diff --git a/src/ionic/index.ts b/src/ionic/index.ts
index e9b2675..cba8270 100644
--- a/src/ionic/index.ts
+++ b/src/ionic/index.ts
@@ -115,11 +115,22 @@ export const showPopover = async (options: PopoverOptions) => {
  * Show a progress bar at the top of the page (nprogress).
  */
 export const showProgress = () => {
+	nprogressCounts.start++;
+
 	nprogress.start();
 
-	return nprogress;
+	return {
+		done: () => {
+			// the `done` count gets incremented before the comparison
+			if (nprogressCounts.start === ++nprogressCounts.done) {
+				nprogress.done();
+			}
+		},
+	};
 };
 
+const nprogressCounts = { start: 0, done: 0 };
+
 /**
  * Show a progress bar while awaiting a promise.
  */
diff --git a/src/ionic/ionic.spec.ts b/src/ionic/ionic.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe58b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ionic/ionic.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import nprogress from 'nprogress';
+import { showProgress } from '.';
+
+jest.mock('nprogress', () => ({
+	start: jest.fn(() => {}),
+	done: jest.fn(() => {}),
+}));
+
+describe('Ionic Helpers', () => {
+	describe('showProgress()', () => {
+		beforeEach(jest.clearAllMocks);
+
+		it('should call nprogress.start()', () => {
+			expect(nprogress.start).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+			expect(nprogress.done).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+
+			const progress = showProgress();
+
+			expect(nprogress.start).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+			expect(nprogress.done).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+
+			progress.done();
+
+			expect(nprogress.start).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+			expect(nprogress.done).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+		});
+
+		it('should not call nprogress.done() when another progress has started in the meantime', async () => {
+			const actionOne = new Promise((resolve) => {
+				const progress = showProgress();
+				setTimeout(() => {
+					progress.done();
+					resolve();
+				}, 1000);
+			});
+
+			const actionTwo = new Promise((resolve) => {
+				const progress = showProgress();
+				setTimeout(() => {
+					progress.done();
+					resolve();
+				}, 500);
+			});
+
+			await Promise.all([actionOne, actionTwo]);
+
+			expect(nprogress.start).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+			expect(nprogress.done).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+		});
+	});
+});