diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3c59fd7..39e467f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.7.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc936419f96fa211c1b9166887b38e5e40b19958e5b895be7c1f93adec7071ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android_system_properties"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -52,6 +61,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bstr"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b45ea9b00a7b3f2988e9a65ad3917e62123c38dba709b666506207be96d1790b"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.11.1"
@@ -229,7 +248,7 @@ version = "1.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "22813a6dc45b335f9bade10bf7271dc477e81113e89eb251a0bc2a8a81c536e1"
 dependencies = [
- "bstr",
+ "bstr 0.2.17",
  "csv-core",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -305,7 +324,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deduplicator"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytesize",
@@ -314,7 +333,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "colored",
  "dashmap",
  "fxhash",
- "glob",
+ "globwalk",
  "indicatif",
  "itertools",
  "memmap2",
@@ -385,6 +404,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fnv"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fxhash"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -406,10 +431,28 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.0"
+name = "globset"
+version = "0.4.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
+checksum = "029d74589adefde59de1a0c4f4732695c32805624aec7b68d91503d4dba79afc"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "bstr 1.1.0",
+ "fnv",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "globwalk"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93e3af942408868f6934a7b85134a3230832b9977cf66125df2f9edcfce4ddcc"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "ignore",
+ "walkdir",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
@@ -465,6 +508,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "cxx-build",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ignore"
+version = "0.4.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbe7873dab538a9a44ad79ede1faf5f30d49f9a5c883ddbab48bce81b64b7492"
+dependencies = [
+ "globset",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex",
+ "same-file",
+ "thread_local",
+ "walkdir",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indicatif"
 version = "0.17.2"
@@ -787,12 +847,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48aaa5748ba571fb95cd2c85c09f629215d3a6ece942baa100950af03a34f733"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
 version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.36.5"
@@ -819,6 +896,15 @@ version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b4b9743ed687d4b4bcedf9ff5eaa7398495ae14e61cba0a295704edbc7decde"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -919,6 +1005,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5516c27b78311c50bf42c071425c560ac799b11c30b31f87e3081965fe5e0180"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -985,6 +1080,17 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "808cf2735cd4b6866113f648b791c6adc5714537bc222d9347bb203386ffda56"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index da1018a..8152c50 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 [package]
 name = "deduplicator"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "find,filter,delete Duplicates"
 license = "MIT"
-authors = ["Sreedev Kodichath <sreedevpadmakumar@gmail.com>", "Valentin Bersier <vbersier@gmail.com>", "Dhruva Sagar <dhruva.sagar@gmail.com>"]
+authors = [
+    "Sreedev Kodichath <sreedevpadmakumar@gmail.com>",
+    "Valentin Bersier <vbersier@gmail.com>",
+    "Dhruva Sagar <dhruva.sagar@gmail.com>",
+]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.0.32", features = ["derive"] }
 colored = "2.0.0"
 dashmap = { version = "5.4.0", features = ["rayon"] }
 fxhash = "0.2.1"
-glob = "0.3.0"
+globwalk = "0.8.1"
 indicatif = { version = "0.17.2", features = ["rayon", "tokio"] }
 itertools = "0.10.5"
 memmap2 = "0.5.8"
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 44def2d..8767bfb 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use chrono::offset::Utc;
 use chrono::DateTime;
 use colored::Colorize;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
+use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressIterator, ProgressStyle};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use prettytable::{format, row, Table};
 use std::io::Write;
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ use std::{fs, io};
 use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 
 fn format_path(path: &str, opts: &Params) -> Result<String> {
-    let display_path = path.replace(&opts.get_directory()?, "");
+    let display_path = path.replace(opts.get_directory()?.to_string_lossy().as_ref(), "");
     let display_range = if display_path.chars().count() > 32 {
         display_path
             .graphemes(true)
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ fn format_path(path: &str, opts: &Params) -> Result<String> {
         display_path
     };
 
