diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index a129b5a9a..e3acf5f0e 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ function update(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
     async.series([
         // this protects against the theoretical possibility of an app being marked for update from
         // a previous version of box code
-        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 0, message: 'Verify manifest' }),
+        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 5, message: 'Verify manifest' }),
         verifyManifest.bind(null, updateConfig.manifest),
 
         function (next) {
diff --git a/src/apptaskmanager.js b/src/apptaskmanager.js
index e07b969bb..bb4fa9d3f 100644
--- a/src/apptaskmanager.js
+++ b/src/apptaskmanager.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function scheduleTask(appId, taskId, callback) {
 
     if (Object.keys(gActiveTasks).length >= TASK_CONCURRENCY) {
         debug(`Reached concurrency limit, queueing task id ${taskId}`);
-        tasks.update(taskId, { percent: 0, message: 'Waiting for other app tasks to complete' }, NOOP_CALLBACK);
+        tasks.update(taskId, { percent: 1, message: 'Waiting for other app tasks to complete' }, NOOP_CALLBACK);
         gPendingTasks.push({ appId, taskId, callback });
         return;
     }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function scheduleTask(appId, taskId, callback) {
 
     if (lockError) {
         debug(`Could not get lock. ${lockError.message}, queueing task id ${taskId}`);
-        tasks.update(taskId, { percent: 0, message: waitText(lockError.operation) }, NOOP_CALLBACK);
+        tasks.update(taskId, { percent: 1, message: waitText(lockError.operation) }, NOOP_CALLBACK);
         gPendingTasks.push({ appId, taskId, callback });
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/tasks.js b/src/tasks.js
index 3b7c9279d..780fc4283 100644
--- a/src/tasks.js
+++ b/src/tasks.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function add(type, args, callback) {
     assert(Array.isArray(args));
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    taskdb.add({ type: type, percent: 0, message: 'Queued', args: args }, function (error, taskId) {
+    taskdb.add({ type: type, percent: 1, message: 'Queued', args: args }, function (error, taskId) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
         callback(null, taskId);