diff --git a/lib/mongo_session.py b/lib/mongo_session.py
index 4c273323693839937e8f12553652736cfb5179cf..2b807c6314b0e036dbdf9563115fb90cec9b2482 100644
--- a/lib/mongo_session.py
+++ b/lib/mongo_session.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class MongoSession:
             print('body session_id: ', body_object['session_id'])
 
             timestamp = datetime.datetime.strptime(body_object["timestamp"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")
+            float_progress_ratio = float(body_object["progress_ratio"])
 
             self.mongo_data_collection.insert_one({"session_id": body_object["session_id"],
                                                    "timestamp": timestamp,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class MongoSession:
                                                    "status": body_object["status"],
                                                    "uuid_prefix": body_object["uuid_prefix"],
                                                    "info": body_object["info"],
-                                                   "progress_ratio": body_object["progress_ratio"],
+                                                   "progress_ratio": float_progress_ratio,
                                                    "loglevel": body_object["loglevel"]})
         except Exception as exc:
             print('[ERROR saving log]:', exc)
diff --git a/workers/reindexer.py b/workers/reindexer.py
index 69d83e3e117d84691b91765dd4a056819a1d0925..b60983292d00411a5f071d3230b9ca33d7c56647 100644
--- a/workers/reindexer.py
+++ b/workers/reindexer.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def on_msg_callback(channel, method, properties, body):
                                  uuid_prefix='full',
                                  info=uuid,
                                  loglevel='ERROR',
-                                 progress_ratio=None
+                                 progress_ratio=1
                                  )
 
         json_body = json.dumps(log_message.__dict__)
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def on_msg_callback(channel, method, properties, body):
                                      uuid_prefix='full',
                                      info=uuid,
                                      loglevel='INFO',
-                                     progress_ratio=None
+                                     progress_ratio=0.4
                                      )
 
             json_body = json.dumps(log_message.__dict__)