diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0002_auto_20210128_1120.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0002_auto_20210128_1120.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..498ff177e828aab17c9be38a184853cf747731e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0002_auto_20210128_1120.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.4 on 2021-01-28 10:20
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('taskdatabase', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='task',
+            name='skip',
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='task',
+            name='metrics',
+            field=models.JSONField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='task',
+            name='resume',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='task',
+            name='stage_request_id',
+            field=models.IntegerField(null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
index 80397b46bae4aa61afa049586c519a8ba62d2d83..eb775c2adb584d69033947b42571113e48c6155a 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/models.py
@@ -27,18 +27,19 @@ class Task(models.Model):
 
     new_workflow_id = models.CharField(max_length=15, blank=True, null=True)
     new_workflow_uri = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True, null=True)
-    skip = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    resume = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     creationTime = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.utcnow, blank=True)
 
     priority = models.IntegerField(null=True)
     purge_policy = models.CharField(max_length=5, default="no", blank=True, null=True)
-    stage_request_id = models.IntegerField(default=0,null=True)
+    stage_request_id = models.IntegerField(null=True)
 
     # LOFAR properties
     project = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True, null=True, default="unknown")
     sas_id = models.CharField(max_length=15, blank=True, null=True)
     inputs = models.JSONField(null=True, blank=True)
     outputs = models.JSONField(null=True, blank=True)
+    metrics = models.JSONField(null=True, blank=True)
 
     # relationships
     workflow = models.ForeignKey(Workflow, related_name='tasks', on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, blank=True)
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py
index f08f750e9bce8c3b7e598f7747642f6ea37072c7..d09d11094d4e5bc0ad4db62f62963bde266f78b6 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/serializers.py
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ class TaskSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = Task
         fields = ('id','task_type','taskID','filter','predecessor','successors',
-                  'project','sas_id','priority','purge_policy','skip',
+                  'project','sas_id','priority','purge_policy','resume',
                   'new_workflow_id','new_workflow_uri','workflow',
                   'stage_request_id',
                   'status','new_status',
-                  'inputs','outputs','status_history',
+                  'inputs','outputs','metrics','status_history',
                   'log_entries'
                   )
 
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index 74caa9d93e52c1724c6b1e048cdd37995edf07df..d4dd04e62fb5c091b665a3ba23b94ba9e5046695 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     </div>
     {% include 'taskdatabase/pagination.html' %}
 </div>
-    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (26 jan 2021 - 10:00)
+    <p class="footer"> Version 1.0.0 (28 jan 2021 - 11:00)
     <script type="text/javascript">
         (function(seconds) {
             var refresh,
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index e35e6679a4f82a9017e881dd6c83b1eda26a00c6..397793823153999cfab885a43927ebdbd584745d 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -189,6 +189,13 @@ class LogEntryDetailsViewAPI(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     queryset = LogEntry.objects.all()
     serializer_class = LogEntrySerializer
 
+    # overriding the update, because the status that comes in with the LogEntry
+    # also needs to propagate to the task.new_status
+    def perform_update(self, serializer):
+        log_entry = serializer.save()
+        task = log_entry.task
+        task.new_status = log_entry.status
+        task.save()
 
 # --- controller resources, triggered by a button in the GUI or directoy with a URL ---
 # set task status to 'new_status' - called from the GUI