diff --git a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/staticcontent/js/mgmt.js b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/staticcontent/js/mgmt.js
index 6d5e071b5..72f045659 100644
--- a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/staticcontent/js/mgmt.js
+++ b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/staticcontent/js/mgmt.js
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ function abortArchiveRequestFromDetails(pvName) {
 }
 
 
-var refreshPVStatus = false;
+var inRefreshPVStatus = false;
+var skipAutoRefresh = false;
 
 // Displays the status of the PVs as typed in the #archstatpVNames textarea in the archstats table.
 function checkPVStatus() {
@@ -269,11 +270,14 @@ function checkPVStatus() {
 	createReportTable(jsonurl, tabledivname,
 			[{'srcAttr' : 'pvName', 'label' : 'PV Name'} , 
 			 {'srcAttr' : 'status', 'label' : 'Status', 'srcFunction' : function(curdata) {
+				 if(skipAutoRefresh) {
+					 return curdata.status;
+				 }
 				 if(curdata.status !== undefined && curdata.status != 'Being archived') { 
-					 if(!refreshPVStatus) { 
-						 refreshPVStatus = true;
+					 if(!inRefreshPVStatus) { 
+						 inRefreshPVStatus = true;
 						 window.setTimeout(function() { 
-							 refreshPVStatus = false;
+							 inRefreshPVStatus = false;
 							 checkPVStatus();
 						 }, 60*1000);
 					 }
diff --git a/src/test/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/ArchiveFieldsWorkflowTest.java b/src/test/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/ArchiveFieldsWorkflowTest.java
index df4447346..6171268dc 100644
--- a/src/test/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/ArchiveFieldsWorkflowTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/ArchiveFieldsWorkflowTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openqa.selenium.By;
+import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public void tearDown() throws Exception {
 	@Test
 	public void testArchiveFieldsPV() throws Exception {
 		 driver.get("http://localhost:17665/mgmt/ui/index.html");
+		 ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.skipAutoRefresh = true;");
 		 WebElement pvstextarea = driver.findElement(By.id("archstatpVNames"));
 		 String[] fieldsToArchive = new String[] {
 				 "UnitTestNoNamingConvention:sine",