diff --git a/domain-server/resources/web/content/js/content.js b/domain-server/resources/web/content/js/content.js
index 4d8034eb1d..268cd2f5dd 100644
--- a/domain-server/resources/web/content/js/content.js
+++ b/domain-server/resources/web/content/js/content.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   var UPLOAD_CONTENT_ALLOWED_DIV_ID = 'upload-content-allowed';
   var UPLOAD_CONTENT_RECOVERING_DIV_ID = 'upload-content-recovering';
 
+  var isRestoring = false;
+
   function progressBarHTML(extraClass, label) {
     var html = "<div class='progress'>";
     html += "<div class='" + extraClass + " progress-bar progress-bar-success progress-bar-striped active' role='progressbar' aria-valuemin='0' aria-valuemax='100'>";
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
           contentType: false,
           data: fileFormData
         }).done(function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
+          isRestoring = true;
           swal.close();
         }).fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
           showErrorMessage(
@@ -138,6 +141,13 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         return value.isManualBackup;
       });
 
+      if (isRestoring && !data.status.isRecovering) {
+        // we were recovering and we finished - the DS is going to restart so show the restart modal
+        showRestartModal();
+      }
+
+      isRestoring = data.status.isRecovering;
+
       manualBackups = splitBackups[0];
       automaticBackups = splitBackups[1];
 
@@ -270,6 +280,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
         // setup an AJAX POST to request content restore
         $.post('/api/backups/recover/' + backupID).done(function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
+          isRestoring = true;
           swal.close();
         }).fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
           showErrorMessage(
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainContentBackupManager.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainContentBackupManager.cpp
index a218ee87ea..d58b943317 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainContentBackupManager.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainContentBackupManager.cpp
@@ -132,19 +132,20 @@ bool DomainContentBackupManager::process() {
         int64_t sinceLastSave = now - _lastCheck;
         int64_t intervalToCheck = _persistInterval * MSECS_TO_USECS;
 
+        if (_isRecovering) {
+            bool isStillRecovering = any_of(begin(_backupHandlers), end(_backupHandlers), [](const BackupHandlerPointer& handler) {
+                return handler->getRecoveryStatus().first;
+            });
+
+            if (!isStillRecovering) {
+                _isRecovering = false;
+                _recoveryFilename = "";
+                emit recoveryCompleted();
+            }
+        }
+
         if (sinceLastSave > intervalToCheck) {
             _lastCheck = now;
-            if (_isRecovering) {
-                bool isStillRecovering = any_of(begin(_backupHandlers), end(_backupHandlers), [](const BackupHandlerPointer& handler) {
-                    return handler->getRecoveryStatus().first;
-                });
-
-                if (!isStillRecovering) {
-                    _isRecovering = false;
-                    _recoveryFilename = "";
-                    emit recoveryCompleted();
-                }
-            }
 
             if (!_isRecovering) {
                 backup();