diff --git a/Changelog9.html b/Changelog9.html
index c25506343a6..15932246cb4 100644
--- a/Changelog9.html
+++ b/Changelog9.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ <h2><a name="v9.0.2" id="v9.0.2"></a>Version 9.0.2</h2>
 		<li><a href="https://github.com/LMS-Community/slimserver/issues/1193">#1193</a> - Don't throw error when fulltext search is being used before the end of a scan.</li>
 		<li><a href="https://github.com/LMS-Community/slimserver/issues/1288">#1288</a> - Update Carp::Assert to latest to fix compatibility with recent Perl versions.</li>
 		<li><a href="https://github.com/LMS-Community/slimserver/pull/1303">#1303</a> - Fix an issue where browsing releases would sometimes create thousands of parameters (and more - thanks @darrel-k!).</li>
+		<li><a href="https://github.com/LMS-Community/slimserver/pull/1307">#1307</a> - Fix scanner progress information in the web UI.</li>
 		<li></li>
 	</ul>
 	<br />
diff --git a/HTML/EN/html/SqueezeJS/UI.js b/HTML/EN/html/SqueezeJS/UI.js
index a27de34bb88..51772638fa9 100644
--- a/HTML/EN/html/SqueezeJS/UI.js
+++ b/HTML/EN/html/SqueezeJS/UI.js
@@ -2234,9 +2234,13 @@ SqueezeJS.UI.ScannerInfoExtended = function(){
 					Ext.get('abortscanlink').hide();
 			}
 
-			else
+			else {
 				Ext.get('message').update(decodeURIComponent(result.message));
 
+				if (Ext.get('abortscanlink'))
+					Ext.get('abortscanlink').show();
+			}
+
 			progressTimer.delay(5000)
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/HTML/EN/html/global.js b/HTML/EN/html/global.js
index 06026912cfa..4da7b71e58c 100644
--- a/HTML/EN/html/global.js
+++ b/HTML/EN/html/global.js
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ function showElements(myAry,style) {
 		var div = myAry[i];
 
 		if ($(div)) {
-			//document.getElementByID(div).style.display = 'block';
 			$(div).style.display = style;
 		}
 	}
@@ -119,16 +118,14 @@ function refreshElement(element, value, truncate) {
 // this function parses the response into a hash object used in all update functions
 function parseData(thisData) {
 	var lines = thisData.split("\n");
-	var returnData = new Array();
+	var returnData = {};
 
 	for (i=0; i<lines.length; i++) {
-		var comment = /^#/;
-		var blank = /^\s*$/;
-		var preTag = /<\\*pre>/;
-		var commentLine = lines[i].match(comment);
-		var blankLine = lines[i].match(blank);
+		var preTag = lines[i].match(/<\/*pre>/);
+		var commentLine = lines[i].match(/^#/);
+		var blankLine = lines[i].match(/^\s*$/);
 
-		if (!commentLine && !blankLine && preTag) {
+		if (!commentLine && !blankLine && !preTag) {
 			var keyValue = lines[i].split('|');
 			var key = keyValue[0];
 			var value = keyValue[1];
diff --git a/HTML/EN/html/progress.js b/HTML/EN/html/progress.js
index ff022625d29..801b0e16690 100644
--- a/HTML/EN/html/progress.js
+++ b/HTML/EN/html/progress.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const pollingInterval = 2000;
+
 function ajaxProgressCallback(theData) {
 
 	var parsedData = fillDataHash(theData);
@@ -30,15 +32,17 @@ function ajaxProgressCallback(theData) {
 
 	if (parsedData['message']) {
 		if (parsedData['total_time']) {
-			refreshElement('message',parsedData['message']+ timestring + parsedData['total_time']);
+			refreshElement('message',parsedData['message']+ '<br>' + timestring + ' ' + parsedData['total_time']);
 		} else {
 			refreshElement('message',parsedData['message']);
 		}
 
 		hideElements(['abortscanlink']);
+		setTimeout( "ajaxProgressRefresh()", pollingInterval);
 	} else {
+		refreshElement('message','');
 		showElements(['abortscanlink']);
-		setTimeout( "ajaxProgressRefresh()", 5000);
+		setTimeout( "ajaxProgressRefresh()", pollingInterval);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/HTML/EN/progress.html b/HTML/EN/progress.html
index f992aa549f6..b4f09893c4e 100644
--- a/HTML/EN/progress.html
+++ b/HTML/EN/progress.html
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 	</pre>
 [%- ELSE -%]
 	[% pagetitle = (type || "SCANNER") _ "_PROGRESS" | string %]
-	
+
 	[% pageHeaderMenu = pagetitle %]
-	
+
 	[%- IF !abortScan -%]
 
