diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index 79630fdee..c438b28b4 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ function migrate(size, region, callback) {
         if (error) {
             debug('Failed to migrate', error);
             locker.unlock(locker.OP_MIGRATE);
+            progress.set(progress.MIGRATE, -1, error.message);
         } else {
             debug('Migration initiated successfully');
             // do not unlock; cloudron is migrating
@@ -730,6 +731,8 @@ function migrate(size, region, callback) {
         return;
     }
 
+    progress.set(progress.MIGRATE, 0, 'Started');
+
     // initiate the migration in the background
     backups.backupBoxAndApps({ userId: null, username: 'migrator' }, function (error, backupId) {
         if (error) return unlock(error);
diff --git a/src/progress.js b/src/progress.js
index d062365dc..8c486066f 100644
--- a/src/progress.js
+++ b/src/progress.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     get: get,
 
     UPDATE: 'update',
-    BACKUP: 'backup'
+    BACKUP: 'backup',
+    MIGRATE: 'migrate'
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),