diff --git a/setup/argparser.sh b/setup/argparser.sh
index 6d9b5caf0..306ecfd78 100644
--- a/setup/argparser.sh
+++ b/setup/argparser.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ arg_fqdn=""
 arg_is_custom_domain="false"
 arg_restore_key=""
 arg_restore_url=""
-arg_retire="false"
+arg_retire=""
 arg_tls_config=""
 arg_tls_cert=""
 arg_tls_key=""
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ arg_update_config=""
 arg_provider=""
 arg_app_bundle=""
 
-args=$(getopt -o "" -l "data:,retire" -n "$0" -- "$@")
+args=$(getopt -o "" -l "data:,retire:" -n "$0" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${args}"
 
 while true; do
     case "$1" in
     --retire)
-        arg_retire="true"
-        shift
+        arg_retire="$2"
+        shift 2
         ;;
     --data)
         # only read mandatory non-empty parameters here
diff --git a/setup/splashpage.sh b/setup/splashpage.sh
index a4588b68b..6684f30c4 100755
--- a/setup/splashpage.sh
+++ b/setup/splashpage.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cp -r "${script_dir}/splash/website/"* "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}"
 readonly current_infra=$(node -e "console.log(require('${script_dir}/../src/infra_version.js').version);")
 existing_infra="none"
 [[ -f "${DATA_DIR}/INFRA_VERSION" ]] && existing_infra=$(node -e "console.log(JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('${DATA_DIR}/INFRA_VERSION', 'utf8')).version);")
-if [[ "${arg_retire}" == "true" || "${existing_infra}" != "${current_infra}" ]]; then
+if [[ "${arg_retire}" != "" || "${existing_infra}" != "${current_infra}" ]]; then
     echo "Showing progress bar on all subdomains in retired mode or infra update. retire: ${arg_retire} existing: ${existing_infra} current: ${current_infra}"
     rm -f ${DATA_DIR}/nginx/applications/*
     ${BOX_SRC_DIR}/node_modules/.bin/ejs-cli -f "${script_dir}/start/nginx/appconfig.ejs" \
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ else
         -O "{ \"vhost\": \"${admin_fqdn}\", \"adminOrigin\": \"${admin_origin}\", \"endpoint\": \"splash\", \"sourceDir\": \"${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}\", \"certFilePath\": \"cert/host.cert\", \"keyFilePath\": \"cert/host.key\" }" > "${DATA_DIR}/nginx/applications/admin.conf"
 fi
 
-echo '{ "update": { "percent": "10", "message": "Updating cloudron software" }, "backup": null }' > "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}/progress.json"
+if [[ "${arg_retire}" == "migrate" ]]; then
+    echo '{ "migrate": { "percent": "10", "message": "Migrating cloudron" }, "backup": null }' > "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}/progress.json"
+else
+    echo '{ "update": { "percent": "10", "message": "Updating cloudron software" }, "backup": null }' > "${SETUP_WEBSITE_DIR}/progress.json"
+fi
 
 nginx -s reload
diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index 51ffb98bf..0c8967cc9 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ function doUpgrade(boxUpdateInfo, callback) {
 
             // no need to unlock since this is the last thing we ever do on this box
             callback();
-            retire();
+            retire('upgrade');
         });
     });
 }
@@ -702,14 +702,15 @@ function checkDiskSpace(callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function retire(callback) {
+function retire(reason, callback) {
+    assert(reason === 'migrate' || reason === 'upgrade');
     callback = callback || NOOP_CALLBACK;
 
     var data = {
         isCustomDomain: config.isCustomDomain(),
         fqdn: config.fqdn()
     };
-    shell.sudo('retire', [ RETIRE_CMD, JSON.stringify(data) ], callback);
+    shell.sudo('retire', [ RETIRE_CMD, reason, JSON.stringify(data) ], callback);
 }
 
 function migrate(size, region, callback) {
@@ -746,7 +747,7 @@ function migrate(size, region, callback) {
 
             progress.set(progress.MIGRATE, 10, 'Migrating');
 
-            retire();
+            retire('migrate');
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/retire.sh b/src/scripts/retire.sh
index 0c69d98c4..7d903711b 100755
--- a/src/scripts/retire.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/retire.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [[ "${BOX_ENV}" != "cloudron" ]]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-"${BOX_SRC_DIR}/setup/splashpage.sh" --retire --data "$1" # show splash
+"${BOX_SRC_DIR}/setup/splashpage.sh" --retire "$1" --data "$2" # show splash
 
 echo "Stopping apps"
 systemctl stop docker # stop the apps