diff --git a/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/Connect.page b/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/Connect.page
index 5cbce2f90..130da58db 100644
--- a/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/Connect.page
+++ b/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/Connect.page
@@ -575,12 +575,30 @@ _(Flash backup)_:
 <script>
 changeRemoteAccess($('#remoteAccess'));
 var flashbackupsub = new NchanSubscriber('/sub/flashbackup');
+var initialFlashBackupState = <?=
+    json_encode(
+        $flashbackup_status ?: [],
+        JSON_HEX_TAG | JSON_HEX_APOS | JSON_HEX_QUOT | JSON_HEX_AMP
+    )
+?> || {};
+
+if (Object.keys(initialFlashBackupState).length === 0) {
+  initialFlashBackupState = {
+    activated: 'no',
+    uptodate: 'no',
+    loading: '',
+    error: '',
+    remoteerror: ''
+  };
+}
+
 flashbackupsub.on('message', function(data) {
   var ini = parseINI(data);
 
   buttonStateReset(ini['flashbackup']);
 });
 $(function() {
+  buttonStateReset(initialFlashBackupState);
   flashbackupsub.start();
   if ( typeof caPluginUpdateCheck === "function" ) {
     caPluginUpdateCheck("dynamix.unraid.net.plg",{name:"Unraid Connect"});
@@ -602,4 +620,3 @@ _(OIDC Configuration)_:
 
 <!-- start unraid-api section -->
 <unraid-connect-settings></unraid-connect-settings>
-
diff --git a/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/include/UpdateFlashBackup.php b/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/include/UpdateFlashBackup.php
index 32222e431..ec0d202f3 100644
--- a/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/include/UpdateFlashBackup.php
+++ b/plugin/source/dynamix.unraid.net/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/include/UpdateFlashBackup.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $cli = php_sapi_name()=='cli';
 
 $docroot ??= ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp');
 require_once "$docroot/webGui/include/Wrappers.php";
+require_once "$docroot/webGui/include/publish.php";
 require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/include/connect-config.php";
 
 $isRegistered = ConnectConfig::isUserSignedIn();
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ if (file_exists($statusFilePath)) {
 }
 
 $isConnected = ($connectionStatus === 'CONNECTED') ? true : false;
+$apiVersion = ApiConfig::getApiVersion();
 
 $flashbackup_ini = '/var/local/emhttp/flashbackup.ini';
 
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ function save_flash_backup_state($loading='') {
   $flashbackup_tmp = '/var/local/emhttp/flashbackup.new';
   file_put_contents($flashbackup_tmp, $text);
   rename($flashbackup_tmp, $flashbackup_ini);
+  publish('flashbackup', $text);
 }
 
 function default_flash_backup_state() {
@@ -416,7 +419,7 @@ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, [
   'keyfile' => $keyfile,
   'version' => _var($var,'version'),
-  'api_version' => _var($mystatus, 'version'),
+  'api_version' => ($apiVersion && $apiVersion !== 'unknown') ? $apiVersion : '',
   'bzfiles' => implode(',', $bzfilehashes)
 ]);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);