diff --git a/api/server_endpoints.go b/api/server_endpoints.go
index f7fedbe..ad47c75 100644
--- a/api/server_endpoints.go
+++ b/api/server_endpoints.go
@@ -189,22 +189,15 @@ func (r *Request) SendArchiveStatus(uuid string, successful bool) error {
 	return resp.Error()
 }
 
-func (r *Request) SendTransferFailure(uuid string) error {
-	resp, err := r.Get(fmt.Sprintf("/servers/%s/transfer/failure", uuid), nil)
+func (r *Request) SendTransferStatus(uuid string, successful bool) error {
+	state := "failure"
+	if successful {
+		state = "success"
+	}
+	resp, err := r.Get(fmt.Sprintf("/servers/%s/transfer/%s", uuid, state), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	return resp.Error()
-}
-
-func (r *Request) SendTransferSuccess(uuid string) error {
-	resp, err := r.Get(fmt.Sprintf("/servers/%s/transfer/success", uuid), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
 	return resp.Error()
 }
diff --git a/config/config_system.go b/config/config_system.go
index c5bd0b4..b97cc76 100644
--- a/config/config_system.go
+++ b/config/config_system.go
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ type SystemConfiguration struct {
 	CrashDetection CrashDetection `yaml:"crash_detection"`
 
 	Backups Backups `yaml:"backups"`
+
+	Transfers Transfers `yaml:"transfers"`
 }
 
 type CrashDetection struct {
@@ -97,12 +99,22 @@ type Backups struct {
 	// upload it to any external storage provider.
 	//
 	// If the value is less than 1, the write speed is unlimited,
-	// if the value is greater than 0, the write speed is the value in MB/s.
+	// if the value is greater than 0, the write speed is the value in MiB/s.
 	//
 	// Defaults to 0 (unlimited)
 	WriteLimit int `default:"0" yaml:"write_limit"`
 }
 
+type Transfers struct {
+	// DownloadLimit imposes a Network I/O read limit when downloading a transfer archive.
+	//
+	// If the value is less than 1, the write speed is unlimited,
+	// if the value is greater than 0, the write speed is the value in MiB/s.
+	//
+	// Defaults to 0 (unlimited)
+	DownloadLimit int `default:"0" yaml:"download_limit"`
+}
+
 // Ensures that all of the system directories exist on the system. These directories are
 // created so that only the owner can read the data, and no other users.
 func (sc *SystemConfiguration) ConfigureDirectories() error {
diff --git a/config/config_throttles.go b/config/config_throttles.go
index 656f7c1..e9c5531 100644
--- a/config/config_throttles.go
+++ b/config/config_throttles.go
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ type ConsoleThrottles struct {
 	DecayInterval uint64 `json:"decay_interval" yaml:"decay_interval" default:"10000"`
 
 	// The amount of time that a server is allowed to be stopping for before it is terminated
-	// forfully if it triggers output throttles.
+	// forcefully if it triggers output throttles.
 	StopGracePeriod uint `json:"stop_grace_period" yaml:"stop_grace_period" default:"15"`
 }
diff --git a/environment/docker/power.go b/environment/docker/power.go
index d8654c9..980c596 100644
--- a/environment/docker/power.go
+++ b/environment/docker/power.go
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ func (e *Environment) Stop() error {
 	}
 
 	t := time.Second * 30
-	err := e.client.ContainerStop(context.Background(), e.Id, &t)
-	if err != nil {
+
+	if err := e.client.ContainerStop(context.Background(), e.Id, &t); err != nil {
 		// If the container does not exist just mark the process as stopped and return without
 		// an error.
 		if client.IsErrNotFound(err) {
diff --git a/router/router_server_ws.go b/router/router_server_ws.go
index 2633b03..8c7dadd 100644
--- a/router/router_server_ws.go
+++ b/router/router_server_ws.go
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ func getServerWebsocket(c *gin.Context) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	// Track this open connection on the server so that we can close them all programtically
+	// Track this open connection on the server so that we can close them all programmatically
 	// if the server is deleted.
 	s.Websockets().Push(handler.Uuid(), &cancel)
 	defer s.Websockets().Remove(handler.Uuid())
 
