diff --git a/graph.go b/graph.go
index 82128bfe15..da236d3716 100644
--- a/graph.go
+++ b/graph.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (graph *Graph) TempLayerArchive(id string, compression archive.Compression,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return archive.NewTempArchive(utils.ProgressReader(ioutil.NopCloser(a), 0, output, sf, true, "", "Buffering to disk"), tmp)
+	return archive.NewTempArchive(utils.ProgressReader(ioutil.NopCloser(a), 0, output, sf, false, utils.TruncateID(id), "Buffering to disk"), tmp)
 }
 
 // Mktemp creates a temporary sub-directory inside the graph's filesystem.
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 436bef28e3..c32cfe23ed 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pushRepository(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, localName
 						return nil
 					}
 
-					out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Pushing tags for rev [%s] on {%s}", elem.ID, ep+"repositories/"+remoteName+"/tags/"+elem.Tag))
+					out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Pushing tags for rev [%s] on {%s}", utils.TruncateID(elem.ID), ep+"repositories/"+remoteName+"/tags/"+elem.Tag))
 					if err := r.PushRegistryTag(remoteName, elem.ID, elem.Tag, ep, repoData.Tokens); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
@@ -1138,13 +1138,13 @@ func (srv *Server) pushRepository(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, localName
 					if err := pushTags(); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
-					out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Image %s already pushed, skipping", elem.ID))
+					out.Write(sf.FormatProgress(utils.TruncateID(elem.ID), "Image already pushed, skipping", nil))
 					continue
 				} else if r.LookupRemoteImage(elem.ID, ep, repoData.Tokens) {
 					if err := pushTags(); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
-					out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Image %s already pushed, skipping", elem.ID))
+					out.Write(sf.FormatProgress(utils.TruncateID(elem.ID), "Image already pushed, skipping", nil))
 					continue
 				}
 				checksum, err := srv.pushImage(r, out, remoteName, elem.ID, ep, repoData.Tokens, sf)
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pushImage(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, remote, imgID,
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Cannot retrieve the path for {%s}: %s", imgID, err)
 	}
-	out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Pushing %s", imgID))
+	out.Write(sf.FormatProgress(utils.TruncateID(imgID), "Pushing", nil))
 
 	imgData := &registry.ImgData{
 		ID: imgID,
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pushImage(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, remote, imgID,
 	// Send the json
 	if err := r.PushImageJSONRegistry(imgData, jsonRaw, ep, token); err != nil {
 		if err == registry.ErrAlreadyExists {
-			out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Image %s already pushed, skipping", imgData.ID))
+			out.Write(sf.FormatProgress(utils.TruncateID(imgData.ID), "Image already pushed, skipping", nil))
 			return "", nil
 		}
 		return "", err
@@ -1196,14 +1196,11 @@ func (srv *Server) pushImage(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, remote, imgID,
 	defer os.RemoveAll(layerData.Name())
 
 	// Send the layer
-	checksum, err = r.PushImageLayerRegistry(imgData.ID, utils.ProgressReader(layerData, int(layerData.Size), out, sf, false, "", "Pushing"), ep, token, jsonRaw)
+	checksum, err = r.PushImageLayerRegistry(imgData.ID, utils.ProgressReader(layerData, int(layerData.Size), out, sf, false, utils.TruncateID(imgData.ID), "Pushing"), ep, token, jsonRaw)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	imgData.Checksum = checksum
-
-	out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", ""))
-
 	// Send the checksum
 	if err := r.PushImageChecksumRegistry(imgData, ep, token); err != nil {
 		return "", err