diff --git a/frontend/src/App.svelte b/frontend/src/App.svelte
index ec784c7..2a63698 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/App.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script>
+  import { onMount, onDestroy } from 'svelte';
   import ConnectionStatus from './lib/components/ConnectionStatus.svelte';
   import OutputManager from './lib/components/OutputManager.svelte';
   import PeopleSelector from './lib/components/PeopleSelector.svelte';
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
   let selectedPerson = $state(null);
   let jobStatus = $state('idle');
   let progress = $state({ completed: 0, total: 0, message: '' });
+  let pollInterval = $state(null);
 
   let isJobRunning = $derived(
     jobStatus === 'running' || jobStatus === 'compiling_video' || jobStatus === 'cancelling'
@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@
 
   function handleConnectionChange(data) {
     connectionOk = data.connected;
+    // Check for running job when connection is established
+    if (data.connected) {
+      checkAndPollProgress();
+    }
   }
 
   function handlePersonSelect(person) {
@@ -27,7 +33,66 @@
   function handleJobUpdate(data) {
     jobStatus = data.status;
     progress = data;
+
+    // Start polling if job just started
+    if (data.status === 'running' || data.status === 'compiling_video') {
+      startPolling();
+    }
   }
+
+  async function checkAndPollProgress() {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch('/api/progress');
+      const data = await res.json();
+
+      jobStatus = data.status;
+      progress = data;
+
+      // If a job is running, start polling
+      if (data.status === 'running' || data.status === 'compiling_video' || data.status === 'cancelling') {
+        startPolling();
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to check progress:', e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function pollProgress() {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch('/api/progress');
+      const data = await res.json();
+
+      jobStatus = data.status;
+      progress = data;
+
+      // Stop polling when job completes
+      if (data.status === 'completed' || data.status === 'cancelled' || data.status === 'error' || data.status === 'idle') {
+        stopPolling();
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Poll failed:', e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function startPolling() {
+    if (pollInterval) return; // Already polling
+    pollInterval = setInterval(pollProgress, 500);
+  }
+
+  function stopPolling() {
+    if (pollInterval) {
+      clearInterval(pollInterval);
+      pollInterval = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    // Initial check will happen when connection is established
+  });
+
+  onDestroy(() => {
+    stopPolling();
+  });
 </script>
 
 <main>
@@ -47,7 +112,7 @@
         disabled={isJobRunning}
       />
 
-      {#if selectedPerson}
+      {#if selectedPerson && !isJobRunning}
         <ProcessingControls
           personId={selectedPerson.id}
           personName={selectedPerson.name}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ProcessingControls.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ProcessingControls.svelte
index 0afe604..cb08a27 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ProcessingControls.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ProcessingControls.svelte
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 <script>
-  import { onMount, onDestroy } from 'svelte';
-
   let { personId, personName, jobStatus, onupdate } = $props();
 
   let dateFrom = $state('');
   let dateTo = $state('');
-  let pollInterval = $state(null);
   let assetCount = $state(null);
   let loadingCount = $state(false);
 
@@ -51,7 +48,13 @@
       const data = await res.json();
 
       if (res.ok && data.success) {
-        startPolling();
+        // Notify parent to start polling
+        onupdate?.({
+          status: 'running',
+          completed: 0,
+          total: 0,
+          message: 'Starting...',
+        });
       } else {
         onupdate?.({
           status: 'error',
@@ -77,43 +80,6 @@
       console.error('Cancel failed:', e);
     }
   }
-
-  async function pollProgress() {
-    try {
-      const res = await fetch('/api/progress');
-      const data = await res.json();
-
-      onupdate?.(data);
-
-      if (data.status === 'completed' || data.status === 'cancelled' || data.status === 'error') {
-        stopPolling();
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.error('Poll failed:', e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  function startPolling() {
-    stopPolling();
-    pollProgress();
-    pollInterval = setInterval(pollProgress, 500);
-  }
-
-  function stopPolling() {
-    if (pollInterval) {
-      clearInterval(pollInterval);
-      pollInterval = null;
-    }
-  }
-
-  onMount(() => {
-    // Check if there's already a running job
-    pollProgress();
-  });
-
-  onDestroy(() => {
-    stopPolling();
-  });
 </script>
 
 <div class="processing-controls">
@@ -147,15 +113,9 @@
   </div>
 
   <div class="actions">
-    {#if isRunning}
-      <button class="cancel-btn" onclick={cancelProcessing}>
-        Cancel
-      </button>
-    {:else}
-      <button class="start-btn" onclick={startProcessing}>
-        Start Processing
-      </button>
-    {/if}
+    <button class="start-btn" onclick={startProcessing}>
+      Start Processing
+    </button>
   </div>
 </div>
 
