diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 06752e429..80bad0b4f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.geeksville.mesh"
         minSdkVersion 21 // The oldest emulator image I have tried is 22 (though 21 probably works)
         targetSdkVersion 29
-        versionCode 20134 // format is Mmmss (where M is 1+the numeric major number
-        versionName "1.1.34"
+        versionCode 20135 // format is Mmmss (where M is 1+the numeric major number
+        versionName "1.1.35"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
     buildTypes {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SoftwareUpdateService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SoftwareUpdateService.kt
index 6504601bf..507ee007b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SoftwareUpdateService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SoftwareUpdateService.kt
@@ -194,16 +194,21 @@ class SoftwareUpdateService : JobIntentService(), Logging {
         }
 
 
+        /**
+         * true if we are busy with an update right now
+         */
+        val isUpdating get() = progress >= 0
+
         /**
          * Update our progress indication for GUIs
          *
          * @param isAppload if false, we don't report failure indications (because we consider spiffs non critical for now).  But do report to analytics
          */
         fun sendProgress(context: Context, p: Int, isAppload: Boolean) {
-            if(!isAppload && progress < 0)
+            if(!isAppload && p < 0)
                 reportError("Error while writing spiffs $progress") // See if this is happening in the wild
 
-            if(progress != p && (progress >= 0 || isAppload)) {
+            if(progress != p && (p >= 0 || isAppload)) {
                 progress = p
 
                 val intent = Intent(ACTION_UPDATE_PROGRESS).putExtra(