diff --git a/src/freedombone-installer b/src/freedombone-installer
index 4de172f7e1d741fa370d5ed74e49da742cd44204..accb359425de24a6eb6b602710cad205bf94e025 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-installer
+++ b/src/freedombone-installer
@@ -1005,10 +1005,10 @@ function backup_and_restore {
rm "$format_file"
check_backup_restore_processes $format_script
- { echo "if /usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}-format simple; then";
+ { echo "if /usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}-format simple > $webadmin_install_dir/format.txt; then";
echo " cp $webadmin_install_dir/format_complete.html $webadmin_install_dir/format_progress.html";
echo 'else';
- echo " cp $webadmin_install_dir/backup.html $webadmin_install_dir/format_progress.html";
+ echo " cp $webadmin_install_dir/format_failed.html $webadmin_install_dir/format_progress.html";
echo 'fi';
echo "chown www-data:www-data $webadmin_install_dir/format_progress.html";
echo '';
diff --git a/webadmin/EN/format_failed.html b/webadmin/EN/format_failed.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c0c1e9ab07b897c8413f5d38126bc0918036b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webadmin/EN/format_failed.html
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+ <head>
+ <style>
+ #headerpic {
+ width: 60%;
+ height: auto;
+ margin-right : auto;
+ margin-left : auto;
+ min-width : 220px;
+ }
+
+ .header {
+ text-align: center;
+ padding: 32px;
+ }
+
+ #iconpic {
+ width: 20%;
+ height: auto;
+ margin-right : auto;
+ margin-left : auto;
+ min-width : 120px;
+ }
+
+ .appurl {
+ color: grey;
+ font-size: 100%;
+ }
+
+ .appdesc {
+ color: black;
+ font-size: 65%;
+ }
+
+ button {
+ border: none;
+ outline: 0;
+ display: inline-block;
+ padding: 8px;
+ color: white;
+ background-color: #000;
+ text-align: center;
+ cursor: pointer;
+ width: 100%;
+ font-size: 18px;
+ }
+
+ a {
+ text-decoration: none;
+ color: black;
+ }
+
+ button:hover, a:hover {
+ opacity: 0.7;
+ }
+
+ </style>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <div class="header">
+ <a href="backup.html"><img id="headerpic" class="img-responsive" src="images/logo.png"></a>
+
+ <h3>USB drive format has failed</h3>
+
+ <h4>See <a href="format.txt">diagnostics</a></h4>
+
+ <form action="backup.html">
+ <input type="submit" value="Go Back" />
+ </form>
+ </div>
+
+ </body>
+</html>