diff --git a/src/backuptask.js b/src/backuptask.js
index 8df3e835a..ab5591a42 100644
--- a/src/backuptask.js
+++ b/src/backuptask.js
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@ function download(backupConfig, backupId, format, dataLayout, progressCallback,
 
     if (format === 'tgz') {
         async.retry({ times: 5, interval: 20000 }, function (retryCallback) {
+            progressCallback({ message: `Downloading backup ${backupId}` });
+
             storage.api(backupConfig.provider).download(backupConfig, backupFilePath, function (error, sourceStream) {
                 if (error) return retryCallback(error);