diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt
index 9e6143bb2e..c36709a170 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt
@@ -1036,8 +1036,8 @@ private fun getBackupPhaseMessage(state: ArchiveUploadProgressState): String {
       pluralStringResource(
         R.plurals.RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__processing_d_of_d_d_messages,
         progress.total.toInt(),
-        progress.completed,
-        progress.total,
+        "%,d".format(progress.completed.toInt()),
+        "%,d".format(progress.total.toInt()),
         (progress.progress * 100).toInt()
       )
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index e0ce7c96a6..9868c45f17 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -8044,8 +8044,8 @@
     <string name="RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__preparing_backup">Preparing backup…</string>
     <!-- Linear progress dialog text shown when processing messages for backup. First placeholder is completed count, second is approximate total count, third is percent completed. -->
     <plurals name="RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__processing_d_of_d_d_messages">
-        <item quantity="one">Processing %1$d of %2$d (%3$d%%) message</item>
-        <item quantity="other">Processing %1$d of %2$d (%3$d%%) messages</item>
+        <item quantity="one">Processing %1$s of %2$s (%3$d%%) message</item>
+        <item quantity="other">Processing %1$s of %2$s (%3$d%%) messages</item>
     </plurals>
     <!-- Displayed in row when backup is available for download and users subscription has expired. First placeholder is data size e.g. 12MB, second is days before expiration -->
     <plurals name="RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__you_have_s_of_backup_data">