diff --git a/src/scripts/backupupload.js b/src/scripts/backupupload.js
index 3b99d1a4c..e154edc96 100755
--- a/src/scripts/backupupload.js
+++ b/src/scripts/backupupload.js
@@ -56,8 +56,15 @@ function dumpMemoryInfo() {
     const mu = process.memoryUsage();
     const hs = v8.getHeapStatistics();
 
-    debug(`process: rss: ${mu.rss} heapTotal: ${mu.heapTotal} heapUsed: ${mu.heapUsed} external: ${mu.external}`);
-    debug(`v8 heap : used ${hs.used_heap_size} total: ${hs.total_heap_size} max: ${hs.heap_size_limit}`);
+    function h(bytes) { // human readable
+        const i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024)),
+            sizes = ['B', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];
+
+        return (bytes / Math.pow(1024, i)).toFixed(2) * 1 + ' ' + sizes[i];
+    }
+
+    debug(`process: rss: ${h(mu.rss)} heapUsed: ${h(mu.heapUsed)} heapTotal: ${h(mu.heapTotal)} external: ${h(mu.external)}`);
+    debug(`v8 heap: used ${h(hs.used_heap_size)} total: ${h(hs.total_heap_size)} max: ${h(hs.heap_size_limit)}`);
 }
 
 initialize(function (error) {