 	// Listen for the context being canceled and then close the websocket connection. This normally
 	// just happens because you're disconnecting from the socket in the browser, however in some
-	// cases we close the connections programatically (e.g. deleting the server) and need to send
+	// cases we close the connections programmatically (e.g. deleting the server) and need to send
 	// a close message to the websocket so it disconnects.
 	go func(ctx context.Context, c *ws.Conn) {
 	ListenerLoop:
diff --git a/router/router_transfer.go b/router/router_transfer.go
index f009f99..16bf1a1 100644
--- a/router/router_transfer.go
+++ b/router/router_transfer.go
@@ -2,28 +2,52 @@ package router
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"emperror.dev/errors"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/apex/log"
-	"github.com/buger/jsonparser"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/juju/ratelimit"
 	"github.com/mholt/archiver/v3"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/colorstring"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/api"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/installer"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/router/tokens"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server"
+	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/system"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 )
 
+// Number of ticks in the progress bar
+const ticks = 25
+
+// 100% / number of ticks = percentage represented by each tick
+const tickPercentage = 100 / ticks
+
+type downloadProgress struct {
+	size     int64
+	progress int64
+}
+
+// Data passed over to initiate a server transfer.
+type serverTransferRequest struct {
+	ServerID string          `binding:"required" json:"server_id"`
+	URL      string          `binding:"required" json:"url"`
+	Token    string          `binding:"required" json:"token"`
+	Server   json.RawMessage `json:"server"`
+}
+
+// Returns the archive for a server so that it can be transfered to a new node.
 func getServerArchive(c *gin.Context) {
 	auth := strings.SplitN(c.GetHeader("Authorization"), " ", 2)
 
@@ -41,22 +65,20 @@ func getServerArchive(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if token.Subject != c.Param("server") {
+	s := ExtractServer(c)
+	if token.Subject != s.Id() {
 		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusForbidden, gin.H{
-			"error": "( .. •˘___˘• .. )",
+			"error": "Missing required token subject, or subject is not valid for the requested server.",
 		})
 		return
 	}
 
-	s := GetServer(c.Param("server"))
-
 	st, err := s.Archiver.Stat()
 	if err != nil {
 		if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			NewServerError(err, s).SetMessage("failed to stat archive").Abort(c)
+			WithError(c, err)
 			return
 		}
-
 		c.AbortWithStatus(http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
@@ -69,14 +91,7 @@ func getServerArchive(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	file, err := os.Open(s.Archiver.Path())
 	if err != nil {
-		tserr := NewServerError(err, s)
-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			tserr.SetMessage("failed to open archive for reading")
-		} else {
-			tserr.SetMessage("failed to open archive")
-		}
-
-		tserr.Abort(c)
+		WithError(c, err)
 		return
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
@@ -91,65 +106,21 @@ func getServerArchive(c *gin.Context) {
 }
 
 func postServerArchive(c *gin.Context) {
-	s := GetServer(c.Param("server"))
+	s := ExtractServer(c)
 
 	go func(s *server.Server) {
 		r := api.New()
 		l := log.WithField("server", s.Id())
 
-		// Attempt to get an archive of the server.  This **WILL NOT** modify the source files of a server,
-		// this process is 100% safe and will not corrupt a server's files if it fails.
-		if err := s.Archiver.Archive(); err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to get transfer archive for server")
-
-			if err := r.SendArchiveStatus(s.Id(), false); err != nil {
-				if !api.IsRequestError(err) {
-					l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to notify panel of failed archive status")
-					return
-				}
-
-				l.WithField("error", err.Error()).Error("panel returned an error when notifying it of a failed archive status")
-				return
-			}
-
-			l.Info("successfully notified panel of failed archive status")
-			return
+		// This function automatically adds the Source Node prefix and Timestamp to the log
+		// output before sending it over the websocket.
+		sendTransferLog := func(data string) {
+			output := colorstring.Color(fmt.Sprintf("[yellow][bold]%s [Pterodactyl Transfer System] [Source Node]:[default] %s", time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123), data))
+			s.Events().Publish(server.TransferLogsEvent, output)
 		}
 
