--- ./core-functions.sh.orig	2026-09-24 16:58:55.000000000 -0500
+++ ./core-functions.sh	2026-09-29 16:37:03.708217886 -0500
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
 			;;
 	esac
 
-	kill_spinning
+	[ "$SPINNING" = "off" ] || kill_spinning
 
 	echo -e "DONE\n"
 }
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@
 		".*/{}-[^-]+-($ARCH|noarch|fw)-[^-]+" | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' |
 		applyblacklist )
 
-	kill_spinning
+	[ "$SPINNING" = "off" ] || kill_spinning
 	echo -e "DONE"
 
 	if [ "$DOUBLEFILES" != "" ]; then
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@
 		grep -q " $PKGNAME " ${WORKDIR}/pkglist && \
 			echo $PKGNAME >> $TMPDIR/$TEMPLATE.work
 	done
-	kill_spinning
+	[ "$SPINNING" = "off" ] || kill_spinning
 	echo " "
 
 	echo -e "\tGenerating $TEMPLATE "