 		[% pageHeaderScripts = BLOCK %]
@@ -32,14 +32,19 @@
 		</script>
 		[% END %]
 
-		[% bodyscript = 'onload="ajaxProgressRefresh();"' %]
-
 	[% END %]
-	
+
+	[% bodyscript = 'onload="ajaxProgressRefresh();"' %]
+
 	[% IF !ajaxUpdate; PROCESS pageheader.html; END %]
 
 	[%- IF abortScan -%]
 		<div>[% "SCAN_ABORTED" | string %]</div>
+		<script type="text/javascript">
+			setTimeout(function() {
+				window.location.href = "[% webroot %][% path %]?playerid=[% playerid | uri %]&player=[% player | uri %]";
+			}, 5000);
+		</script>
 	[% END %]
 
 	[% IF desc && type && !ajaxUpdate %]<div id="browsedbHeader"><br/>[% type _ "_PROGRESS_DESC" | string %]<br/>&nbsp;</div>[% END %]
@@ -52,8 +57,8 @@
 				<div class="progressItem">
 					<span id="Name[% num %]"></span>&nbsp;
 					<span id="Count[% num %]">
-						&nbsp;(<span id="Done[% num %]"></span><span 
-							id="XofY[% num %]">&nbsp;[% "OF" | string %]&nbsp;</span><span 
+						&nbsp;(<span id="Done[% num %]"></span><span
+							id="XofY[% num %]">&nbsp;[% "OF" | string %]&nbsp;</span><span
 							id="Total[% num %]"></span>)
 					</span>&nbsp;
 					<span id="Active[% num %]"></span>&nbsp;
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@
 		[% odd = (not odd) %]
 	[% END %]
 
-	[% IF scanning && !ajaxUpdate %]<div><br/><a href="[% webroot %][% path %]?playerid=[% playerid | uri %]&amp;player=[% player | uri %]&amp;abortScan=1">[% "ABORT_SCAN" | string %]</a></div>[% END %]
+	[% IF !ajaxUpdate %]<div id="abortscanlink" style="display: none;"><br/><a href="[% webroot %][% path %]?playerid=[% playerid | uri %]&amp;player=[% player | uri %]&amp;abortScan=1">[% "ABORT_SCAN" | string %]</a></div>[% END %]
 	<div id="message">[% IF message %][% message %][% END %][% IF total_time %] [% "TOTAL_TIME" | string %][% total_time %][% END %]</div>
 
 	[% IF !ajaxUpdate; PROCESS pagefooter.html; END %]
diff --git a/HTML/EN/settings/server/status.html b/HTML/EN/settings/server/status.html
index 244955c6381..6bb1a708dd9 100644
--- a/HTML/EN/settings/server/status.html
+++ b/HTML/EN/settings/server/status.html
@@ -62,14 +62,12 @@
 	[% END %]
 [% END %]
 
-[% IF progress AND NOT simple %]
+[% IF NOT simple %]
 	[% WRAPPER setting title="SCANNER_PROGRESS" %]
 		[% progress %]
-		[% IF scanning && !abortScan %]
-			<div id="abortscanlink"><br/>
+			<div id="abortscanlink" style="display: none;"><br/>
 				<a href="[% webroot %][% path %]?playerid=[% playerid | uri %]&amp;player=[% player | uri %]&amp;abortScan=1">[% "ABORT_SCAN" | string %]</a>[%# stringCOLON %] [%# scanning | string %]
 			</div>
-		[% END %]
 	[% END %]
 [% END %]
 
diff --git a/Slim/Schema/Album.pm b/Slim/Schema/Album.pm
index 55d42fbb68c..732ee944866 100644
--- a/Slim/Schema/Album.pm
+++ b/Slim/Schema/Album.pm
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ sub addReleaseTypeStrings {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$stringsObj->delete;
+		$stringsObj->delete unless Slim::Music::Import->stillScanning();
 	}
 }