-		l.Info("successfully created server transfer archive, notifying panel..")
-
-		if err := r.SendArchiveStatus(s.Id(), true); err != nil {
-			if !api.IsRequestError(err) {
-				l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to notify panel of successful archive status")
-				return
-			}
-
-			l.WithField("error", err.Error()).Error("panel returned an error when notifying it of a successful archive status")
-			return
-		}
-
-		l.Info("successfully notified panel of successful transfer archive status")
-	}(s)
-
-	c.Status(http.StatusAccepted)
-}
-
-func postTransfer(c *gin.Context) {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	if _, err := buf.ReadFrom(c.Request.Body); err != nil {
-		c.AbortWithStatus(http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
-	}
-
-	go func(data []byte) {
-		serverID, _ := jsonparser.GetString(data, "server_id")
-		url, _ := jsonparser.GetString(data, "url")
-		token, _ := jsonparser.GetString(data, "token")
-
-		l := log.WithField("server", serverID)
-		l.Info("incoming transfer for server")
-		// Create an http client with no timeout.
-		client := &http.Client{Timeout: 0}
+		s.Events().Publish(server.TransferStatusEvent, "starting")
+		sendTransferLog("Attempting to archive server...")
 
 		hasError := true
 		defer func() {
@@ -157,162 +128,318 @@ func postTransfer(c *gin.Context) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			l.Info("server transfer failed, notifying panel")
-			if err := api.New().SendTransferFailure(serverID); err != nil {
+			s.Events().Publish(server.TransferStatusEvent, "failure")
+
+			sendTransferLog("Attempting to notify panel of archive failure..")
+			if err := r.SendArchiveStatus(s.Id(), false); err != nil {
 				if !api.IsRequestError(err) {
-					l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to notify panel with transfer failure")
+					sendTransferLog("Failed to notify panel of archive failure: " + err.Error())
+					l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to notify panel of failed archive status")
 					return
 				}
 
-				l.WithField("error", err.Error()).Error("received error response from panel while notifying of transfer failure")
+				sendTransferLog("Panel returned an error while notifying it of a failed archive: " + err.Error())
+				l.WithField("error", err.Error()).Error("panel returned an error when notifying it of a failed archive status")
 				return
 			}
 
-			l.Debug("notified panel of transfer failure")
+			sendTransferLog("Successfully notified panel of failed archive status")
+			l.Info("successfully notified panel of failed archive status")
 		}()
 
-		// Make a new GET request to the URL the panel gave us.
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to create http request for archive transfer")
+		// Mark the server as transferring to prevent problems.
+		s.SetTransferring(true)
+
+		// Ensure the server is offline. Sometimes a "No such container" error gets through
+		// which means the server is already stopped. We can ignore that.
+		if err := s.Environment.WaitForStop(60, false); err != nil && !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "no such container") {
+			sendTransferLog("Failed to stop server, aborting transfer..")
+			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to stop server")
 			return
 		}
 
-		// Add the authorization header.
-		req.Header.Set("Authorization", token)
+		// Attempt to get an archive of the server.
+		if err := s.Archiver.Archive(); err != nil {
+			sendTransferLog("An error occurred while archiving the server: " + err.Error())
+			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to get transfer archive for server")
+			return
+		}
 
