diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
index 5ffd88350721ce9c279fe51ba6499fed62127d12..b03440c3ab19b0881dc3374d967233d381254100 100644
--- a/src/sync.js
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ SyncApi.prototype.sync = function() {
             // Send this first sync request here so we can then wait for the saved
             // sync data to finish processing before we process the results of this one.
             console.log("Sending first sync request...");
+            self._stats.initialSync = true;
             self._currentSyncRequest = self._doSyncRequest({ filterId }, savedSyncToken);
         }