diff --git a/lib/gui/app.js b/lib/gui/app.js
index e8871e6a..3fb65219 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app.js
+++ b/lib/gui/app.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ app.run((AnalyticsService, UpdateNotifierService, SelectionStateModel) => {
 
 app.run((AnalyticsService, OSWindowProgressService, ImageWriterService) => {
   Store.subscribe(() => {
-    const state = Store.getState().toJS();
+    const flashState = ImageWriterService.getFlashState();
 
     // There is usually a short time period between the `isFlashing()`
     // property being set, and the flashing actually starting, which
@@ -106,17 +106,17 @@ app.run((AnalyticsService, OSWindowProgressService, ImageWriterService) => {
     //
     // We use the presence of `.eta` to determine that the actual
     // writing started.
-    if (!ImageWriterService.isFlashing() || !state.flashState.eta) {
+    if (!ImageWriterService.isFlashing() || !flashState.eta) {
       return;
     }
 
     AnalyticsService.log([
-      `Progress (${state.flashState.type}):`,
-      `${state.flashState.percentage}% at ${state.flashState.speed} MB/s`,
-      `(eta ${state.flashState.eta}s)`
+      `Progress (${flashState.type}):`,
+      `${flashState.percentage}% at ${flashState.speed} MB/s`,
+      `(eta ${flashState.eta}s)`
     ].join(' '));
 
-    OSWindowProgressService.set(state.flashState.percentage);
+    OSWindowProgressService.set(flashState.percentage);
   });
 });
 
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ app.config(($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) => {
 
 app.controller('AppController', function(
   $state,
-  $scope,
   DriveScannerService,
   SelectionStateModel,
   SettingsModel,
diff --git a/lib/gui/modules/image-writer.js b/lib/gui/modules/image-writer.js
index c356a492..0f029a44 100644
--- a/lib/gui/modules/image-writer.js
+++ b/lib/gui/modules/image-writer.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const imageWriter = angular.module(MODULE_NAME, [
   require('../models/settings')
 ]);
 
-imageWriter.service('ImageWriterService', function($q, $timeout, SettingsModel) {
+imageWriter.service('ImageWriterService', function($q, $rootScope, SettingsModel) {
 
   /**
    * @summary Reset flash state
@@ -46,25 +46,6 @@ imageWriter.service('ImageWriterService', function($q, $timeout, SettingsModel)
     });
   };
 
-  /**
-   * @summary Flash progress state
-   * @type Object
-   * @public
-   */
-  this.state = {
-    percentage: 0,
-    speed: 0
-  };
-
-  Store.subscribe(() => {
-
-    // Safely bring the state to the world of Angular
-    $timeout(() => {
-      this.state = Store.getState().toJS().flashState;
-    });
-
-  });
-
   /**
    * @summary Check if currently flashing
    * @function
@@ -179,6 +160,20 @@ imageWriter.service('ImageWriterService', function($q, $timeout, SettingsModel)
     return Store.getState().toJS().flashResults;
   };
 
+  /**
+   * @summary Get the current flash state
+   * @function
+   * @public
+   *
+   * @returns {Object} flash state
+   *
+   * @example
+   * const flashState = ImageWriterService.getFlashState();
+   */
+  this.getFlashState = () => {
+    return Store.getState().get('flashState').toJS();
+  };
+
   /**
    * @summary Perform write operation
    * @function
@@ -239,7 +234,17 @@ imageWriter.service('ImageWriterService', function($q, $timeout, SettingsModel)
 
     this.setFlashingFlag();
 
-    return this.performWrite(image, drive, this.setProgressState).then((results) => {
+    return this.performWrite(image, drive, (state) => {
+
+      // Bring this value to the world of angular.
+      // If we don't trigger a digest loop,
+      // `.getFlashState()` will not return
+      // the latest updated progress state.
+      $rootScope.$apply(() => {
+        this.setProgressState(state);
+      });
+
+    }).then((results) => {
 
       // TODO: Make sure `etcher-image-write` always
       // sends a `cancelled` and `passedValidation` property.
diff --git a/lib/gui/partials/main.html b/lib/gui/partials/main.html
index 9165e25a..0e143eb0 100644
--- a/lib/gui/partials/main.html
+++ b/lib/gui/partials/main.html
@@ -84,19 +84,19 @@
 
       <div class="space-vertical-large">
         <progress-button class="btn-brick"
-          percentage="app.writer.state.percentage"
-          striped="{{ app.writer.state.type == 'check' }}"
+          percentage="app.writer.getFlashState().percentage"
+          striped="{{ app.writer.getFlashState().type == 'check' }}"
           ng-attr-active="{{ app.writer.isFlashing() }}"
           ng-show="app.wasLastFlashSuccessful()"
           ng-click="app.flash(app.selection.getImagePath(), app.selection.getDrive())"
           ng-disabled="!app.selection.hasImage() || !app.selection.hasDrive()">
-            <span ng-show="app.writer.state.percentage == 100 && app.writer.isFlashing()">Finishing...</span>
-            <span ng-show="app.writer.state.percentage == 0 && !app.writer.isFlashing()">Flash!</span>
-            <span ng-show="app.writer.state.percentage == 0 && app.writer.isFlashing() && !app.writer.state.speed">Starting...</span>
-            <span ng-show="app.writer.state.speed && app.writer.state.percentage != 100 && app.writer.state.type != 'check'"
-              ng-bind="app.writer.state.percentage + '% '"></span>
-            <span ng-show="app.writer.state.speed && app.writer.state.percentage != 100 && app.writer.state.type == 'check'"
-              ng-bind="app.writer.state.percentage + '% Validating...'"></span>
+            <span ng-show="app.writer.getFlashState().percentage == 100 && app.writer.isFlashing()">Finishing...</span>
+            <span ng-show="app.writer.getFlashState().percentage == 0 && !app.writer.isFlashing()">Flash!</span>
+            <span ng-show="app.writer.getFlashState().percentage == 0 && app.writer.isFlashing() && !app.writer.getFlashState().speed">Starting...</span>
+            <span ng-show="app.writer.getFlashState().speed && app.writer.getFlashState().percentage != 100 && app.writer.getFlashState().type != 'check'"
+              ng-bind="app.writer.getFlashState().percentage + '% '"></span>
+            <span ng-show="app.writer.getFlashState().speed && app.writer.getFlashState().percentage != 100 && app.writer.getFlashState().type == 'check'"
+              ng-bind="app.writer.getFlashState().percentage + '% Validating...'"></span>
         </progress-button>
 