-		l.Info("requesting archive for server transfer..")
-		// Execute the http request.
-		res, err := client.Do(req)
+		sendTransferLog("Successfully created archive, attempting to notify panel..")
+		l.Info("successfully created server transfer archive, notifying panel..")
+
+		if err := r.SendArchiveStatus(s.Id(), true); err != nil {
+			if !api.IsRequestError(err) {
+				sendTransferLog("Failed to notify panel of archive success: " + err.Error())
+				l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to notify panel of successful archive status")
+				return
+			}
+
+			sendTransferLog("Panel returned an error while notifying it of a successful archive: " + err.Error())
+			l.WithField("error", err.Error()).Error("panel returned an error when notifying it of a successful archive status")
+			return
+		}
+
+		hasError = false
+
+		// This log may not be displayed by the client due to the status event being sent before or at the same time.
+		sendTransferLog("Successfully notified panel of successful archive status")
+
+		l.Info("successfully notified panel of successful transfer archive status")
+		s.Events().Publish(server.TransferStatusEvent, "archived")
+	}(s)
+
+	c.Status(http.StatusAccepted)
+}
+
+func (w *downloadProgress) Write(v []byte) (int, error) {
+	n := len(v)
+	atomic.AddInt64(&w.progress, int64(n))
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+// Log helper function to attach all errors and info output to a consistently formatted
+// log string for easier querying.
+func (str serverTransferRequest) log() *log.Entry {
+	return log.WithField("subsystem", "transfers").WithField("server_id", str.ServerID)
+}
+
+// Downloads an archive from the machine that the server currently lives on.
+func (str serverTransferRequest) downloadArchive() (*http.Response, error) {
+	client := http.Client{Timeout: 0}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, str.URL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", str.Token)
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+// Returns the path to the local archive on the system.
+func (str serverTransferRequest) path() string {
+	return filepath.Join(config.Get().System.ArchiveDirectory, str.ServerID+".tar.gz")
+}
+
+// Creates the archive location on this machine by first checking that the required file
+// does not already exist. If it does exist, the file is deleted and then re-created as
+// an empty file.
+func (str serverTransferRequest) createArchiveFile() (*os.File, error) {
+	p := str.path()
+	if _, err := os.Stat(p); err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else if err := os.Remove(p); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return os.Create(p)
+}
+
+// Deletes the archive from the local filesystem. This is executed as a deferred function.
+func (str serverTransferRequest) removeArchivePath() {
+	p := str.path()
+	str.log().Debug("deleting temporary transfer archive")
+	if err := os.Remove(p); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		str.log().WithField("path", p).WithField("error", err).Error("failed to delete temporary transfer archive file")
+		return
+	}
+	str.log().Debug("deleted temporary transfer archive successfully")
+}
+
+// Verifies that the SHA-256 checksum of the file on the local filesystem matches the
+// expected value from the transfer request. The string value returned is the computed
+// checksum on the system.
+func (str serverTransferRequest) verifyChecksum(matches string) (bool, string, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(str.path())
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, "", err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+	hash := sha256.New()
+	buf := make([]byte, 1024*4)
+	if _, err := io.CopyBuffer(hash, file, buf); err != nil {
+		return false, "", err
+	}
+	checksum := hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil))
+	return checksum == matches, checksum, nil
+}
+
+// Sends a notification to the Panel letting it know what the status of this transfer is.
+func (str serverTransferRequest) sendTransferStatus(successful bool) error {
+	lg := str.log().WithField("transfer_successful", successful)
+	lg.Info("notifying Panel of server transfer state")
+	if err := api.New().SendTransferStatus(str.ServerID, successful); err != nil {
+		lg.WithField("error", err).Error("error notifying panel of transfer state")
+		return err
+	}
+	lg.Debug("notified panel of transfer state")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Initiates a transfer between two nodes for a server by downloading an archive from the
+// remote node and then applying the server details to this machine.
+func postTransfer(c *gin.Context) {
+	var data serverTransferRequest
+	if err := c.BindJSON(&data); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	data.log().Info("handling incoming server transfer request")
+	go func(data *serverTransferRequest) {
+		hasError := true
+		defer func() {
+			_ = data.sendTransferStatus(!hasError)
+		}()
+
+		// Create a new server installer. This will only configure the environment and not
+		// run the installer scripts.
+		i, err := installer.New(data.Server)
 		if err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to send archive http request")
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("failed to validate received server data")
+			return
+		}
+
+		// This function automatically adds the Target Node prefix and Timestamp to the log output before sending it
+		// over the websocket.
+		sendTransferLog := func(data string) {
+			output := colorstring.Color(fmt.Sprintf("[yellow][bold]%s [Pterodactyl Transfer System] [Target Node]:[default] %s", time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123), data))
+			i.Server().Events().Publish(server.TransferLogsEvent, output)
+		}
+
+		// Mark the server as transferring to prevent problems later on during the process and
+		// then push the server into the global server collection for this instance.
+		i.Server().SetTransferring(true)
+		server.GetServers().Add(i.Server())
+		defer func(s *server.Server) {
+			// In the event that this transfer call fails, remove the server from the global
+			// server tracking so that we don't have a dangling instance.
+			if hasError {
+				sendTransferLog("Server transfer failed, check Wings logs for additional information.")
+				s.Events().Publish(server.TransferStatusEvent, "failure")
+				server.GetServers().Remove(func(s2 *server.Server) bool {
+					return s.Id() == s2.Id()
+				})
+			} else {
+				i.Server().SetTransferring(false)
+				i.Server().Events().Publish(server.TransferStatusEvent, "success")
+			}
+		}(i.Server())
+
+		data.log().Info("downloading server archive from current server node")
+		sendTransferLog("Received incoming transfer from Panel, attempting to download archive from source node...")
+		res, err := data.downloadArchive()
+		if err != nil {
+			sendTransferLog("Failed to retrieve server archive from remote node: " + err.Error())
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("failed to download archive for server transfer")
 			return
 		}
 		defer res.Body.Close()
-
-		// Handle non-200 status codes.
 		if res.StatusCode != 200 {
-			_, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				l.WithField("error", err).WithField("status", res.StatusCode).Error("failed read transfer response body")
-				return
-			}
-
-			l.WithField("error", err).WithField("status", res.StatusCode).Error("failed to request server archive")
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).WithField("status", res.StatusCode).Error("unexpected error response from transfer endpoint")
 			return
 		}
 