-    Ok(format!("...{:<32}", display_range))
+    Ok(format!("...{display_range:<32}"))
 }
 
 fn file_size(file: &File) -> Result<String> {
@@ -153,10 +154,18 @@ pub fn print(duplicates: DashMap<String, Vec<File>>, opts: &Params) {
     }
 
     let mut output_table = Table::new();
+    let progress_bar = ProgressBar::new(duplicates.len() as u64);
+    let progress_style = ProgressStyle::default_bar()
+        .template("{spinner:.green} [generating output] [{wide_bar:.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} files")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    progress_bar.set_style(progress_style);
     output_table.set_titles(row!["hash", "duplicates"]);
+
     duplicates
         .into_iter()
         .sorted_unstable_by_key(|(_, f)| f.first().and_then(|ff| ff.size).unwrap_or_default())
+        .progress_with(progress_bar)
         .for_each(|(hash, group)| {
             let mut inner_table = Table::new();
             inner_table.set_format(*format::consts::FORMAT_NO_BORDER_LINE_SEPARATOR);
diff --git a/src/params.rs b/src/params.rs
index adca974..23817ce 100644
--- a/src/params.rs
+++ b/src/params.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use clap::{Parser, ValueHint};
-use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+use globwalk::{GlobWalker, GlobWalkerBuilder};
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -30,35 +32,21 @@ impl Params {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_directory(&self) -> Result<String> {
-        let dir_pathbuf: PathBuf = self
-            .dir
-            .as_ref()
-            .unwrap_or(&std::env::current_dir()?)
-            .as_os_str()
-            .into();
-
-        let dir = fs::canonicalize(dir_pathbuf)?
-            .as_os_str()
-            .to_str()
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Invalid directory"))?
-            .to_string();
-
+    pub fn get_directory(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+        let current_dir = std::env::current_dir()?;
+        let dir_path = self.dir.as_ref().unwrap_or(&current_dir).as_path();
+        let dir = fs::canonicalize(dir_path)?;
         Ok(dir)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_glob_patterns(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        match self.types.as_ref() {
-            Some(filetypes) => vec![
-                self.get_directory().unwrap(),
-                String::from("**"),
-                format!("{{{}}}", filetypes),
-            ]
-            .iter()
-            .collect::<PathBuf>(),
-            None => vec![self.get_directory().unwrap().as_str(), "**", "*"]
-                .iter()
-                .collect::<PathBuf>(),
-        }
+    pub fn get_glob_walker(&self) -> Result<GlobWalker> {
+        let pattern: String = match self.types.as_ref() {
+            Some(filetypes) => format!("**/*{{{filetypes}}}"),
+            None => "**/*".to_string(),
+        };
+        // TODO: add params for maximum depth and following symlinks, then pass them to this builder
+        GlobWalkerBuilder::from_patterns(self.get_directory()?, &[pattern])
+            .build()
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/scanner.rs b/src/scanner.rs
index b69534e..27ac8f5 100644
--- a/src/scanner.rs
+++ b/src/scanner.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use crate::{file_manager::File, filters, params::Params};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use fxhash::hash64 as hasher;
-use glob::glob;
-use indicatif::{ParallelProgressIterator, ProgressStyle};
+use indicatif::{ParallelProgressIterator, ProgressBar, ProgressIterator, ProgressStyle};
 use memmap2::Mmap;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::hash::Hasher;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
@@ -40,16 +40,22 @@ pub fn duplicates(app_opts: &Params) -> Result<DashMap<String, Vec<File>>> {
 }
 
 fn scan(app_opts: &Params) -> Result<Vec<File>> {
-    let glob_patterns = app_opts.get_glob_patterns().display().to_string();
-    let glob_iter = glob(&glob_patterns)?;
-    let files = glob_iter
-        .filter(Result::is_ok)
-        .map(|file| file.unwrap())
+    let walker = app_opts.get_glob_walker()?;
+    let progress = ProgressBar::new_spinner();
+    let progress_style =
+        ProgressStyle::with_template("{spinner:.green} [mapping paths] {pos} paths")?;
+    progress.set_style(progress_style);
+    progress.enable_steady_tick(Duration::from_millis(100));
+
+    let files = walker
+        .progress_with(progress)
+        .filter_map(Result::ok)
+        .map(|file| file.into_path())
         .filter(|fpath| fpath.is_file())
         .collect::<Vec<PathBuf>>()
         .into_par_iter()
         .progress_with_style(ProgressStyle::with_template(
-            "{spinner:.green} [processing scan results] [{wide_bar:.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} files",
+            "{spinner:.green} [processing mapped paths] [{wide_bar:.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} files",
         )?)
         .map(|fpath| fpath.display().to_string())
         .map(|fpath| File {