diff --git a/src/main/java/azgracompress/compression/VQImageCompressor.java b/src/main/java/azgracompress/compression/VQImageCompressor.java
index 2678ab2960836eea1e1908c112585286b9ecdb2e..68d8b49e8a187c3a59d430365605f64b0170a513 100644
--- a/src/main/java/azgracompress/compression/VQImageCompressor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/azgracompress/compression/VQImageCompressor.java
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ public class VQImageCompressor extends CompressorDecompressorBase implements IIm
 
     @Override
     public void trainAndSaveCodebook() throws ImageCompressionException {
+        reportStatusToListeners("Loading image data...");
         final int[][] trainingData = loadConfiguredPlanesData();
 
         LBGVectorQuantizer vqInitializer = new LBGVectorQuantizer(trainingData,