-		// Get the path to the archive.
-		archivePath := filepath.Join(config.Get().System.ArchiveDirectory, serverID+".tar.gz")
-
-		// Check if the archive already exists and delete it if it does.
-		if _, err = os.Stat(archivePath); err != nil {
-			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to stat archive file")
-				return
-			}
-		} else if err := os.Remove(archivePath); err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Warn("failed to remove old archive file")
+		size := res.ContentLength
+		if size == 0 {
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("recieved an archive response with Content-Length of 0")
 			return
 		}
-
-		// Create the file.
-		file, err := os.Create(archivePath)
+		sendTransferLog("Got server archive response from remote node. (Content-Length: " + strconv.Itoa(int(size)) + ")")
+		sendTransferLog("Creating local archive file...")
+		file, err := data.createArchiveFile()
 		if err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to open archive on disk")
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("failed to create archive file on local filesystem")
 			return
 		}
 
-		l.Info("writing transfer archive to disk..")
+		sendTransferLog("Writing archive to disk...")
+		data.log().Info("writing transfer archive to disk..")
+
 		// Copy the file.
-		buf := make([]byte, 1024*4)
-		_, err = io.CopyBuffer(file, res.Body, buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to copy archive file to disk")
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Close the file so it can be opened to verify the checksum.
-		if err := file.Close(); err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to close archive file")
-			return
-		}
-		l.Info("finished writing transfer archive to disk")
-
-		// Whenever the transfer fails or succeeds, delete the temporary transfer archive.
-		defer func() {
-			log.WithField("server", serverID).Debug("deleting temporary transfer archive..")
-			if err := os.Remove(archivePath); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				l.WithFields(log.Fields{
-					"server": serverID,
-					"error":  err,
-				}).Warn("failed to delete transfer archive")
-			} else {
-				l.Debug("deleted temporary transfer archive successfully")
+		progress := &downloadProgress{size: size}
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(3 * time.Second)
+		go func(progress *downloadProgress, t *time.Ticker) {
+			for range ticker.C {
+				// p = 100 (Downloaded)
+				// size = 1000 (Content-Length)
+				// p / size = 0.1
+				// * 100 = 10% (Multiply by 100 to get a percentage of the download)
+				// 10% / tickPercentage = (10% / (100 / 25)) (Divide by tick percentage to get the number of ticks)
+				// 2.5 (Number of ticks as a float64)
+				// 2 (convert to an integer)
+				p := atomic.LoadInt64(&progress.progress)
+				// We have to cast these numbers to float in order to get a float result from the division.
+				width := ((float64(p) / float64(size)) * 100) / tickPercentage
+				bar := strings.Repeat("=", int(width)) + strings.Repeat(" ", ticks-int(width))
+				sendTransferLog("Downloading [" + bar + "] " + system.FormatBytes(p) + " / " + system.FormatBytes(progress.size))
 			}
-		}()
+		}(progress, ticker)
 
