diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index aa4dc5a22..f0f5f3632 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function sync(backupConfig, backupId, dataDir, callback) {
             ++retryCount;
             debug(`${task.operation} ${task.path} try ${retryCount}`);
             if (task.operation === 'add') {
-                setBackupProgress(`Adding ${task.path} try ${retryCount}`);
+                setBackupProgress(`Adding ${task.path} position ${task.position} try ${retryCount}`);
                 var stream = fs.createReadStream(path.join(dataDir, task.path));
                 stream.on('error', function (error) {
                     setBackupProgress(`read stream error for ${task.path}: ${error.message}`);
diff --git a/src/syncer.js b/src/syncer.js
index 81c3919b8..d9c337db6 100644
--- a/src/syncer.js
+++ b/src/syncer.js
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ function sync(dir, taskProcessor, concurrency, callback) {
                 if (entryStat.isDirectory()) {
                     traverse(entryPath);
                 } else {
-                    addQueue.push({ operation: 'add', path: entryPath, reason: 'new' });
+                    addQueue.push({ operation: 'add', path: entryPath, reason: 'new', position: addQueue.length });
                 }
             } else if (ISDIR(cacheStat.mode) && entryStat.isDirectory()) { // dir names match
                 ++curCacheIndex;
                 traverse(entryPath);
             } else if (ISFILE(cacheStat.mode) && entryStat.isFile()) { // file names match
                 if (entryStat.mtime.getTime() !== cacheStat.mtime || entryStat.size != cacheStat.size || entryStat.inode !== cacheStat.inode) { // file changed
-                    addQueue.push({ operation: 'add', path: entryPath, reason: 'changed' });
+                    addQueue.push({ operation: 'add', path: entryPath, reason: 'changed', position: addQueue.length });
                 }
                 ++curCacheIndex;
             } else if (entryStat.isDirectory()) { // was a file, now a directory
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function sync(dir, taskProcessor, concurrency, callback) {
             } else { // was a dir, now a file
                 delQueue.push({ operation: 'removedir', path: cachePath, reason: 'wasdir' });
                 while (curCacheIndex !== cache.length && cache[curCacheIndex].path.startsWith(cachePath)) ++curCacheIndex;
-                addQueue.push({ operation: 'add', path: entryPath, reason: 'wasdir' });
+                addQueue.push({ operation: 'add', path: entryPath, reason: 'wasdir', position: addQueue.length });
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/syncer-test.js b/src/test/syncer-test.js
index 595441cc8..9cc3ad861 100644
--- a/src/test/syncer-test.js
+++ b/src/test/syncer-test.js
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
             expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
             expect(gTasks).to.eql([
-                { operation: 'add', path: 'src/index.js', reason: 'new' },
-                { operation: 'add', path: 'test/test.js', reason: 'new' },
-                { operation: 'add', path: 'walrus', reason: 'new' }
+                { operation: 'add', path: 'src/index.js', reason: 'new', position: 0 },
+                { operation: 'add', path: 'test/test.js', reason: 'new', position: 1 },
+                { operation: 'add', path: 'walrus', reason: 'new', position: 2 }
             ]);
             done();
         });
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
             expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
             expect(gTasks).to.eql([
-                { operation: 'add', path: 'a/b/c/d/e', reason: 'new' }
+                { operation: 'add', path: 'a/b/c/d/e', reason: 'new', position: 0 }
             ]);
             done();
         });
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
             expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
             expect(gTasks).to.eql([
-                { operation: 'add', path: 'readme', reason: 'new' }
+                { operation: 'add', path: 'readme', reason: 'new', position: 0 }
             ]);
             done();
         });
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
                 expect(error).to.not.be.ok();
 
                 expect(gTasks).to.eql([
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'src/index.js', reason: 'changed' },
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'test/test.js', reason: 'changed' }
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'src/index.js', reason: 'changed', position: 0 },
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'test/test.js', reason: 'changed', position: 1 }
                 ]);
 
                 done();
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
 
                 expect(gTasks).to.eql([
                     { operation: 'removedir', path: 'a/b', reason: 'missing' },
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'a/f', reason: 'new' }
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'a/f', reason: 'new', position: 0 }
                 ]);
 
                 done();
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
 
                 expect(gTasks).to.eql([
                     { operation: 'remove', path: 'data/test/test.js', reason: 'wasfile' },
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'data/test/test.js/trick', reason: 'new' }
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'data/test/test.js/trick', reason: 'new', position: 0 }
                 ]);
 
                 done();
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
 
                 expect(gTasks).to.eql([
                     { operation: 'removedir', path: 'test', reason: 'wasdir' },
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'test', reason: 'wasdir' }
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'test', reason: 'wasdir', position: 0 }
                 ]);
 
                 done();
@@ -312,9 +312,9 @@ describe('Syncer', function () {
                     { operation: 'removedir', path: 'j/l', reason: 'missing' },
                     { operation: 'removedir', path: 'j/m', reason: 'missing' },
 
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'a/file', reason: 'new' },
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'b', reason: 'changed' },
-                    { operation: 'add', path: 'j/k/file', reason: 'new' },
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'a/file', reason: 'new', position: 0 },
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'b', reason: 'changed', position: 1 },
+                    { operation: 'add', path: 'j/k/file', reason: 'new', position: 2 },
                 ]);
 
                 gTasks = [ ];