diff --git a/src/api/DataTypes.js b/src/api/DataTypes.js
index e3e62f8554ce443c676d05c35429e0e580fee3ee..be3e49086ccac828d19ba20a8a5fa3796282f995 100644
--- a/src/api/DataTypes.js
+++ b/src/api/DataTypes.js
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ export class AWXJobDetails {
     return this.job?.status.toLowerCase();
   }
   message() {
-    const stem = `The ${this.typeLabel()} `;
+    const stem = this.job ? `The ${this.typeLabel()}: ` : "";
     const info = this.job
       ? jobMessages[this.job.status.toLowerCase()]
-      : ": fetching data";
+      : "Fetching data";
     const message = stem + info;
     return message;
   }