@@ -271,13 +231,4 @@
   .start-btn:hover {
     background: #4338ca;
   }
-
-  .cancel-btn {
-    background: #dc2626;
-    color: #fff;
-  }
-
-  .cancel-btn:hover {
-    background: #b91c1c;
-  }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ProgressDisplay.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ProgressDisplay.svelte
index b22b9df..8439fe6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ProgressDisplay.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ProgressDisplay.svelte
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
     error: 'error',
   }[jobStatus] || '');
 
+  let canCancel = $derived(jobStatus === 'running' || jobStatus === 'compiling_video');
+
+  // Person being processed
+  let personDisplay = $derived(progress.person_name || progress.person_id || null);
+
   // Skip statistics from the backend
   let skipStats = $derived(progress.skip_stats || {
     face_too_small: 0,
@@ -39,8 +44,6 @@
     total: 0,
   });
 
-  let hasSkips = $derived(skipStats.total > 0);
-
   // Calculate kept (successful) count: completed - skipped
   let keptCount = $derived(Math.max(0, progress.completed - skipStats.total));
 
@@ -58,14 +61,32 @@
       { label: 'Crop failed', count: skipStats.crop_failed },
     ].filter(r => r.count > 0)
   );
+
+  async function cancelProcessing() {
+    try {
+      await fetch('/api/cancel', { method: 'POST' });
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Cancel failed:', e);
+    }
+  }
 </script>
 
 <div class="progress-display">
   <div class="header">
-    <span class="status {statusClass}">{statusLabel}</span>
-    {#if progress.total > 0}
-      <span class="count">{progress.completed} / {progress.total}</span>
-    {/if}
+    <div class="header-left">
+      <span class="status {statusClass}">{statusLabel}</span>
+      {#if personDisplay}
+        <span class="person-name">{personDisplay}</span>
+      {/if}
+    </div>
+    <div class="header-right">
+      {#if progress.total > 0}
+        <span class="count">{progress.completed} / {progress.total}</span>
+      {/if}
+      {#if canCancel}
+        <button class="cancel-btn" onclick={cancelProcessing}>Cancel</button>
+      {/if}
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   {#if jobStatus === 'running' || jobStatus === 'compiling_video' || jobStatus === 'cancelling'}
@@ -114,6 +135,18 @@
     margin-bottom: 1rem;
   }
 
+  .header-left {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.75rem;
+  }
+
+  .person-name {
+    font-size: 0.875rem;
+    color: #e0e0e0;
+    font-weight: 500;
+  }
+
   .status {
     font-weight: 600;
     font-size: 0.875rem;
@@ -142,11 +175,33 @@
     color: #f87171;
   }
 
+  .header-right {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 1rem;
+  }
+
   .count {
     font-size: 0.875rem;
     color: #888;
   }
 
+  .cancel-btn {
+    padding: 0.375rem 0.75rem;
+    background: #dc2626;
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    color: #fff;
+    font-size: 0.75rem;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    transition: background 0.15s ease;
+  }
+
+  .cancel-btn:hover {
+    background: #b91c1c;
+  }
+
   .progress-bar {
     height: 8px;
     background: #333;
diff --git a/src/job/mod.rs b/src/job/mod.rs
index 5dc2d35..1ab2fd4 100644
--- a/src/job/mod.rs
+++ b/src/job/mod.rs
@@ -97,18 +97,20 @@ pub async fn run_job(state: AppState, params: JobParams, cancel_token: Cancellat
     // Clear the cancellation token when done
     state.clear_cancel_token().await;
 
-    // Get final skip stats from progress
-    let final_skip_stats = state.progress.read().await.skip_stats.clone();
+    // Get final state from progress (skip stats and person info)
+    let final_progress = state.progress.read().await.clone();
 
     match result {
         Ok(output_path) => {
             state
                 .update_progress(Progress {
                     status: JobStatus::Completed,
-                    completed: 0,
-                    total: 0,
+                    completed: final_progress.completed,
+                    total: final_progress.total,
                     message: Some(format!("Video saved to: {}", output_path.display())),
-                    skip_stats: final_skip_stats,
+                    skip_stats: final_progress.skip_stats,
+                    person_id: final_progress.person_id,
+                    person_name: final_progress.person_name,
                 })
                 .await;
         }
@@ -116,10 +118,12 @@ pub async fn run_job(state: AppState, params: JobParams, cancel_token: Cancellat
             state
                 .update_progress(Progress {
                     status: JobStatus::Cancelled,
-                    completed: 0,
-                    total: 0,
+                    completed: final_progress.completed,
+                    total: final_progress.total,
                     message: Some("Job cancelled by user".to_string()),
-                    skip_stats: final_skip_stats,
+                    skip_stats: final_progress.skip_stats,
+                    person_id: final_progress.person_id,
+                    person_name: final_progress.person_name,
                 })
                 .await;
         }
@@ -128,10 +132,12 @@ pub async fn run_job(state: AppState, params: JobParams, cancel_token: Cancellat
             state
                 .update_progress(Progress {
                     status: JobStatus::Error(e.to_string()),
-                    completed: 0,
-                    total: 0,
+                    completed: final_progress.completed,
+                    total: final_progress.total,
                     message: Some(e.to_string()),
-                    skip_stats: final_skip_stats,
+                    skip_stats: final_progress.skip_stats,
+                    person_id: final_progress.person_id,
+                    person_name: final_progress.person_name,
                 })
                 .await;
         }
@@ -193,6 +199,8 @@ async fn run_job_inner(
             total: 0,
             message: Some("Fetching assets from Immich...".to_string()),
             skip_stats: SkipStats::default(),
+            person_id: Some(params.person_id.clone()),
+            person_name: params.person_name.clone(),
         })
         .await;
 
