diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/NodeProgressMeterTick.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/NodeProgressMeterTick.java
index e640e6ee..2e49236f 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/NodeProgressMeterTick.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/NodeProgressMeterTick.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static bubble.ApiConstants.enumFromString;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.empty;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.now;
 
 @Accessors(chain=true)
 public class NodeProgressMeterTick {
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ public class NodeProgressMeterTick {
         @JsonCreator public static TickMatchType fromString(String v) { return enumFromString(TickMatchType.class, v); }
     }
 
+    public NodeProgressMeterTick() {
+        this.ctime = now();
+    }
+
+    @Setter private Long ctime;
+    // backward compatibility - the following getter may be removed and default one may be used after some time, while
+    // ctime can be changed to be of simple `long` type
+    public long getCtime() { return ctime == null ? 0 : ctime; }
+
     @Getter @Setter private String account;
     public boolean hasAccount() { return !empty(account); }
 
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java
index e5eac9a7..f83ac757 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/cloud/StandardNetworkService.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class StandardNetworkService implements NetworkService {
         NodeProgressMeter progressMeter = null;
         try {
             progressMeter = new NodeProgressMeter(nn, getNetworkSetupStatus());
-            progressMeter.reset();
+
             progressMeter.write(METER_TICK_CONFIRMING_NETWORK_LOCK);
 
             if (!confirmLock(nn.getNetwork(), lock)) {
diff --git a/bubble-web b/bubble-web
index cf386923..02bdacd7 160000
--- a/bubble-web
+++ b/bubble-web
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cf3869232598970292724bf6c72b79d18c1d7c33
+Subproject commit 02bdacd77a9989aa14451500b225b0888b6b2623