diff --git a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php
index 03c430c29..248ca41ca 100755
--- a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php
+++ b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class Backup
      *  @param token : token
      *  @return hasharray with field: 
      *      status  : string - susccess | working | fault
+     *      faultString: string - description of fault
      *      token   : stirng - backup token
      *      url     : string - access url
      *      tmpfile : string - access filename
@@ -158,6 +159,9 @@ class Backup
         $this->token = $token;
         $this->setEnviroment();
         $status = file_get_contents($this->statusFile);
+        if (strpos($status,'fault')!==false) {
+            list($status,$faultString) = explode('|',$status); 
+        }
         switch ($status) {
             case 'success':
                 $r['url']       = $this->gb->getUrlPart()."access/$token.".BACKUP_EXT;
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ class Backup
             case 'working':
             case 'fault':
                 $r['status']    = $status;
+                $r['faultString'] = $faultString;
                 $r['token']     = $token;
             break;
         }
diff --git a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php
index c51f6d6ac..d569bebb4 100644
--- a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php
+++ b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/GreenBox.php
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ class GreenBox extends BasicStor{
      *  @param token  :  string  -  backup token
      *  @return hasharray with field: 
      *      status : string - susccess | working | fault
+     *      faultString: string - description of fault
      *      token  : stirng - backup token
      *      url    : string - access url
      */
@@ -1081,6 +1082,7 @@ class GreenBox extends BasicStor{
      *  @return status :  hasharray - fields:
      * 							token:  string - restore token
      *                          status: string - working | fault | success
+     *                          faultString: string - description of fault 
      */
     function backupRestoreCheck($token)
     {
diff --git a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
index 0ac2563de..598736275 100644
--- a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
+++ b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ class LocStor extends BasicStor{
      *  @param token  :  string  -  backup token
      *  @return hasharray with field: 
      *      status : string - susccess | working | fault
+     *      faultString: string - description of fault
      *      token  : stirng - backup token
      *      url    : string - access url
      */
@@ -1017,6 +1018,7 @@ class LocStor extends BasicStor{
      *  @return status :  hasharray - fields:
      * 							token:  string - restore token
      *                          status: string - working | fault | success
+     *                          faultString: string - description of fault
      */
     function restoreBackupCheck($token)
     {
diff --git a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Restore.php b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Restore.php
index 54ac85833..7e90e7f30 100644
--- a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Restore.php
+++ b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Restore.php
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class Restore {
      *  @param token : token
      *  @return hasharray with field: 
      *      status  : string - susccess | working | fault
+     *      faultString : string - description of fault
      *      token   : stirng - backup token
      *      url     : string - access url
      *      tmpfile : string - access filename
@@ -98,7 +99,12 @@ class Restore {
         $this->token = $token;
         $this->setEnviroment();
         if (is_file($this->statusFile)) {
-            $r['status']    = file_get_contents($this->statusFile);
+            $stat = file_get_contents($this->statusFile);
+            if (strpos($stat,'fault|')!==false) {
+                list($stat,$message) = explode('|',$stat);
+            }
+            $r['status']    = $stat;
+            if ($stat=='fault') $r['faultString'] = $message;
             $r['token']     = $token;
             return $r;
         } else {
@@ -163,13 +169,13 @@ class Restore {
                         " startRestore - addFileToStorage \n".
                         "(".$put->getMessage()."/".$put->getUserInfo().")\n"
                     );
-                 	file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault');
+                 	file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault|'.$put->getMessage()."/".$put->getUserInfo());
                     return;
                 }
             }
         } else {
             $this->addLogItem("-E- ".date("Ymd-H:i:s")." startRestore - invalid archive format\n");
-          	file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault');
+          	file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault|invalid archive format');
           	return;
         }
         file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'success');
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ class Restore {
             	    " addFileToStorage - replaceFile Error ".
                     "(".$replace->getMessage()."/".$replace->getUserInfo().")\n"
                 );
-        	  	file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault');
+        	  	file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault|'.$replace->getMessage()."/".$replace->getUserInfo());
             	return $replace;
             }
             #$this->addLogItem("replace it \n");
@@ -273,7 +279,7 @@ class Restore {
                     "(".$put->getMessage()."/".$put->getUserInfo().")\n"
                     ."\n---\n".file_get_contents($file)."\n---\n"
                 );
-           		file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault');
+           		file_put_contents($this->statusFile, 'fault|'.$put->getMessage()."/".$put->getUserInfo());
                 //$this->addLogItem("Error Object: ".print_r($put,true)."\n");
                 return $put;
             }
diff --git a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/xmlrpc/XR_LocStor.php b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/xmlrpc/XR_LocStor.php
index e541b0344..60b23e610 100644
--- a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/xmlrpc/XR_LocStor.php
+++ b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/xmlrpc/XR_LocStor.php
@@ -2002,7 +2002,8 @@ class XR_LocStor extends LocStor{
      *  <ul>
      *      <li> status :  hasharray - fields:
      *                          token:  string - restore token
-     *                          status: string - working | fault | success</li>
+     *                          status: string - working | fault | success
+     *                          faultString: string - description of fault</li>
      *  </ul>
      *
      *  On errors, returns an XML-RPC error response.