diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/transfercontrols/TransferControlView.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/transfercontrols/TransferControlView.kt
index a5211ea00a..beced708b3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/transfercontrols/TransferControlView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/transfercontrols/TransferControlView.kt
@@ -657,9 +657,9 @@ class TransferControlView @JvmOverloads constructor(context: Context, attrs: Att
     return if (isCompressing(currentState)) {
       return context.getString(R.string.TransferControlView__processing)
     } else {
-      val progressText = Formatter.formatShortFileSize(context, currentState.networkProgress.sumCompleted())
-      val totalText = Formatter.formatShortFileSize(context, currentState.networkProgress.sumTotal())
-      context.resources.getString(R.string.TransferControlView__download_progress, progressText, totalText)
+      val progressMiB = currentState.networkProgress.sumCompleted() / MEBIBYTE
+      val totalMiB = currentState.networkProgress.sumTotal() / MEBIBYTE
+      context.resources.getString(R.string.TransferControlView__download_progress, progressMiB, totalMiB)
     }
   }
 
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ class TransferControlView @JvmOverloads constructor(context: Context, attrs: Att
     private const val SECONDARY_TEXT_OFFSET_DP = 3
     private const val RETRY_SECONDARY_TEXT_OFFSET_DP = 6
     private const val PRIMARY_TEXT_OFFSET_DP = 4
+    private const val MEBIBYTE = 1048576f
 
     /**
      * A weighting compared to [UPLOAD_TASK_WEIGHT]
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 711f61cc2d..6ccf6c3161 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -2421,8 +2421,8 @@
     </plurals>
     <!-- Status update label used while the device is transcoding video as a prerequisite to uploading -->
     <string name="TransferControlView__processing">Processing…</string>
-    <!-- Status update label used while the device is transmitting data over the network. Will take the form of "123 KB/2.0 MB" -->
-    <string name="TransferControlView__download_progress">%1$s/%2$s</string>
+    <!-- Status update label used while the device is transmitting data over the network. Will take the form of "1.0 MB/2.0 MB" -->
+    <string name="TransferControlView__download_progress">%1.1f MB/%2.1f MB</string>
 
 
     <!-- UnauthorizedReminder -->