diff --git a/src/mail.js b/src/mail.js
index 6fded12d9..e58d8fd08 100644
--- a/src/mail.js
+++ b/src/mail.js
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ async function startMail(existingInfra) {
             debug(`startMail: downloading backup ${results[0].id}`);
             const restoreConfig = { backupId: results[0].id, backupFormat: results[0].format };
             // have to wait for download before starting mail container because we download as non-root user
-            await backuptask.downloadMail(restoreConfig, (message) => debug(`startMail: ${message}`));
+            await backuptask.downloadMail(restoreConfig, (progress) => debug(`startMail: ${progress.message}`));
         }
     }