash, blockNum)
@@ -189,19 +134,40 @@ func SpawnExecuteBlocksStage(s *StageState, stateDB ethdb.Database, chainConfig
 				changeSetHook(blockNum, hasChangeSet.ChangeSetWriter())
 			}
 		}
+
+		logTime, logBlock = logProgress(logTime, logBlock, blockNum, batch)
 	}
 
-	if err := s.Update(batch, atomic.LoadUint64(&stageProgress)); err != nil {
+	if err := s.Update(batch, stageProgress); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if _, err := batch.Commit(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("sync Execute: failed to write batch commit: %v", err)
 	}
-	log.Info("Completed on", "block", atomic.LoadUint64(&stageProgress))
+	log.Info("Completed on", "block", stageProgress)
 	s.Done()
 	return nil
 }
 
+func logProgress(lastLogTime time.Time, prev, now uint64, batch ethdb.DbWithPendingMutations) (time.Time, uint64) {
+	if now%64 != 0 || time.Since(lastLogTime).Seconds() < logInterval {
+		return lastLogTime, prev // return old values because no logging happened
+	}
+
+	speed := float64(now-prev) / float64(logInterval)
+	var m runtime.MemStats
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&m)
+	log.Info("Executed blocks:",
+		"currentBlock", now,
+		"speed (blk/second)", speed,
+		"state batch", common.StorageSize(batch.BatchSize()),
+		"alloc", common.StorageSize(m.Alloc),
+		"sys", common.StorageSize(m.Sys),
+		"numGC", int(m.NumGC))
+
+	return time.Now(), now
+}
+
 func UnwindExecutionStage(u *UnwindState, s *StageState, stateDB ethdb.Database) error {
 	if u.UnwindPoint >= s.BlockNumber {
 		s.Done()