diff --git a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/GiteaFileBrowser.js b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/GiteaFileBrowser.js
index 5463b3d06..a8aa7c69d 100644
--- a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/GiteaFileBrowser.js
+++ b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/GiteaFileBrowser.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const GiteaFileBrowser = ({ changeRepo }) => {
               title={`${repo?.name} (${repo.name.split('-').pop().replaceAll('_', ' ')})`}
               lastSync={undefined}
               selected
-              isUpload={selectedGiteaProject?.repo?.name === repo?.name && syncProgress.syncStarted}
+              isUpload={selectedGiteaProject?.repo?.name === repo?.name && syncProgress.syncStarted && syncProgress.syncType === 'syncFrom'}
               uploadPercentage={(syncProgress.completedFiles * 100) / syncProgress.totalFiles}
             />
             <div className="">
diff --git a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/SyncFromGitea.js b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/SyncFromGitea.js
index c495618da..f2ccb2ad3 100644
--- a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/SyncFromGitea.js
+++ b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Gitea/SyncFromGitea.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export async function downloadFromGitea(repo, auth, setSyncProgress, notifyStatu
     setSyncProgress((prev) => ({
       ...prev,
       syncStarted: true,
+      syncType: 'syncFrom',
       totalFiles: 6,
       completedFiles: 1,
     }));
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export async function downloadFromGitea(repo, auth, setSyncProgress, notifyStatu
   } finally {
     setSyncProgress({
         syncStarted: false,
+        syncType: null,
         totalFiles: 0,
         completedFiles: 0,
     });
diff --git a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/ProjectFileBrowser.js b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/ProjectFileBrowser.js
index b6976f836..6f87b3cbd 100644
--- a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/ProjectFileBrowser.js
+++ b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/ProjectFileBrowser.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default function ProjectFileBrowser() {
             lastSync={projectMeta?.lastSync}
             // selected={selectedAgProject?.projectName === projectMeta?.identification?.name?.en}
             selected={selectedAgProject?.projectId === Object.keys(projectMeta?.identification.primary.scribe)[0]}
-            isUpload={selectedAgProject?.projectName === projectMeta?.identification?.name?.en && syncProgress.syncStarted}
+            isUpload={selectedAgProject?.projectName === projectMeta?.identification?.name?.en && syncProgress.syncStarted && syncProgress.syncType === 'syncTo'}
             uploadPercentage={(syncProgress.completedFiles * 100) / syncProgress.totalFiles}
           />
         </div>
diff --git a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/SyncToGitea.js b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/SyncToGitea.js
index 8e65cb594..c3d6e572b 100644
--- a/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/SyncToGitea.js
+++ b/renderer/src/components/Sync/Scribe/SyncToGitea.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function uploadToGitea(projectDataAg, auth, setSyncProgress, notify
 
       if (!checkInit || !checkForRepo?.id) {
         setSyncProgress((prev) => ({
-        ...prev, syncStarted: true, completedFiles: 1, totalFiles: 6,
+        ...prev, syncStarted: true, syncType: 'syncTo', completedFiles: 1, totalFiles: 6,
         }));
         let projectInitialized;
         if (!checkInit) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export async function uploadToGitea(projectDataAg, auth, setSyncProgress, notify
         }
       } else {
         setSyncProgress((prev) => ({
-        ...prev, syncStarted: true, completedFiles: 1, totalFiles: 3,
+        ...prev, syncStarted: true, syncType: 'syncTo', completedFiles: 1, totalFiles: 3,
         }));
         // const repoOwner = await getRepoOwner(fs, projectsMetaPath);
         const commitStatus = await commitChanges(fs, projectsMetaPath, { email: auth.user.email, username: auth.user.username }, 'Added from scribe');
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export async function uploadToGitea(projectDataAg, auth, setSyncProgress, notify
       throw new Error(err?.message || err);
     } finally {
       setSyncProgress((prev) => ({
-        ...prev, syncStarted: false, completedFiles: 0, totalFiles: 0,
+        ...prev, syncStarted: false, syncType: null, completedFiles: 0, totalFiles: 0,
         }));
     }
   });
diff --git a/renderer/src/components/Sync/hooks/useSync.js b/renderer/src/components/Sync/hooks/useSync.js
index 5300854c1..921b82eb2 100644
--- a/renderer/src/components/Sync/hooks/useSync.js
+++ b/renderer/src/components/Sync/hooks/useSync.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function useSync() {
   });
   const [syncProgress, setSyncProgress] = useState({
     syncStarted: false,
+    syncType: null,
     totalFiles: 0,
     completedFiles: 0,
   });