diff --git a/packages/api/src/proc/databaseConnectionProcess.js b/packages/api/src/proc/databaseConnectionProcess.js
index 6a0724670..273da714c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/proc/databaseConnectionProcess.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/proc/databaseConnectionProcess.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ async function checkedAsyncCall(promise) {
 
 async function handleFullRefresh() {
   const driver = requireEngineDriver(storedConnection);
+  setStatusName('loadStructure');
   analysedStructure = await checkedAsyncCall(driver.analyseFull(systemConnection));
   process.send({ msgtype: 'structure', structure: analysedStructure });
   setStatusName('ok');
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ async function handleFullRefresh() {
 
 async function handleIncrementalRefresh() {
   const driver = requireEngineDriver(storedConnection);
+  setStatusName('checkStructure');
   const newStructure = await checkedAsyncCall(driver.analyseIncremental(systemConnection, analysedStructure));
   if (newStructure != null) {
     analysedStructure = newStructure;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/widgets/StatusBar.svelte b/packages/web/src/widgets/StatusBar.svelte
index ff0a684ae..e22764b3a 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/widgets/StatusBar.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/widgets/StatusBar.svelte
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
       <div class="item">
         {#if $status.name == 'pending'}
           <FontIcon icon="icon loading" /> Loading
+        {:else if $status.name == 'checkStructure'}
+          <FontIcon icon="icon loading" /> Checking model
+        {:else if $status.name == 'loadStructure'}
+          <FontIcon icon="icon loading" /> Loading model
         {:else if $status.name == 'ok'}
           <FontIcon icon="img ok-inv" /> Connected
         {:else if $status.name == 'error'}