diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 706991e1..a8ed8ff7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1849,6 +1849,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "field_count",
  "futures",
  "get-size2",
+ "humantime",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "leveldb-sys",
  "memmap2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b5d6c6b..08a3c6d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ systemstat = "0.2.3"
 sysinfo = "0.31.4"
 thread-priority = "1.2.0"
 rayon = "1.10"
+humantime = "2.1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 
diff --git a/src/bin/dashboard_src/overview_screen.rs b/src/bin/dashboard_src/overview_screen.rs
index 9c96e29d..0e00fbec 100644
--- a/src/bin/dashboard_src/overview_screen.rs
+++ b/src/bin/dashboard_src/overview_screen.rs
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ impl Widget for OverviewScreen {
                 .unwrap()
                 .as_secs();
             let uptime = Duration::from_secs(now - upsince);
-            format!("{:?}", uptime)
+            format!("{}", humantime::format_duration(uptime))
         } else {
             "-".to_string()
         };
diff --git a/src/models/state/mining_status.rs b/src/models/state/mining_status.rs
index 3d734416..61cc094e 100644
--- a/src/models/state/mining_status.rs
+++ b/src/models/state/mining_status.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub enum MiningStatus {
 
 impl Display for MiningStatus {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let elapsed_time = match self {
+        let elapsed_time_exact = match self {
             MiningStatus::Guessing(guessing_work_info) => Some(
                 guessing_work_info
                     .work_start
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ impl Display for MiningStatus {
             ),
             MiningStatus::Inactive => None,
         };
+        // remove sub-second component, so humantime ends with seconds.
+        let elapsed_time =
+            elapsed_time_exact.map(|v| v - Duration::from_nanos(v.subsec_nanos().into()));
         let input_output_info = match self {
             MiningStatus::Guessing(info) => {
                 format!(" {}/{}", info.num_inputs, info.num_outputs)
@@ -75,10 +78,16 @@ impl Display for MiningStatus {
 
         let work_type_and_duration = match self {
             MiningStatus::Guessing(_) => {
-                format!("guessing for {} seconds", elapsed_time.unwrap().as_secs(),)
+                format!(
+                    "guessing for {}",
+                    humantime::format_duration(elapsed_time.unwrap())
+                )
             }
             MiningStatus::Composing(_) => {
-                format!("composing for {} seconds", elapsed_time.unwrap().as_secs())
+                format!(
+                    "composing for {}",
+                    humantime::format_duration(elapsed_time.unwrap())
+                )
             }
             MiningStatus::Inactive => "inactive".to_owned(),
         };