diff --git a/frontend/src/components/upload/UploadQueueList.vue b/frontend/src/components/upload/UploadQueueList.vue
index da2f95b..62e7e8b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/upload/UploadQueueList.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/upload/UploadQueueList.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                             {{ prettyBytes(row.file.size, { maximumFractionDigits: 1 }) }}
                         </span>
                     </div>
-                    <div class="flex min-w-0 flex-col gap-0.5 text-xs sm:flex-row sm:flex-wrap sm:gap-x-3">
+                    <div class="flex min-w-0 flex-col gap-0.5 text-xs">
                         <span class="min-w-0 truncate" :class="metadataStatusClass(row.metadata)">
                             {{ row.metadata.message }}
                         </span>
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/metadata.ts b/frontend/src/stores/metadata.ts
index 49b4297..3859473 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores/metadata.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/metadata.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { MetadataPreviewEntry } from '@/types/metadata/MetadataPreview';
 import { makeKeyFromFile } from '@/utils/file/makeKeyFromFile';
 
 const METADATA_IDLE_MESSAGE = 'Waiting to load metadata...';
-const EXIFTOOL_INITIALIZING_MESSAGE = 'Initializing ExifTool...';
+const EXIFTOOL_INITIALIZING_MESSAGE = 'Initializing ExifTool. It may take a minute on slow networks...';
 const METADATA_PROCESSING_MESSAGE = 'Stripping metadata...';
 const METADATA_READY_MESSAGE = 'Metadata stripped';
 const METADATA_LOAD_ERROR_MESSAGE = 'Could not load image metadata';