diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 944c6432e..2e1194221 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const migrationRoute = require('./routes/migration');
 const treeApiRoute = require('./routes/api/tree');
 const notesApiRoute = require('./routes/api/notes');
 const notesMoveApiRoute = require('./routes/api/notes_move');
-const auditApiRoute = require('./routes/api/audit');
+const statusApiRoute = require('./routes/api/status');
 const noteHistoryApiRoute = require('./routes/api/note_history');
 const recentChangesApiRoute = require('./routes/api/recent_changes');
 const settingsApiRoute = require('./routes/api/settings');
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ app.use('/migration', migrationRoute);
 app.use('/api/tree', treeApiRoute);
 app.use('/api/notes', notesApiRoute);
 app.use('/api/notes', notesMoveApiRoute);
-app.use('/api/audit', auditApiRoute);
+app.use('/api/status', statusApiRoute);
 app.use('/api/notes-history', noteHistoryApiRoute);
 app.use('/api/recent-changes', recentChangesApiRoute);
 app.use('/api/settings', settingsApiRoute);
diff --git a/public/javascripts/status.js b/public/javascripts/status.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9cab1c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/status.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+function checkStatus() {
+    $.ajax({
+        url: baseApiUrl + 'status/' + globalFullLoadTime,
+        type: 'GET',
+        success: resp => {
+            if (resp.changed) {
+                window.location.reload(true);
+            }
+            else {
+                $("#changesToPushCount").html(resp.changesToPushCount);
+            }
+        },
+        statusCode: {
+            401: () => {
+                // if the user got logged out then we should display the page
+                // here we do that by reloading which will force the redirect if the user is really logged out
+                window.location.reload(true);
+            },
+            409: () => {
+                // 409 means we need to migrate database, reload will take care of it
+                window.location.reload(true);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+setInterval(checkStatus, 10 * 1000);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/javascripts/sync.js b/public/javascripts/sync.js
index 38515a614..513da9f54 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/sync.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/sync.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function syncNow() {
         type: 'POST',
         success: result => {
             if (result.success) {
-                checkAudit();
+                checkStatus();
 
                 message("Sync finished successfully");
 
diff --git a/public/javascripts/tree.js b/public/javascripts/tree.js
index cf04b3abd..8bcc59c46 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/tree.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/tree.js
@@ -88,31 +88,6 @@ let globalEncryptionSessionTimeout;
 let globalEncryptedDataKey;
 let globalFullLoadTime;
 
-function checkAudit() {
-    $.ajax({
-        url: baseApiUrl + 'audit/' + globalFullLoadTime,
-        type: 'GET',
-        success: resp => {
-            if (resp.changed) {
-                window.location.reload(true);
-            }
-        },
-        statusCode: {
-            401: () => {
-                // if the user got logged out then we should display the page
-                // here we do that by reloading which will force the redirect if the user is really logged out
-                window.location.reload(true);
-            },
-            409: () => {
-                // 409 means we need to migrate database, reload will take care of it
-                window.location.reload(true);
-            }
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-setInterval(checkAudit, 10 * 1000);
-
 $(() => {
     $.get(baseApiUrl + 'tree').then(resp => {
         const notes = resp.notes;
diff --git a/routes/api/audit.js b/routes/api/status.js
similarity index 54%
rename from routes/api/audit.js
rename to routes/api/status.js
index 4e376d680..58d32304c 100644
--- a/routes/api/audit.js
+++ b/routes/api/status.js
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ router.get('/:full_load_time', auth.checkApiAuth, async (req, res, next) => {
 
     const browserId = req.get('x-browser-id');
 
-    const row = await sql.getSingleResult("SELECT COUNT(*) AS 'count' FROM audit_log WHERE (browser_id IS NULL OR browser_id != ?) " +
+    const rowCount = await sql.getSingleValue("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM audit_log WHERE (browser_id IS NULL OR browser_id != ?) " +
         "AND date_modified >= ?", [browserId, fullLoadTime]);
 
+    const lastSyncedPush = await sql.getOption('last_synced_push');
+    const changesToPushCount = await sql.getSingleValue("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sync WHERE id > ?", [lastSyncedPush]);
+
     res.send({
-        'changed': row.count > 0
+        'changed': rowCount > 0,
+        'changesToPushCount': changesToPushCount
     });
 });
 
diff --git a/services/sql.js b/services/sql.js
index 34a2f705a..5851ac829 100644
--- a/services/sql.js
+++ b/services/sql.js
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ async function setOption(optName, optValue) {
 }
 
 async function getSingleResult(query, params = []) {
-    return await db.get(query, ...params);
+    return await wrap(async () => db.get(query, ...params));
 }
 
 async function getSingleResultOrNull(query, params = []) {
-    const all = await db.all(query, ...params);
+    const all = await wrap(async () => db.all(query, ...params));
 
     return all.length > 0 ? all[0] : null;
 }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async function getSingleValue(query, params = []) {
 }
 
 async function getResults(query, params = []) {
-    return await db.all(query, ...params);
+    return await wrap(async () => db.all(query, ...params));
 }
 
 async function getFlattenedResults(key, query, params = []) {
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ async function getFlattenedResults(key, query, params = []) {
 }
 
 async function execute(query, params = []) {
-    return await db.run(query, ...params);
+    return await wrap(async () => db.run(query, ...params));
 }
 
 async function executeScript(query) {
-    return await db.exec(query);
+    return await wrap(async () => db.exec(query));
 }
 
 async function remove(tableName, noteId) {
@@ -145,6 +145,19 @@ async function addEntitySync(entityName, entityId, sourceId) {
     });
 }
 
+async function wrap(func) {
+    const error = new Error();
+
+    try {
+        return await func();
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+        log.error("Error executing transaction, executing rollback. Inner exception: " + e.stack + error.stack);
+
+        throw e;
+    }
+}
+
 async function doInTransaction(func) {
     const error = new Error(); // to capture correct stack trace in case of exception
 
diff --git a/services/sync.js b/services/sync.js
index 52f62710d..4ec32e761 100644
--- a/services/sync.js
+++ b/services/sync.js
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ async function sync() {
 
         const cookieJar = await login(syncLog);
 
-        await pushSync(cookieJar, syncLog);
-
         await pullSync(cookieJar, syncLog);
+
+        await pushSync(cookieJar, syncLog);
     }
     catch (e) {
         logSync("sync failed: " + e.stack, syncLog);
diff --git a/views/index.ejs b/views/index.ejs
index eb0d33e49..36fb35c01 100644
--- a/views/index.ejs
+++ b/views/index.ejs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
           <span id="top-message"></span>
           <span id="error-message"></span>
 
-          <button class="btn btn-xs" onclick="syncNow();">Sync now</button>
+          <button class="btn btn-xs" onclick="syncNow();">Sync now (<span id="changesToPushCount">0</span>)</button>
 
           <button class="btn btn-xs" onclick="displaySettings();">Settings</button>
 
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
     <script src="javascripts/note_history.js"></script>
     <script src="javascripts/recent_changes.js"></script>
 
+    <script src="javascripts/status.js"></script>
     <script src="javascripts/sync.js"></script>
     <script src="javascripts/utils.js"></script>
   </body>