diff --git a/parfor/__init__.py b/parfor/__init__.py
index a3c4967..8c33851 100644
--- a/parfor/__init__.py
+++ b/parfor/__init__.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ def pmap(fun, iterable=None, args=None, kwargs=None, length=None, desc=None, bar
     except:
         pass
     if length and length<serial: #serial case
-        return [fun(c, *args, **kwargs) for c in iterable]
+        return [fun(c, *args, **kwargs) for c in tqdm(iterable, total=length, desc=desc, disable=not bar)]
     else:                        #parallel case
         with tqdmm(total=0, desc='Task buffer', disable=not qbar, leave=False) as qbar,\
              tqdm(total=length, desc=desc, disable=not bar) as bar:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 572fae0..9f090b4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="parfor",
-    version="2021.1.5",
+    version="2021.2.0",
     author="Wim Pomp",
     author_email="wimpomp@gmail.com",
     description="A package to mimic the use of parfor as done in Matlab.",