diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index fd9d03191..50f393577 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -901,9 +901,13 @@ function snapshotBox(progressCallback, callback) {
 
     progressCallback({ message: 'Snapshotting box' });
 
+    const startTime = new Date();
+
     database.exportToFile(`${paths.BOX_DATA_DIR}/box.mysqldump`, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.DATABASE_ERROR, error));
 
+        debug(`snapshotBox: took ${(new Date() - startTime)/1000} seconds`);
+
         return callback();
     });
 }
@@ -913,8 +917,6 @@ function uploadBoxSnapshot(backupConfig, progressCallback, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof progressCallback, 'function');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    var startTime = new Date();
-
     snapshotBox(progressCallback, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
@@ -930,10 +932,12 @@ function uploadBoxSnapshot(backupConfig, progressCallback, callback) {
 
         progressCallback({ message: 'Uploading box snapshot' });
 
+        const startTime = new Date();
+
         runBackupUpload(uploadConfig, progressCallback, function (error) {
             if (error) return callback(error);
 
-            debug('uploadBoxSnapshot: time: %s secs', (new Date() - startTime)/1000);
+            debug(`uploadBoxSnapshot: took ${(new Date() - startTime)/1000} seconds`);
 
             setSnapshotInfo('box', { timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), format: backupConfig.format }, callback);
         });
@@ -1021,6 +1025,7 @@ function snapshotApp(app, progressCallback, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof progressCallback, 'function');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
+    const startTime = new Date();
     progressCallback({ message: `Snapshotting app ${app.fqdn}` });
 
     if (!safe.fs.writeFileSync(path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, app.id + '/config.json'), JSON.stringify(app))) {
@@ -1030,6 +1035,8 @@ function snapshotApp(app, progressCallback, callback) {
     addons.backupAddons(app, app.manifest.addons, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, error.message));
 
+        debugApp(app, `snapshotApp: took ${(new Date() - startTime)/1000} seconds`);
+
         return callback(null);
     });
 }
@@ -1088,8 +1095,6 @@ function uploadAppSnapshot(backupConfig, app, progressCallback, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof progressCallback, 'function');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    var startTime = new Date();
-
     snapshotApp(app, progressCallback, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
@@ -1108,10 +1113,12 @@ function uploadAppSnapshot(backupConfig, app, progressCallback, callback) {
             progressTag: app.fqdn
         };
 
+        const startTime = new Date();
+
         runBackupUpload(uploadConfig, progressCallback, function (error) {
             if (error) return callback(error);
 
-            debugApp(app, 'uploadAppSnapshot: %s done time: %s secs', backupId, (new Date() - startTime)/1000);
+            debugApp(app, `uploadAppSnapshot: ${backupId} done. ${(new Date() - startTime)/1000} seconds`);
 
             setSnapshotInfo(app.id, { timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), manifest: app.manifest, format: backupConfig.format }, callback);
         });
diff --git a/src/taskworker.js b/src/taskworker.js
index 29a9f0cab..932732e12 100755
--- a/src/taskworker.js
+++ b/src/taskworker.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function initialize(callback) {
 }
 
 // Main process starts here
+const startTime = new Date();
 debug(`Starting task ${taskId}`);
 
 initialize(function (error) {
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ initialize(function (error) {
                 error: error ? JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(error, Object.getOwnPropertyNames(error))) : null
             };
 
+            debug(`Task took ${(new Date() - startTime)/1000} seconds`);
+
             tasks.setCompleted(taskId, progress, () => process.exit(error ? 50 : 0));
         };