diff --git a/circle/dashboard/static/dashboard/vm-details.js b/circle/dashboard/static/dashboard/vm-details.js
index c4f6aa5..2771ec1 100644
--- a/circle/dashboard/static/dashboard/vm-details.js
+++ b/circle/dashboard/static/dashboard/vm-details.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function checkNewActivity(only_state, runs) {
       }
 
       $("#vm-details-state i").prop("class", data['icon']);
-      $("#vm-details-state span").html(data['state']);
+      $("#vm-details-state span").html(data['state'].toUpperCase());
       if(data['state'] == "RUNNING") {
         $("[data-target=#_console]").attr("data-toggle", "pill").attr("href", "#console").parent("li").removeClass("disabled");
       } else {
diff --git a/circle/dashboard/views.py b/circle/dashboard/views.py
index 8513a02..d8f1297 100644
--- a/circle/dashboard/views.py
+++ b/circle/dashboard/views.py
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ def vm_activity(request, pk):
     response = {}
     only_state = request.GET.get("only_state")
 
-    response['state'] = instance.state
+    response['state'] = instance.get_status_display()
     response['icon'] = instance.get_status_icon()
     if only_state is not None and only_state == "false":  # instance activity
         context = {