-		l.Info("server transfer archive downloaded, computing checksum...")
-
-		// Open the archive file for computing a checksum.
-		file, err = os.Open(archivePath)
-		if err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to open archive on disk")
-			return
+		var reader io.Reader = res.Body
+		downloadLimit := float64(config.Get().System.Transfers.DownloadLimit) * 1024 * 1024
+		if downloadLimit > 0 {
+			// Wrap the body with a reader that is limited to the defined download limit speed.
+			reader = ratelimit.Reader(res.Body, ratelimit.NewBucketWithRate(downloadLimit, int64(downloadLimit)))
 		}
 
-		// Compute the sha256 checksum of the file.
-		hash := sha256.New()
-		buf = make([]byte, 1024*4)
-		if _, err := io.CopyBuffer(hash, file, buf); err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to copy archive file for checksum verification")
+		buf := make([]byte, 1024*4)
+		if _, err := io.CopyBuffer(file, io.TeeReader(reader, progress), buf); err != nil {
+			ticker.Stop()
+			sendTransferLog("Failed while writing archive file to disk: " + err.Error())
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("failed to copy archive file to disk")
 			return
 		}
+		ticker.Stop()
 
-		checksum := hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil))
-		l.WithField("checksum", checksum).Info("computed checksum of transfer archive")
+		// Show 100% completion.
+		humanSize := system.FormatBytes(progress.size)
+		sendTransferLog("Downloading [" + strings.Repeat("=", ticks) + "] " + humanSize + " / " + humanSize)
 
-		// Verify the two checksums.
-		if checksum != res.Header.Get("X-Checksum") {
-			l.WithField("source_checksum", res.Header.Get("X-Checksum")).Error("checksum verification failed for archive")
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Close the file.
 		if err := file.Close(); err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to close archive file after calculating checksum")
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("unable to close archive file on local filesystem")
+			return
+		}
+		data.log().Info("finished writing transfer archive to disk")
+		sendTransferLog("Successfully wrote archive to disk.")
+
+		// Whenever the transfer fails or succeeds, delete the temporary transfer archive that
+		// was created on the disk.
+		defer data.removeArchivePath()
+
+		sendTransferLog("Verifying checksum of downloaded archive...")
+		data.log().Info("computing checksum of downloaded archive file")
+		expected := res.Header.Get("X-Checksum")
+		if matches, computed, err := data.verifyChecksum(expected); err != nil {
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("encountered an error while calculating local filesystem archive checksum")
+			return
+		} else if !matches {
+			sendTransferLog("@@@@@ CHECKSUM VERIFICATION FAILED @@@@@")
+			sendTransferLog("  -   Source Checksum: " + expected)
+			sendTransferLog("  - Computed Checksum: " + computed)
+			data.log().WithField("expected_sum", expected).WithField("computed_checksum", computed).Error("checksum mismatch when verifying integrity of local archive")
 			return
 		}
 
-		l.Info("server archive transfer checksums have been validated, creating server environment..")
-
-		// Get the server data from the request.
-		serverData, t, _, _ := jsonparser.Get(data, "server")
-		if t != jsonparser.Object {
-			l.Error("invalid server data passed in request")
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Create a new server installer (note this does not execute the install script)
-		i, err := installer.New(serverData)
-		if err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to validate received server data")
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Add the server to the collection.
-		server.GetServers().Add(i.Server())
-
-		// Create the server's environment (note this does not execute the install script)
+		// Create the server's environment.
+		sendTransferLog("Creating server environment, this could take a while..")
+		data.log().Info("creating server environment")
 		if err := i.Server().CreateEnvironment(); err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to create server environment")
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("failed to create server environment")
 			return
 		}
 
