diff --git a/app/services/ingestion/scholar_processing.py b/app/services/ingestion/scholar_processing.py
index 7867014..1735915 100644
--- a/app/services/ingestion/scholar_processing.py
+++ b/app/services/ingestion/scholar_processing.py
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ async def run_scholar_iteration(
             {"visited": visited, "finished": finished, "total": total},
         )
 
+    await _emit()
     first_pass_cstarts = await _run_first_pass(
         db_session,
         scholars=scholars,
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.vue b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.vue
index d5a82ee..8623927 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.vue
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ watch(
                     </div>
                     <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-secondary">
                       Started {{ formatDate(displayedLatestRun.start_dt) }}.
-                      <template v-if="runStatus.isLikelyRunning && runStatus.scholarProgress">
-                        {{ runStatus.scholarProgress.visited }} / {{ runStatus.scholarProgress.total }} visited
-                        · {{ runStatus.scholarProgress.finished }} finished
+                      <template v-if="runStatus.isLikelyRunning">
+                        {{ runStatus.scholarProgress?.visited ?? 0 }} / {{ runStatus.scholarProgress?.total ?? '…' }} visited
+                        · {{ runStatus.scholarProgress?.finished ?? 0 }} finished
                         · {{ displayedLatestRun.new_publication_count }} new publications.
                       </template>
                       <template v-else>