diff --git a/webui/src/components/ActivityBar.tsx b/webui/src/components/ActivityBar.tsx
index eaaa67fc1..ca094caf6 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/ActivityBar.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/ActivityBar.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 
 export const ActivityBar = () => {
   const [activeOperations, setActiveOperations] = useState<Operation[]>([]);
+  const setRefresh = useState<number>(0)[1];
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const callback = ({ operation, type }: OperationEvent) => {
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ export const ActivityBar = () => {
 
     subscribeToOperations(callback);
 
+    setInterval(() => {
+      setRefresh((r) => r + 1);
+    }, 500);
+
     return () => {
       unsubscribeFromOperations(callback);
     };
diff --git a/webui/src/components/OperationRow.tsx b/webui/src/components/OperationRow.tsx
index b2cd694d0..368ccf0a7 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/OperationRow.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/OperationRow.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ export const OperationRow = ({
   const showModal = useShowModal();
   const details = detailsForOperation(operation);
   const displayType = getTypeForDisplay(operation);
+  const setRefresh = useState(0)[1];
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (operation.status === OperationStatus.STATUS_INPROGRESS) {
+      const interval = setInterval(() => {
+        setRefresh((x) => x + 1);
+      }, 1000);
+      return () => clearInterval(interval);
+    }
+  }, [operation.status]);
+
   let avatar: React.ReactNode;
   switch (displayType) {
     case DisplayType.BACKUP:
diff --git a/webui/src/components/StatsPanel.tsx b/webui/src/components/StatsPanel.tsx
index b337cdc83..6c46f03bc 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/StatsPanel.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/StatsPanel.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ import { formatBytes, formatDate } from "../lib/formatting";
 import { Col, Empty, Row } from "antd";
 import {
   Operation,
+  OperationEvent,
   OperationStats,
   OperationStatus,
 } from "../../gen/ts/v1/operations_pb";
 import { useAlertApi } from "./Alerts";
-import { BackupInfoCollector, getOperations } from "../state/oplog";
+import {
+  BackupInfoCollector,
+  getOperations,
+  subscribeToOperations,
+} from "../state/oplog";
 import { MAX_OPERATION_HISTORY } from "../constants";
 import { GetOperationsRequest, OpSelector } from "../../gen/ts/v1/service_pb";
+import _ from "lodash";
 
 const StatsPanel = ({ repoId }: { repoId: string }) => {
   const [operations, setOperations] = useState<Operation[]>([]);
@@ -30,36 +36,53 @@ const StatsPanel = ({ repoId }: { repoId: string }) => {
       return;
     }
 
-    const backupCollector = new BackupInfoCollector((op) => {
-      return (
-        op.status === OperationStatus.STATUS_SUCCESS &&
-        op.op.case === "operationStats" &&
-        !!op.op.value.stats
-      );
-    });
+    const refreshOperations = _.debounce(() => {
+      const backupCollector = new BackupInfoCollector((op) => {
+        return (
+          op.status === OperationStatus.STATUS_SUCCESS &&
+          op.op.case === "operationStats" &&
+          !!op.op.value.stats
+        );
+      });
 
-    getOperations(
-      new GetOperationsRequest({
-        selector: new OpSelector({
-          repoId: repoId,
-        }),
-        lastN: BigInt(MAX_OPERATION_HISTORY),
-      })
-    )
-      .then((ops) => {
-        backupCollector.bulkAddOperations(ops);
+      getOperations(
+        new GetOperationsRequest({
+          selector: new OpSelector({
+            repoId: repoId,
+          }),
+          lastN: BigInt(MAX_OPERATION_HISTORY),
+        })
+      )
+        .then((ops) => {
+          backupCollector.bulkAddOperations(ops);
 
-        const operations = backupCollector
-          .getAll()
-          .flatMap((b) => b.operations);
-        operations.sort((a, b) => {
-          return Number(b.unixTimeEndMs - a.unixTimeEndMs);
+          const operations = backupCollector
+            .getAll()
+            .flatMap((b) => b.operations);
+          operations.sort((a, b) => {
+            return Number(b.unixTimeEndMs - a.unixTimeEndMs);
+          });
+          setOperations(operations);
+        })
+        .catch((e) => {
+          alertApi!.error("Failed to fetch operations: " + e.message);
         });
-        setOperations(operations);
-      })
-      .catch((e) => {
-        alertApi!.error("Failed to fetch operations: " + e.message);
-      });
+    }, 1000);
+
+    refreshOperations();
+
+    const handler = (event: OperationEvent) => {
+      if (
+        event.operation?.repoId == repoId &&
+        event.operation?.op?.case === "operationStats"
+      ) {
+        refreshOperations();
+      }
+    };
+
+    subscribeToOperations(handler);
+
+    return () => {}; // cleanup
   }, [repoId]);
 
   if (operations.length === 0) {