-		l.Info("server environment configured, extracting transfer archive..")
-		// Extract the transfer archive.
-		if err := archiver.NewTarGz().Unarchive(archivePath, i.Server().Filesystem().Path()); err != nil {
-			l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to extract server archive")
+		sendTransferLog("Server environment has been created, extracting transfer archive..")
+		data.log().Info("server environment configured, extracting transfer archive")
+		if err := archiver.NewTarGz().Unarchive(data.path(), i.Server().Filesystem().Path()); err != nil {
+			// Unarchiving failed, delete the server's data directory.
+			if err := os.RemoveAll(i.Server().Filesystem().Path()); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				data.log().WithField("error", err).Warn("failed to delete local server files directory")
+			}
+			data.log().WithField("error", err).Error("failed to extract server archive")
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -322,23 +449,9 @@ func postTransfer(c *gin.Context) {
 		// It may be useful to retry sending the transfer success every so often just in case of a small
 		// hiccup or the fix of whatever error causing the success request to fail.
 		hasError = false
-
-		l.Info("server transfer archive has been extracted, notifying panel..")
-
-		// Notify the panel that the transfer succeeded.
-		err = api.New().SendTransferSuccess(serverID)
-		if err != nil {
-			if !api.IsRequestError(err) {
-				l.WithField("error", err).Error("failed to notify panel of transfer success")
-				return
-			}
-
-			l.WithField("error", err.Error()).Error("panel responded with error after transfer success")
-			return
-		}
-
-		l.Info("successfully notified panel of transfer success")
-	}(buf.Bytes())
+		data.log().Info("archive transfered successfully, notifying panel of status")
+		sendTransferLog("Archive transfered successfully.")
+	}(&data)
 
 	c.Status(http.StatusAccepted)
 }
diff --git a/router/websocket/listeners.go b/router/websocket/listeners.go
index 3856714..40bb5ce 100644
--- a/router/websocket/listeners.go
+++ b/router/websocket/listeners.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ var e = []string{
 	server.InstallCompletedEvent,
 	server.DaemonMessageEvent,
 	server.BackupCompletedEvent,
+	server.TransferLogsEvent,
+	server.TransferStatusEvent,
 }
 
 // Listens for different events happening on a server and sends them along
diff --git a/router/websocket/websocket.go b/router/websocket/websocket.go
index dd74484..f9f3313 100644
--- a/router/websocket/websocket.go
+++ b/router/websocket/websocket.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const (
 	PermissionSendPowerRestart = "control.restart"
 	PermissionReceiveErrors    = "admin.websocket.errors"
 	PermissionReceiveInstall   = "admin.websocket.install"
+	PermissionReceiveTransfer  = "admin.websocket.transfer"
 	PermissionReceiveBackups   = "backup.read"
 )
 
@@ -149,6 +150,13 @@ func (h *Handler) SendJson(v *Message) error {
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+
+		// If we are sending transfer output, only send it to the user if they have the required permissions.
+		if v.Event == server.TransferLogsEvent {
+			if !j.HasPermission(PermissionReceiveTransfer) {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := h.unsafeSendJson(v); err != nil {
@@ -320,13 +328,15 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleInbound(m Message) error {
 			// Only send the current disk usage if the server is offline, if docker container is running,
 			// Environment#EnableResourcePolling() will send this data to all clients.
 			if state == environment.ProcessOfflineState {
-				_ = h.server.Filesystem().HasSpaceAvailable(false)
+				if !h.server.IsInstalling() && !h.server.IsTransferring() {
+					_ = h.server.Filesystem().HasSpaceAvailable(false)
 
-				b, _ := json.Marshal(h.server.Proc())
-				h.SendJson(&Message{
-					Event: server.StatsEvent,
-					Args:  []string{string(b)},
-				})
+					b, _ := json.Marshal(h.server.Proc())
+					h.SendJson(&Message{
+						Event: server.StatsEvent,
+						Args:  []string{string(b)},
+					})
+				}
 			}
 
 			return nil
diff --git a/server/backup/backup_s3.go b/server/backup/backup_s3.go
index abcd417..cbb6ed3 100644
--- a/server/backup/backup_s3.go
+++ b/server/backup/backup_s3.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (s *S3Backup) generateRemoteRequest(rc io.ReadCloser) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	l.Info("backup has been successfully uploaded")
+	l.WithField("parts", partCount).Info("backup has been successfully uploaded")
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/server/collection.go b/server/collection.go
index c675024..5b7e46d 100644
--- a/server/collection.go
+++ b/server/collection.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ func (c *Collection) Find(filter func(*Server) bool) *Server {
 }
 
