diff --git a/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupHistory.kt b/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupHistory.kt
index e140a2d..f03c20d 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupHistory.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupHistory.kt
@@ -17,12 +17,29 @@ class BackupEntry(
     val sizeBytes: Long by lazy { sizeComputer() }
 }
 
+data class BackupMetrics(val fileCount: Int, val sizeBytes: Long)
+
 object BackupHistory {
 
     // Used internally for parsing — java.time formatter since kotlinx.datetime
     // doesn't have custom format patterns built in
     private val JAVA_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss")
 
+    /**
+     * Counts backups without parsing timestamps or sorting — just matches the naming pattern.
+     */
+    fun countBackups(backupDir: File): Int {
+        if (!backupDir.exists() || !backupDir.isDirectory) return 0
+        return backupDir.listFiles()?.count { file ->
+            val name = file.nameWithoutExtension
+            val isZip = file.extension.equals("zip", ignoreCase = true) && file.isFile
+            val isDir = file.isDirectory
+            if (!isZip && !isDir) return@count false
+            try { java.time.LocalDateTime.parse(name, JAVA_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT); true }
+            catch (_: DateTimeParseException) { false }
+        } ?: 0
+    }
+
     /**
      * Lists all existing backups in the backup directory, sorted newest first.
      */
@@ -37,13 +54,18 @@ object BackupHistory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the file count for a backup entry without computing its full size.
+     * Computes file count and size in a single pass over the backup tree.
      */
-    fun fileCount(entry: BackupEntry): Int {
+    fun computeMetrics(entry: BackupEntry): BackupMetrics {
         return if (entry.isCompressed) {
-            java.util.zip.ZipFile(entry.path).use { it.size() }
+            java.util.zip.ZipFile(entry.path).use { zip ->
+                BackupMetrics(zip.size(), entry.path.length())
+            }
         } else {
-            entry.path.walkTopDown().count { it.isFile }
+            var count = 0
+            var size = 0L
+            entry.path.walkTopDown().filter { it.isFile }.forEach { count++; size += it.length() }
+            BackupMetrics(count, size)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupScheduler.kt b/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupScheduler.kt
index f8f7e85..552f1f5 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupScheduler.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/backup/BackupScheduler.kt
@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ object BackupScheduler {
         if (schedulerJob?.isActive == true) return
         logger.info { "Backup scheduler started" }
 
+        // Eagerly set timestamps so StatusScreen has data immediately.
+        // Only set lastBackupTime and nextBackupTime here (cheap).
+        // The full lastBackupResult (fileCount, sizeBytes) is filled by the async path
+        // since fileCount() walks the directory tree and would block the main thread.
+        val config = ConfigManager.config.value
+        if (config.isConfigured && config.backupPath != null) {
+            val backups = BackupHistory.listBackups(File(config.backupPath))
+            if (backups.isNotEmpty()) {
+                _state.update { it.copy(lastBackupTime = backups.first().timestamp) }
+            }
+            updateNextBackupTime(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault())
+        }
+
         schedulerJob = scope.launch {
             // Collect progress from BackupEngine
             launch {
@@ -65,23 +78,23 @@ object BackupScheduler {
                 }
 
                 // On first config emission, restore last backup info from disk
-                if (_state.value.lastBackupTime == null && config.backupPath != null) {
+                if (_state.value.lastBackupResult == null && config.backupPath != null) {
                     val backups = BackupHistory.listBackups(File(config.backupPath))
                     if (backups.isNotEmpty()) {
                         val latest = backups.first()
-                        val fileCount = BackupHistory.fileCount(latest)
+                        val metrics = BackupHistory.computeMetrics(latest)
                         _state.update {
                             it.copy(
                                 lastBackupTime = latest.timestamp,
                                 lastBackupResult = BackupResult.Success(
                                     backupPath = latest.path,
-                                    fileCount = fileCount,
-                                    sizeBytes = latest.sizeBytes,
+                                    fileCount = metrics.fileCount,
+                                    sizeBytes = metrics.sizeBytes,
                                     durationMs = 0,
                                 ),
                             )
                         }
-                        logger.info { "Restored last backup info from disk: ${latest.path.name} ($fileCount files)" }
+                        logger.info { "Restored last backup info from disk: ${latest.path.name} (${metrics.fileCount} files)" }
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/ui/status/StatusViewModel.kt b/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/ui/status/StatusViewModel.kt
index 08a3fee..ff36ca0 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/ui/status/StatusViewModel.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/ui/status/StatusViewModel.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class StatusViewModel : ViewModel() {
         BackupScheduler.state.map { it.lastBackupResult }.distinctUntilChanged(),
     ) { backupPath, _ ->
         if (backupPath != null) {
-            BackupHistory.listBackups(File(backupPath)).size
+            BackupHistory.countBackups(File(backupPath))
         } else {
             0
         }