diff --git a/plogical/backupUtilities.py b/plogical/backupUtilities.py
index 2be766f5a..d2ff1ff01 100755
--- a/plogical/backupUtilities.py
+++ b/plogical/backupUtilities.py
@@ -478,6 +478,8 @@ class backupUtilities:
 
             ## shutil.make_archive. Creating final package.
 
+            logging.CyberCPLogFileWriter.statusWriter(status, "Preparing final compressed package..\n")
+
             make_archive(os.path.join(backupPath, backupName), 'gztar', tempStoragePath)
             rmtree(tempStoragePath)
 
@@ -485,8 +487,6 @@ class backupUtilities:
 
             backupObs = Backups.objects.filter(fileName=backupName)
 
-            ## adding backup data to database.
-
             filePath = '%s/%s.tar.gz' % (backupPath, backupName)
             totalSize = '%sMB' % (str(int(os.path.getsize(filePath) / 1048576)))