         <div class="alert-ribbon alert-warning" ng-class="{ 'alert-ribbon--open': !app.wasLastFlashSuccessful() }">
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@
           <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-repeat"></span> Retry
         </button>
 
-        <p class="step-footer step-footer-split" ng-show="app.writer.state.speed && app.writer.state.percentage != 100">
-          <span>ETA: {{ app.writer.state.eta | secondsToDate | amDateFormat:'m[m]ss[s]' }}</span>
-          <span ng-bind="app.writer.state.speed.toFixed(2) + ' MB/s'"></span>
+        <p class="step-footer step-footer-split" ng-show="app.writer.getFlashState().speed && app.writer.getFlashState().percentage != 100">
+          <span>ETA: {{ app.writer.getFlashState().eta | secondsToDate | amDateFormat:'m[m]ss[s]' }}</span>
+          <span ng-bind="app.writer.getFlashState().speed.toFixed(2) + ' MB/s'"></span>
         </p>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/tests/gui/modules/image-writer.spec.js b/tests/gui/modules/image-writer.spec.js
index 3430b539..16540dd9 100644
--- a/tests/gui/modules/image-writer.spec.js
+++ b/tests/gui/modules/image-writer.spec.js
@@ -13,40 +13,29 @@ describe('Browser: ImageWriter', function() {
   describe('ImageWriterService', function() {
 
     let $q;
-    let $timeout;
     let $rootScope;
     let ImageWriterService;
 
-    beforeEach(angular.mock.inject(function(_$q_, _$timeout_, _$rootScope_, _ImageWriterService_) {
+    beforeEach(angular.mock.inject(function(_$q_, _$rootScope_, _ImageWriterService_) {
       $q = _$q_;
-      $timeout = _$timeout_;
       $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
       ImageWriterService = _ImageWriterService_;
     }));
 
-    describe('.state', function() {
-
-      it('should be reset by default', function() {
-        m.chai.expect(ImageWriterService.state).to.deep.equal({
-          percentage: 0,
-          speed: 0
-        });
-      });
-
-    });
-
     describe('.resetState()', function() {
 
       it('should be able to reset the progress state', function() {
-        ImageWriterService.state = {
+        ImageWriterService.setFlashingFlag();
+        ImageWriterService.setProgressState({
+          type: 'write',
           percentage: 50,
-          speed: 3
-        };
+          eta: 15,
+          speed: 100000000000
+        });
 
         ImageWriterService.resetState();
-        $timeout.flush();
 
-        m.chai.expect(ImageWriterService.state).to.deep.equal({
+        m.chai.expect(ImageWriterService.getFlashState()).to.deep.equal({
           percentage: 0,
           speed: 0
         });
@@ -233,6 +222,33 @@ describe('Browser: ImageWriter', function() {
 
     });
 
+    describe('.getFlashState()', function() {
+
+      it('should initially return an empty state', function() {
+        ImageWriterService.resetState();
+        const flashState = ImageWriterService.getFlashState();
+        m.chai.expect(flashState).to.deep.equal({
+          percentage: 0,
+          speed: 0
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should return the current flash state', function() {
+        const state = {
+          type: 'write',
+          percentage: 50,
+          eta: 15,
+          speed: 0
+        };
+
+        ImageWriterService.setFlashingFlag();
+        ImageWriterService.setProgressState(state);
+        const flashState = ImageWriterService.getFlashState();
+        m.chai.expect(flashState).to.deep.equal(state);
+      });
+
+    });
+
     describe('.unsetFlashingFlag()', function() {
 
       it('should throw if no flashing results', function() {
@@ -348,9 +364,7 @@ describe('Browser: ImageWriter', function() {
           speed: 100000000000
         });
 
-        $timeout.flush();
-
-        m.chai.expect(ImageWriterService.state).to.not.deep.equal({
+        m.chai.expect(ImageWriterService.getFlashState()).to.not.deep.equal({
           percentage: 0,
           speed: 0
         });
@@ -361,9 +375,7 @@ describe('Browser: ImageWriter', function() {
           sourceChecksum: '1234'
         });
 
-        $timeout.flush();
-
-        m.chai.expect(ImageWriterService.state).to.deep.equal({
+        m.chai.expect(ImageWriterService.getFlashState()).to.deep.equal({
           percentage: 0,
           speed: 0
         });