diff --git a/app/client/modules/backups/components/schedule-summary.tsx b/app/client/modules/backups/components/schedule-summary.tsx
index 8bdd3b9d..87efda27 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/backups/components/schedule-summary.tsx
+++ b/app/client/modules/backups/components/schedule-summary.tsx
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ export const ScheduleSummary = (props: Props) => {
 						<div className="md:col-span-2 lg:col-span-4">
 							<p className="text-xs uppercase text-muted-foreground">Warning Details</p>
 							<p className="font-mono text-sm text-yellow-600 whitespace-pre-wrap break-all">
-								Last backup completed with warnings. Check your container logs for more details.
+								{schedule.lastBackupError ??
+									"Last backup completed with warnings. Check your container logs for more details."}
 							</p>
 						</div>
 					)}
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
index f8dc2837..120dc7cc 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
@@ -431,23 +431,25 @@ const stopBackup = async (scheduleId: number) => {
 		throw new NotFoundError("Backup schedule not found");
 	}
 
-	const abortController = runningBackups.get(scheduleId);
-	if (!abortController) {
-		throw new ConflictError("No backup is currently running for this schedule");
+	try {
+		const abortController = runningBackups.get(scheduleId);
+		if (!abortController) {
+			throw new ConflictError("No backup is currently running for this schedule");
+		}
+
+		logger.info(`Stopping backup for schedule ${scheduleId}`);
+
+		abortController.abort();
+	} finally {
+		await db
+			.update(backupSchedulesTable)
+			.set({
+				lastBackupStatus: "warning",
+				lastBackupError: "Backup was stopped by user",
+				updatedAt: Date.now(),
+			})
+			.where(eq(backupSchedulesTable.id, scheduleId));
 	}
-
-	logger.info(`Stopping backup for schedule ${scheduleId}`);
-
-	abortController.abort();
-
-	await db
-		.update(backupSchedulesTable)
-		.set({
-			lastBackupStatus: "warning",
-			lastBackupError: "Backup was stopped by user",
-			updatedAt: Date.now(),
-		})
-		.where(eq(backupSchedulesTable.id, scheduleId));
 };
 
 const runForget = async (scheduleId: number, repositoryId?: string) => {
diff --git a/app/server/modules/lifecycle/startup.ts b/app/server/modules/lifecycle/startup.ts
index 2761bf88..1bf3265a 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/lifecycle/startup.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/lifecycle/startup.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Scheduler } from "../../core/scheduler";
 import { and, eq, or } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { db } from "../../db/db";
-import { volumesTable } from "../../db/schema";
+import { backupSchedulesTable, volumesTable } from "../../db/schema";
 import { logger } from "../../utils/logger";
 import { restic } from "../../utils/restic";
 import { volumeService } from "../volumes/volume.service";
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ export const startup = async () => {
 		});
 	}
 
+	await db
+		.update(backupSchedulesTable)
+		.set({
+			lastBackupStatus: "warning",
+			lastBackupError: "Zerobyte was restarted during the last scheduled backup",
+			updatedAt: Date.now(),
+		})
+		.where(eq(backupSchedulesTable.lastBackupStatus, "in_progress"))
+		.catch((err) => {
+			logger.error(`Failed to update stuck backup schedules on startup: ${err.message}`);
+		});
+
 	Scheduler.build(CleanupDanglingMountsJob).schedule("0 * * * *");
 	Scheduler.build(VolumeHealthCheckJob).schedule("*/30 * * * *");
 	Scheduler.build(RepositoryHealthCheckJob).schedule("50 12 * * *");