diff --git a/gearcmd/worker.go b/gearcmd/worker.go
index 6ea6da5..722ece4 100644
--- a/gearcmd/worker.go
+++ b/gearcmd/worker.go
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func (conf TaskConfig) doProcess(job baseworker.Job, envVars []string, tryCount
 			return
 		}
 		close(started)
+		job.UpdateStatus(0, 1)
 		// Save the cmdErr. We want to process stdout and stderr before we return it
 		cmdErr := cmd.Wait()
 		stdoutWriter.Close()