diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx
index 406354eee..5b5838584 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx
@@ -113,10 +113,7 @@ export default function NoteDetail() {
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!isElectron()) return;
         const { ipcRenderer } = dynamicRequire("electron");
-        const onPrintProgress = (_e: any, progress: number) => {
-            console.log("Got print progress:", progress);
-            showToast("printing", progress);
-        };
+        const onPrintProgress = (_e: any, { progress, action }: { progress: number, action: "printing" | "exporting_pdf" }) => showToast(action, progress);
         const onPrintDone = () => toast.closePersistent("printing");
         ipcRenderer.on("print-progress", onPrintProgress);
         ipcRenderer.on("print-done", onPrintDone);
@@ -179,11 +176,7 @@ export default function NoteDetail() {
 
     useTriliumEvent("exportAsPdf", () => {
         if (!noteContext?.isActive() || !note) return;
-        toast.showPersistent({
-            icon: "bx bx-loader-circle bx-spin",
-            message: t("note_detail.printing_pdf"),
-            id: "printing"
-        });
+        showToast("exporting_pdf");
 
         const { ipcRenderer } = dynamicRequire("electron");
         ipcRenderer.send("export-as-pdf", {
@@ -332,7 +325,7 @@ function checkFullHeight(noteContext: NoteContext | undefined, type: ExtendedNot
 function showToast(type: "printing" | "exporting_pdf", progress: number = 0) {
     toast.showPersistent({
         icon: "bx bx-loader-circle bx-spin",
-        message: t("note_detail.printing"),
+        message: type === "printing" ? t("note_detail.printing") : t("note_detail.printing_pdf"),
         id: "printing",
         progress
     });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/window.ts b/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
index 8f2d26f47..626ab851f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ interface ExportAsPdfOpts {
 }
 
 electron.ipcMain.on("print-note", async (e, { notePath }: PrintOpts) => {
-    const browserWindow = await getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e, notePath);
+    const browserWindow = await getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e, notePath, "printing");
     browserWindow.webContents.print({}, (success, failureReason) => {
         if (!success) {
             electron.dialog.showErrorBox(t("pdf.unable-to-print"), failureReason);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ electron.ipcMain.on("print-note", async (e, { notePath }: PrintOpts) => {
 });
 
 electron.ipcMain.on("export-as-pdf", async (e, { title, notePath, landscape, pageSize }: ExportAsPdfOpts) => {
-    const browserWindow = await getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e, notePath);
+    const browserWindow = await getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e, notePath, "exporting_pdf");
 
     async function print() {
         const filePath = electron.dialog.showSaveDialogSync(browserWindow, {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ electron.ipcMain.on("export-as-pdf", async (e, { title, notePath, landscape, pag
     }
 });
 
-async function getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e: IpcMainEvent, notePath: string) {
+async function getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e: IpcMainEvent, notePath: string, action: "printing" | "exporting_pdf") {
     const browserWindow = new electron.BrowserWindow({
         show: false,
         webPreferences: {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ async function getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e: IpcMainEvent, notePath: string) {
         },
     });
 
-    const progressCallback = (_e, progress: number) => e.sender.send("print-progress", progress);
+    const progressCallback = (_e, progress: number) => e.sender.send("print-progress", { progress, action });
     ipcMain.on("print-progress", progressCallback);
 
     await browserWindow.loadURL(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/?print#${notePath}`);