diff --git a/flow/project.py b/flow/project.py
index 1ec2bc22e..f84b330b9 100644
--- a/flow/project.py
+++ b/flow/project.py
@@ -37,16 +37,6 @@
 from jinja2 import TemplateNotFound as Jinja2TemplateNotFound
 from signac.contrib.filterparse import parse_filter_arg
 
-try:
-    # If ipywidgets is installed, use "auto" tqdm to improve notebook support.
-    # Otherwise, use only text-based progress bars. This workaround can be
-    # removed after https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/pull/1218.
-    import ipywidgets  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
-    from tqdm import tqdm
-else:
-    from tqdm.auto import tqdm
-
 from .aggregates import (
     _AggregatesCursor,
     _AggregateStore,
@@ -82,6 +72,7 @@
     add_cwd_to_environment_pythonpath,
     roundrobin,
     switch_to_directory,
+    tqdm,
 )
 from .util.translate import abbreviate, shorten
 
diff --git a/flow/render_status.py b/flow/render_status.py
index fa4e582b8..657808d0f 100644
--- a/flow/render_status.py
+++ b/flow/render_status.py
@@ -2,18 +2,9 @@
 # All rights reserved.
 # This software is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License.
 """Status rendering logic."""
-try:
-    # If ipywidgets is installed, use "auto" tqdm to improve notebook support.
-    # Otherwise, use only text-based progress bars. This workaround can be
-    # removed after https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/pull/1218.
-    import ipywidgets  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
-    from tqdm import tqdm
-else:
-    from tqdm.auto import tqdm
-
 from .scheduling.base import JobStatus
 from .util import mistune
+from .util.misc import tqdm
 
 
 def _render_status(
diff --git a/flow/util/misc.py b/flow/util/misc.py
index 0190d4c83..12b295e7f 100644
--- a/flow/util/misc.py
+++ b/flow/util/misc.py
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@
 from tqdm.contrib import tmap
 from tqdm.contrib.concurrent import process_map, thread_map
 
+try:
+    # If ipywidgets is installed, use "auto" tqdm to improve notebook support.
+    # Otherwise, use only text-based progress bars. This workaround can be
+    # removed after https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/pull/1218.
+    import ipywidgets  # noqa: F401
+except ImportError:
+    from tqdm import tqdm
+else:
+    from tqdm.auto import tqdm
+
 
 def _positive_int(value):
     """Parse a command line argument as a positive integer.
@@ -348,7 +358,10 @@ def _get_parallel_executor(parallelization="none"):
 
     """
     if parallelization == "thread":
-        parallel_executor = thread_map
+
+        def parallel_executor(func, iterable, **kwargs):
+            return thread_map(func, iterable, tqdm_class=tqdm, **kwargs)
+
     elif parallelization == "process":
 
         def parallel_executor(func, iterable, **kwargs):
@@ -365,6 +378,7 @@ def parallel_executor(func, iterable, **kwargs):
                 # regardless of whether it is a local function.
                 partial(_run_cloudpickled_func, cloudpickle.dumps(func)),
                 map(cloudpickle.dumps, iterable),
+                tqdm_class=tqdm,
                 **kwargs,
             )
 
@@ -374,6 +388,6 @@ def parallel_executor(func, iterable, **kwargs):
             if "chunksize" in kwargs:
                 # Chunk size only applies to thread/process parallel executors
                 del kwargs["chunksize"]
-            return list(tmap(func, iterable, **kwargs))
+            return list(tmap(func, iterable, tqdm_class=tqdm, **kwargs))
 
     return parallel_executor