diff --git a/navigator/components/FileUpload.js b/navigator/components/FileUpload.js
index 3ceb895..e5877f3 100644
--- a/navigator/components/FileUpload.js
+++ b/navigator/components/FileUpload.js
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export class FileUpload {
 		this.reader = new FileReader();
 		this.chunks = this.slice_file(file);
 		this.chunk_index = 0;
-		this.timestamp = Date.now();
 		this.modal_prompt = new ModalPrompt();
 		this.using_webkit = true;
 		this.make_html_element();
@@ -127,6 +126,7 @@ export class FileUpload {
 	}
 
 	async upload() {
+		this.timestamp = Date.now();
 		this.dom_element.style.display = "flex";
 		this.proc = cockpit.spawn(["/usr/share/cockpit/navigator/scripts/write-chunks.py3", this.path], {err: "out", superuser: "try"});
 		this.proc.fail((e, data) => {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class FileUpload {
 			}
 			this.done();
 		}
-		this.update_rates_interval = setInterval(this.display_xfr_rate.bind(this), 2000);
+		this.update_rates_interval = setInterval(this.display_xfr_rate.bind(this), 1000);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/navigator/functions.js b/navigator/functions.js
index a44097f..0dc0853 100644
--- a/navigator/functions.js
+++ b/navigator/functions.js
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ export function format_time_remaining(seconds_) {
 	if (hours) {
 		out = String(hours).padStart(2, '0') + ":";
 	}
-	if (minutes) {
-		out += String(minutes).padStart(2, '0') + ":";
-	}
+	out += String(minutes).padStart(2, '0') + ":";
 	out += String(seconds).padStart(2, '0');
 	return out;
 }