diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b067edd..5a32cf0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /Manifest.toml
+.vscode
diff --git a/src/ProgressMeter.jl b/src/ProgressMeter.jl
index 6dfd847..2c7e73a 100644
--- a/src/ProgressMeter.jl
+++ b/src/ProgressMeter.jl
@@ -265,8 +265,9 @@ function updateProgress!(p::Progress; showvalues = (), truncate_lines = false, v
         p.desc = desc
     end
     p.offset = offset
+    
     if p.counter >= p.n
-        if p.counter == p.n && p.printed
+        if p.counter == p.n #&& p.printed
             t = time()
             barlen = p.barlen isa Nothing ? tty_width(p.desc, p.output, p.showspeed) : p.barlen
             percentage_complete = 100.0 * p.counter / p.n
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ function updateProgress!(p::Progress; showvalues = (), truncate_lines = false, v
         end
         return nothing
     end
+  
     if ignore_predictor || predicted_updates_per_dt_have_passed(p)
         t = time()
         if p.counter > 2
@@ -460,7 +462,9 @@ function updateProgress!(p::ProgressUnknown; showvalues = (), truncate_lines = f
     end
 end
 
-predicted_updates_per_dt_have_passed(p::AbstractProgress) = p.counter - p.prev_update_count >= p.check_iterations
+predicted_updates_per_dt_have_passed(p::AbstractProgress) = 
+    p.counter <= 2 || # otherwise the first 2 are never printed, independently of dt
+    p.counter - p.prev_update_count >= p.check_iterations
 
 function is_threading(p::AbstractProgress)
     Threads.nthreads() == 1 && return false
diff --git a/test/test.jl b/test/test.jl
index e4c4ecc..20e09de 100644
--- a/test/test.jl
+++ b/test/test.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ end
 println("Testing original interface...")
 testfunc(107, 0.01, 0.01)
 
+println("Testing n=1") # Issue #258
+testfunc(1, 0.1, 1)
+
+println("Testing n=2") # Issue #258
+testfunc(1, 0.1, 1)
 
 function testfunc2(n, dt, tsleep, desc, barlen)
     p = ProgressMeter.Progress(n, dt, desc, barlen)