diff --git a/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap b/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap
index ebd842029e..ad869a2132 100644
--- a/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap
+++ b/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`ConsoleReporter.progress 1`] = `
 Object {
-  "stderr": "░░ 0/2█░ 1/2",
+  "stderr": "[--] 0/2[#-] 1/2",
   "stdout": "",
 }
 `;
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`ProgressBar 1`] = `"░░ 0/2"`;
+exports[`ProgressBar 1`] = `"[--] 0/2"`;
 
-exports[`ProgressBar 2`] = `"░░ 0/2█░ 1/2"`;
+exports[`ProgressBar 2`] = `"[--] 0/2[#-] 1/2"`;
 
-exports[`ProgressBar 3`] = `"░░ 0/2█░ 1/2██ 2/2"`;
+exports[`ProgressBar 3`] = `"[--] 0/2[#-] 1/2[##] 2/2"`;
 
 exports[`Spinner 1`] = `"⠁ "`;
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ exports[`Spinner 4`] = `"⠁ ⠂ foo⠄ bar"`;
 
 exports[`close 1`] = `
 Object {
-  "stderr": "░░ 0/2█░ 1/2⠁ ",
+  "stderr": "[--] 0/2[#-] 1/2⠁ ",
   "stdout": "",
 }
 `;
diff --git a/src/reporters/console/progress-bar.js b/src/reporters/console/progress-bar.js
index 10ecff8075..499fc69d00 100644
--- a/src/reporters/console/progress-bar.js
+++ b/src/reporters/console/progress-bar.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class ProgressBar {
   id: ?number;
   _callback: ?(progressBar: ProgressBar) => void;
 
-  static bars = [['█', '░']];
+  static bars = [['#', '-']];
 
   tick() {
     if (this.curr >= this.total) {
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ export default class ProgressBar {
 
     // calculate size of actual bar
     // $FlowFixMe: investigate process.stderr.columns flow error
-    const availableSpace = Math.max(0, this.stdout.columns - bar.length - 1);
+    const availableSpace = Math.max(0, this.stdout.columns - bar.length - 3);
     const width = Math.min(this.total, availableSpace);
     const completeLength = Math.round(width * ratio);
     const complete = this.chars[0].repeat(completeLength);
     const incomplete = this.chars[1].repeat(width - completeLength);
-    bar = `${complete}${incomplete}${bar}`;
+    bar = `[${complete}${incomplete}]${bar}`;
 
     toStartOfLine(this.stdout);
     this.stdout.write(bar);