diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index b4e091041..669053e83 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ function runBackupTask(backupId, dataDir, callback) {
         cp = null;
 
         if (error && (error.code === null /* signal */ || (error.code !== 0 && error.code !== 50))) { // backuptask crashed
-            return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, 'backuptask crashed'));
+            return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, 'Backuptask crashed'));
         } else if (error && error.code === 50) { // exited with error
             var result = safe.fs.readFileSync(paths.BACKUP_RESULT_FILE, 'utf8') || safe.error.message;
             return callback(new BackupsError(BackupsError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, result));
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ function backupBoxAndApps(auditSource, callback) {
         var processed = 0;
         var step = 100/(allApps.length+1);
 
-        progress.set(progress.BACKUP, step * processed, '');
+        progress.set(progress.BACKUP, Math.min(step * processed, 5), '');
 
         async.mapSeries(allApps, function iterator(app, iteratorCallback) {
             progress.set(progress.BACKUP, step * processed,  'Backing up ' + (app.altDomain || config.appFqdn(app.location)));
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
index acc7ec719..15a78a3ad 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
@@ -374,15 +374,22 @@
               <div ng-show="createBackup.busy" class="progress progress-striped active animateMe">
                   <div class="progress-bar progress-bar-success" role="progressbar" style="width: {{ createBackup.percent }}%"></div>
               </div>
-              <br/>
           </div>
       </div>
+
+      <div class="row" ng-show="backupConfig.provider !== 'caas'">
+        <div class="col-md-11" ng-show="createBackup.busy">
+            <p class="text-muted status" style="text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden">
+                {{ createBackup.detail || 'Syncing ...' }}
+            </p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
       <div class="row" ng-show="backupConfig.provider !== 'caas'">
           <div class="col-md-6">
-              <p ng-show="createBackup.busy">{{ createBackup.message }} {{ createBackup.detail }}</p>
+              <p ng-show="createBackup.busy">{{ createBackup.message }}</p>
               <p ng-hide="createBackup.busy">
                 <div class="has-error" ng-show="createBackup.percent === 100 && createBackup.result">{{ createBackup.result }}</div>
-                <div class="text-success" ng-show="createBackup.percent === 100 && !createBackup.result"><b>Backup Successful</b></div>
               </p>
           </div>
           <div class="col-md-6 text-right">
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
index 25a8d72e7..f80069eae 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
@@ -122,6 +122,31 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
         errorMessage: '',
         result: '',
 
+        updateStatus: function () {
+            Client.progress(function (error, data) {
+                if (error) return window.setTimeout($scope.createBackup.updateStatus, 250);
+
+                // check if we are done
+                if (!data.backup || data.backup.percent >= 100) {
+                    if (data.backup && data.backup.message) console.error('Backup message: ' + data.backup.message); // backup error message
+
+                    $scope.createBackup.busy = false;
+                    $scope.createBackup.message = '';
+                    $scope.createBackup.detail = '';
+                    $scope.createBackup.percent = 100; // indicates that 'result' is valid
+                    $scope.createBackup.result = data.backup ? data.backup.message : null;
+
+                    return fetchBackups();
+                }
+
+                $scope.createBackup.busy = true;
+                $scope.createBackup.percent = data.backup.percent;
+                $scope.createBackup.message = data.backup.message;
+                $scope.createBackup.detail = data.backup.detail;
+                window.setTimeout($scope.createBackup.updateStatus, 500);
+            });
+        },
+
         doCreateBackup: function () {
             $scope.createBackup.busy = true;
             $scope.createBackup.percent = 0;
@@ -147,31 +172,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
                     return;
                 }
 
-                function checkIfDone() {
-                    Client.progress(function (error, data) {
-                        if (error) return window.setTimeout(checkIfDone, 250);
-
-                        // check if we are done
-                        if (!data.backup || data.backup.percent >= 100) {
-                            if (data.backup && data.backup.message) console.error('Backup message: ' + data.backup.message); // backup error message
-
-                            $scope.createBackup.busy = false;
-                            $scope.createBackup.message = '';
-                            $scope.createBackup.detail = '';
-                            $scope.createBackup.percent = 100; // indicates that 'result' is valid
-                            $scope.createBackup.result = data.backup ? data.backup.message : null;
-
-                            return fetchBackups();
-                        }
-
-                        $scope.createBackup.percent = data.backup.percent;
-                        $scope.createBackup.message = data.backup.message;
-                        $scope.createBackup.detail = data.backup.detail;
-                        window.setTimeout(checkIfDone, 500);
-                    });
-                }
-
-                checkIfDone();
+                $scope.createBackup.updateStatus();
             });
         }
     };
@@ -637,6 +638,9 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
         getBackupConfig();
         getAutoupdatePattern();
 
+        // show backup status
+        $scope.createBackup.updateStatus();
+
         if ($scope.config.provider === 'caas') {
             getPlans();