diff --git a/src/routes/tasks.ts b/src/routes/tasks.ts
index 9c5f646..37ba9ca 100644
--- a/src/routes/tasks.ts
+++ b/src/routes/tasks.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ async function addTask(req: TRequest, res) {
     res.status(400).send('Range error: "from" should be less than "to"');
   } else {
     const names = tasks.map(item => item.datasource.name).join(', ');
-    res.status(200).send(`Exporting ${names} data from ${new Date(from).toLocaleString()} to ${new Date(to).toLocaleString()}`);
 
     const targets = tasks.map((task: Task) => new Target(
       task.panel,
@@ -83,6 +82,7 @@ async function addTask(req: TRequest, res) {
     ));
     const exporter = exporterFactory.getExporter();
     exporter.export(targets, datasourceUrl, username, from, to);
+    res.status(200).send(`Exporting ${names} data from ${new Date(from).toLocaleString()} to ${new Date(to).toLocaleString()}`);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/exporter.ts b/src/services/exporter.ts
index e7899b2..1bda0d6 100644
--- a/src/services/exporter.ts
+++ b/src/services/exporter.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ export class Exporter {
 
     this.datasourceRef = data.length === 1 ? data[0].datasource : { uid: 'all', type: 'all' };
 
+    await this.updateStatus(ExportStatus.EXPORTING, 0);
+
     const stream = this.initCsvStream();
     const days = Math.ceil((to - from) / MS_IN_DAY);