diff --git a/copyparty/web/up2k.js b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
index afd0db9c..f6ef7aff 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/up2k.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
@@ -695,8 +695,9 @@ function Donut(uc, st) {
         }
 
         if (++r.tc >= 10) {
+            var s = r.eta === null ? 'paused' : r.eta > 60 ? shumantime(r.eta) : (r.eta + 's');
             wintitle("{0}%, {1}, #{2}, ".format(
-                f2f(v * 100 / t, 1), shumantime(r.eta), st.files.length - st.nfile.upload), true);
+                f2f(v * 100 / t, 1), s, st.files.length - st.nfile.upload), true);
             r.tc = 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index ca9a9aa2..94b2f2e5 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -886,8 +886,11 @@ if (window.Number && Number.isFinite)
 
 function f2f(val, nd) {
     // 10.toFixed(1) returns 10.00 for certain values of 10
-    if (!isNum(val))
-        val = 999;
+    if (!isNum(val)) {
+        val = parseFloat(val);
+        if (!isNum(val))
+            val = 999;
+    }
     val = (val * Math.pow(10, nd)).toFixed(0).split('.')[0];
     return nd ? (val.slice(0, -nd) || '0') + '.' + val.slice(-nd) : val;
 }