@@ -244,6 +252,8 @@ async fn run_job_inner(
             total,
             message: Some(format!("Processing {} images...", total)),
             skip_stats: SkipStats::default(),
+            person_id: Some(params.person_id.clone()),
+            person_name: params.person_name.clone(),
         })
         .await;
 
@@ -267,6 +277,10 @@ async fn run_job_inner(
 
     let mut handles = Vec::with_capacity(assets_with_faces.len());
 
+    // Clone person info for use in spawned tasks
+    let task_person_id = params.person_id.clone();
+    let task_person_name = params.person_name.clone();
+
     for (asset, face_data) in assets_with_faces {
         // Check for cancellation before spawning more tasks
         if cancel_token.is_cancelled() {
@@ -295,6 +309,10 @@ async fn run_job_inner(
         let skip_decode_failed = skip_decode_failed.clone();
         let skip_crop_failed = skip_crop_failed.clone();
 
+        // Clone person info for this task
+        let person_id = task_person_id.clone();
+        let person_name = task_person_name.clone();
+
         let handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
             // Check cancellation at start of task
             if task_cancel_token.is_cancelled() {
@@ -353,6 +371,8 @@ async fn run_job_inner(
                         total,
                         message: Some(format!("Processing images... ({}/{})", done, total)),
                         skip_stats: current_skip_stats,
+                        person_id: Some(person_id.clone()),
+                        person_name: person_name.clone(),
                     })
                     .await;
             }
@@ -419,6 +439,8 @@ async fn run_job_inner(
             total,
             message: Some("Processing complete, preparing video...".to_string()),
             skip_stats: skip_stats.clone(),
+            person_id: Some(params.person_id.clone()),
+            person_name: params.person_name.clone(),
         })
         .await;
 
@@ -442,6 +464,8 @@ async fn run_job_inner(
                 total: successful as u32,
                 message: Some("Compiling video...".to_string()),
                 skip_stats: skip_stats.clone(),
+                person_id: Some(params.person_id.clone()),
+                person_name: params.person_name.clone(),
             })
             .await;
 
diff --git a/src/web/handlers.rs b/src/web/handlers.rs
index 022eb1c..b84de5b 100644
--- a/src/web/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/web/handlers.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ struct ProgressResponse {
     total: u32,
     message: Option<String>,
     skip_stats: SkipStatsResponse,
+    person_id: Option<String>,
+    person_name: Option<String>,
 }
 
 async fn get_progress(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<ProgressResponse> {
@@ -292,6 +294,8 @@ async fn get_progress(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<ProgressResponse> {
             crop_failed: skip_stats.crop_failed,
             total: skip_stats.total(),
         },
+        person_id: progress.person_id.clone(),
+        person_name: progress.person_name.clone(),
     })
 }
 
@@ -322,7 +326,7 @@ async fn start_processing(
         }
     }
 
-    // Reset progress
+    // Reset progress with person info
     state
         .update_progress(Progress {
             status: JobStatus::Running,
@@ -330,6 +334,8 @@ async fn start_processing(
             total: 0,
             message: Some("Starting...".to_string()),
             skip_stats: SkipStats::default(),
+            person_id: Some(request.person_id.clone()),
+            person_name: request.person_name.clone(),
         })
         .await;
 
diff --git a/src/web/state.rs b/src/web/state.rs
index f672419..9cbe299 100644
--- a/src/web/state.rs
+++ b/src/web/state.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ pub struct Progress {
     pub total: u32,
     pub message: Option<String>,
     pub skip_stats: SkipStats,
+    /// The person being processed (for display when resuming)
+    pub person_id: Option<String>,
+    pub person_name: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl Default for Progress {
@@ -64,6 +67,8 @@ impl Default for Progress {
             total: 0,
             message: None,
             skip_stats: SkipStats::default(),
+            person_id: None,
+            person_name: None,
         }
     }
 }