diff --git a/lib/barcode.dart b/lib/barcode.dart
index a17b8091..e28c2688 100644
--- a/lib/barcode.dart
+++ b/lib/barcode.dart
@@ -65,21 +65,26 @@ class BarcodeHandler {
       );
     }
 
-    Future<void> processBarcode(BuildContext context, QRViewController _controller, String barcode) {
+    Future<void> processBarcode(BuildContext context, QRViewController _controller, String barcode, {String url = "barcode/", bool show_dialog = false}) {
       this._context = context;
       this._controller = _controller;
 
       print("Scanned barcode data: ${barcode}");
-      showProgressDialog(context, "Scanning", "Sending barcode data to server");
+      if (show_dialog) {
+        showProgressDialog(context, "Scanning", "Sending barcode data to server");
+      }
 
       // Send barcode request to server
       InvenTreeAPI().post(
-          "barcode/",
+          url,
           body: {
             "barcode": barcode
           }
       ).then((var response) {
-        hideProgressDialog(context);
+
+        if (show_dialog) {
+          hideProgressDialog(context);
+        }
 
         if (response.statusCode != 200) {
           showErrorDialog(
@@ -112,7 +117,11 @@ class BarcodeHandler {
       }).timeout(
           Duration(seconds: 5)
       ).catchError((error) {
-        hideProgressDialog(context);
+
+        if (show_dialog) {
+          hideProgressDialog(context);
+        }
+
         showErrorDialog(
             context,
             "Error",
diff --git a/lib/inventree/model.dart b/lib/inventree/model.dart
index c9bbc801..6d7d1a01 100644
--- a/lib/inventree/model.dart
+++ b/lib/inventree/model.dart
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class InvenTreeModel {
   }
 
   // POST data to update the model
-  Future<bool> update(BuildContext context, {Map<String, String> values}) async {
+  Future<bool> update(BuildContext context, {Map<String, String> values, bool show_dialog = false}) async {
 
     var addr = path.join(URL, pk.toString());
 
@@ -157,13 +157,17 @@ class InvenTreeModel {
       addr += "/";
     }
 
-    showProgressDialog(context, "Updating ${NAME}", "Sending data to server");
+    if (show_dialog) {
+      showProgressDialog(context, "Updating ${NAME}", "Sending data to server");
+    }
 
     var response = await api.patch(addr, body: values)
         .timeout(Duration(seconds: 10))
         .catchError((e) {
 
-          hideProgressDialog(context);
+          if (show_dialog) {
+            hideProgressDialog(context);
+          }
 
           if (e is TimeoutException) {
             showErrorDialog(context, "Timeout", "No response from server");
@@ -176,7 +180,9 @@ class InvenTreeModel {
 
     if (response == null) return false;
 
-    hideProgressDialog(context);
+    if (show_dialog) {
+      hideProgressDialog(context);
+    }
 
     if (response.statusCode != 200) {
       print("Error updating ${NAME}: Status code ${response.statusCode}");