diff --git a/src/backend.rs b/src/backend.rs
index b147c365..7dd98d82 100644
--- a/src/backend.rs
+++ b/src/backend.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ pub enum BackendNotification {
         config: Config,
         raw_config: RawConfig,
         best_block_number: BlockNumber,
+        initial_plotting_states: Vec<PlottingState>,
     },
     Node(NodeNotification),
     Farmer(FarmerNotification),
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ async fn run(
             config,
             raw_config,
             best_block_number: consensus_node.best_block_number(),
+            initial_plotting_states: farmer.initial_plotting_states().to_vec(),
         })
         .await?;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/farmer.rs b/src/backend/farmer.rs
index 1d9b5ad6..0781fb78 100644
--- a/src/backend/farmer.rs
+++ b/src/backend/farmer.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use atomic::Atomic;
 use event_listener_primitives::HandlerId;
 use futures::channel::oneshot;
 use futures::future::BoxFuture;
-use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
+use futures::stream::{FuturesOrdered, FuturesUnordered};
 use futures::{select, FutureExt, StreamExt};
 use lru::LruCache;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct Handlers {
 pub(super) struct Farmer {
     farm_fut: BoxFuture<'static, anyhow::Result<()>>,
     piece_cache_worker_fut: BoxFuture<'static, ()>,
+    initial_plotting_states: Vec<PlottingState>,
     handlers: Arc<Handlers>,
 }
 
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ impl Farmer {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub(super) fn initial_plotting_states(&self) -> &[PlottingState] {
+        &self.initial_plotting_states
+    }
+
     pub(super) fn on_plotting_state_change(
         &self,
         callback: Handler2Fn<usize, PlottingState>,
@@ -371,6 +376,21 @@ pub(super) async fn create_farmer(farmer_options: FarmerOptions) -> anyhow::Resu
         }))
         .detach();
 
+    let initial_plotting_states = single_disk_farms
+        .iter()
+        .map(|single_disk_farm| async {
+            if usize::from(single_disk_farm.total_sectors_count().await)
+                == single_disk_farm.plotted_sectors_count().await
+            {
+                PlottingState::Idle
+            } else {
+                PlottingState::Unknown
+            }
+        })
+        .collect::<FuturesOrdered<_>>()
+        .collect()
+        .await;
+
     let mut single_disk_farms_stream = single_disk_farms
         .into_iter()
         .enumerate()
@@ -478,6 +498,7 @@ pub(super) async fn create_farmer(farmer_options: FarmerOptions) -> anyhow::Resu
     anyhow::Ok(Farmer {
         farm_fut,
         piece_cache_worker_fut,
+        initial_plotting_states,
         handlers,
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/running.rs b/src/frontend/running.rs
index ed0f6cbc..20d9c6ca 100644
--- a/src/frontend/running.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/running.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use tracing::warn;
 pub enum RunningInput {
     Initialize {
         best_block_number: BlockNumber,
-        num_farms: usize,
+        initial_plotting_states: Vec<PlottingState>,
     },
     NodeNotification(NodeNotification),
     FarmerNotification(FarmerNotification),
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ impl RunningView {
         match input {
             RunningInput::Initialize {
                 best_block_number,
-                num_farms,
+                initial_plotting_states,
             } => {
                 self.node_state = NodeState {
                     best_block_number,
                     sync_state: SyncState::default(),
                 };
                 self.farmer_state = FarmerState {
-                    plotting_state: vec![PlottingState::default(); num_farms],
+                    plotting_state: initial_plotting_states,
                     piece_cache_sync_progress: 0.0,
                 };
             }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a26510..43f5d19b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -359,16 +359,16 @@ impl App {
                 }
             },
             BackendNotification::Running {
-                config,
+                config: _,
                 raw_config,
                 best_block_number,
+                initial_plotting_states,
             } => {
-                let num_farms = config.farms.len();
                 self.current_raw_config.replace(raw_config);
                 self.current_view = View::Running;
                 self.running_view.emit(RunningInput::Initialize {
                     best_block_number,
-                    num_farms,
+                    initial_plotting_states,
                 });
             }
             BackendNotification::Node(node_notification) => {