diff --git a/wobuzz/gui.py b/wobuzz/gui.py
index 5bf2dee..51d2036 100644
--- a/wobuzz/gui.py
+++ b/wobuzz/gui.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QDockWidget, QFileDialog
 from .ui.main_window import MainWindow
 
 
+GUI_UPDATE_RATE = 20
+GUI_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 1000 // GUI_UPDATE_RATE
+
+
 class GUI:
     def __init__(self, app):
         self.app = app
@@ -40,15 +44,16 @@ class GUI:
         self.playlist_file_selector.setNameFilters(["Playlists (*.wbz.m3u *.m3u)", "Any (*)"])
         self.playlist_file_selector.setViewMode(QFileDialog.ViewMode.List)
 
-        self.connect()
+        self.gui_update_timer = QTimer()
+        self.gui_update_timer.timeout.connect(self.update_gui)
+        self.gui_update_timer.start(GUI_UPDATE_INTERVAL)
+
+        self.window.closeEvent = self.on_exit
 
         self.window.show()
 
         self.settings.update_all()
 
-    def connect(self):
-        self.window.closeEvent = self.on_exit
-
     def on_exit(self, event):
         self.app.library.on_exit(event)
 
@@ -100,3 +105,8 @@ class GUI:
         if playlist_path is not None and not playlist_path == "":
             self.app.library.import_playlist(playlist_path)
 
+    def update_gui(self):
+        self.track_control.track_progress_slider.update_progress()
+        if self.process_dock.isVisible():
+            self.process_dock.update_processes()
+
diff --git a/wobuzz/ui/process/process_dock.py b/wobuzz/ui/process/process_dock.py
index becd170..e106c59 100644
--- a/wobuzz/ui/process/process_dock.py
+++ b/wobuzz/ui/process/process_dock.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-from PyQt6.QtCore import QTimer, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt6.QtCore import pyqtSignal
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QDockWidget, QScrollArea, QVBoxLayout
 
 from .process import BackgroundProcess
 
-PROGRESS_UPDATE_RATE = 10
-PROGRESS_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 1000 // PROGRESS_UPDATE_RATE
-
 
 class ProcessDock(QDockWidget):
     # we need a signal for self.on_background_job_start() because PyQt6 doesn't allow some operations to be performed
@@ -40,10 +37,6 @@ class ProcessDock(QDockWidget):
 
         self.setWidget(self.scroll_area)
 
-        self.progress_update_timer = QTimer()
-        self.progress_update_timer.timeout.connect(self.update_processes)
-        self.progress_update_timer.start(PROGRESS_UPDATE_INTERVAL)
-
         self.job_started_signal.connect(self.on_background_job_start)
         self.job_finished_signal.connect(self.on_background_job_stop)
 
diff --git a/wobuzz/ui/track_progress_slider.py b/wobuzz/ui/track_progress_slider.py
index 91e7bb0..cf7a11b 100644
--- a/wobuzz/ui/track_progress_slider.py
+++ b/wobuzz/ui/track_progress_slider.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer
+from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QMouseEvent
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QSlider, QStyle, QStyleOptionSlider
 
-PROGRESS_UPDATE_RATE = 60
-PROGRESS_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 1000 // PROGRESS_UPDATE_RATE
-
 
 class TrackProgressSlider(QSlider):
     def __init__(self, app, parent=None):
@@ -17,10 +14,6 @@ class TrackProgressSlider(QSlider):
 
         self.dragged = False
 
-        self.progress_update_timer = QTimer()
-        self.progress_update_timer.timeout.connect(self.update_progress)
-        self.progress_update_timer.start(PROGRESS_UPDATE_INTERVAL)
-
         option = QStyleOptionSlider()
         style = self.style()