diff --git a/src/constants/upload/index.ts b/src/constants/upload/index.ts
index a34dbf6b3..19432605f 100644
--- a/src/constants/upload/index.ts
+++ b/src/constants/upload/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const NULL_LOCATION: Location = { latitude: null, longitude: null };
 export enum UPLOAD_STAGES {
     START,
     READING_GOOGLE_METADATA_FILES,
+    EXTRACTING_METADATA,
     UPLOADING,
     FINISH,
 }
diff --git a/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts b/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
index 7f52b4150..e4642ede6 100644
--- a/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
@@ -92,11 +92,12 @@ class UploadManager {
                 );
             }
             if (mediaFiles.length) {
-                UIService.setUploadStage(UPLOAD_STAGES.START);
+                UIService.setUploadStage(UPLOAD_STAGES.EXTRACTING_METADATA);
                 await this.extractMetadataFromFiles(mediaFiles);
                 uploadService.setMetadataAndFileTypeInfoMap(
                     this.metadataAndFileTypeInfoMap
                 );
+                UIService.setUploadStage(UPLOAD_STAGES.START);
                 await this.uploadMediaFiles(mediaFiles);
             }
             UIService.setUploadStage(UPLOAD_STAGES.FINISH);
diff --git a/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx b/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx
index cec9704f5..adfc149dd 100644
--- a/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ const englishConstants = {
     UPLOAD: {
         0: 'preparing to upload',
         1: 'reading google metadata files',
-        2: (fileCounter) =>
+        2: 'reading file metadata to organize file',
+        3: (fileCounter) =>
             `${fileCounter.finished} / ${fileCounter.total} files backed up`,
-        3: 'backup complete',
+        4: 'backup complete',
     },
     UPLOADING_FILES: 'file upload',
     FILE_NOT_UPLOADED_LIST: 'the following files were not uploaded',