 // Removes all items from the collection that match the filter function.
+//
+// TODO: cancel the context?
 func (c *Collection) Remove(filter func(*Server) bool) {
 	c.Lock()
 	defer c.Unlock()
diff --git a/server/errors.go b/server/errors.go
index 826052e..ffdc7fa 100644
--- a/server/errors.go
+++ b/server/errors.go
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"emperror.dev/errors"
 )
 
-var ErrIsRunning = errors.New("server is running")
-var ErrSuspended = errors.New("server is currently in a suspended state")
+var (
+	ErrIsRunning            = errors.New("server is running")
+	ErrSuspended            = errors.New("server is currently in a suspended state")
+	ErrServerIsInstalling   = errors.New("server is currently installing")
+	ErrServerIsTransferring = errors.New("server is currently being transferred")
+)
 
 type crashTooFrequent struct {
 }
diff --git a/server/events.go b/server/events.go
index 288e012..971f4a0 100644
--- a/server/events.go
+++ b/server/events.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const (
 	StatusEvent           = "status"
 	StatsEvent            = "stats"
 	BackupCompletedEvent  = "backup completed"
+	TransferLogsEvent     = "transfer logs"
+	TransferStatusEvent   = "transfer status"
 )
 
 // Returns the server's emitter instance.
diff --git a/server/install.go b/server/install.go
index 394eb69..78e9799 100644
--- a/server/install.go
+++ b/server/install.go
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ func (s *Server) acquireInstallationLock() error {
 		s.installer.sem = semaphore.NewWeighted(1)
 	}
 
-	ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*10)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*10)
+	defer cancel()
 
 	return s.installer.sem.Acquire(ctx, 1)
 }
@@ -168,6 +169,14 @@ func (s *Server) IsInstalling() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func (s *Server) IsTransferring() bool {
+	return s.transferring.Get()
+}
+
+func (s *Server) SetTransferring(state bool) {
+	s.transferring.Set(state)
+}
+
 // Removes the installer container for the server.
 func (ip *InstallationProcess) RemoveContainer() {
 	err := ip.client.ContainerRemove(ip.context, ip.Server.Id()+"_installer", types.ContainerRemoveOptions{
diff --git a/server/power.go b/server/power.go
index 3a52df9..0b4713c 100644
--- a/server/power.go
+++ b/server/power.go
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ func (s *Server) ExecutingPowerAction() bool {
 // function rather than making direct calls to the start/stop/restart functions on the
 // environment struct.
 func (s *Server) HandlePowerAction(action PowerAction, waitSeconds ...int) error {
+	if s.IsInstalling() {
+		return ErrServerIsInstalling
+	}
+
+	if s.IsTransferring() {
+		return ErrServerIsTransferring
+	}
+
 	if s.powerLock == nil {
 		s.powerLock = semaphore.NewWeighted(1)
 	}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 52cb03f..4d9c2f9 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/environment/docker"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/events"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server/filesystem"
+	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/system"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ type Server struct {
 	// installer process is still running.
 	installer InstallerDetails
 
+	transferring system.AtomicBool
+
 	// The console throttler instance used to control outputs.
 	throttler *ConsoleThrottler
 
diff --git a/system/utils.go b/system/utils.go
index 2a7fe67..5e97735 100644
--- a/system/utils.go
+++ b/system/utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package system
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -23,6 +24,18 @@ func Every(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration, work func(t time.Time)) {
 	}()
 }
 
+func FormatBytes(b int64) string {
+	if b < 1024 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d B", b)
+	}
+	div, exp := int64(1024), 0
+	for n := b / 1024; n >= 1024; n /= 1024 {
+		div *= 1024
+		exp++
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %ciB", float64(b)/float64(div), "KMGTPE"[exp])
+}
+
 type AtomicBool struct {
 	flag uint32
 }