diff --git a/src/addons/block/recentlyaccessedcourses/components/recentlyaccessedcourses/recentlyaccessedcourses.ts b/src/addons/block/recentlyaccessedcourses/components/recentlyaccessedcourses/recentlyaccessedcourses.ts
index bea1cc104..f786edbc2 100644
--- a/src/addons/block/recentlyaccessedcourses/components/recentlyaccessedcourses/recentlyaccessedcourses.ts
+++ b/src/addons/block/recentlyaccessedcourses/components/recentlyaccessedcourses/recentlyaccessedcourses.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export class AddonBlockRecentlyAccessedCoursesComponent extends CoreBlockBaseCom
         const initialIcon = this.prefetchCoursesData.icon;
 
         try {
-            return CoreCourseHelper.prefetchCourses(this.courses, this.prefetchCoursesData);
+            await CoreCourseHelper.prefetchCourses(this.courses, this.prefetchCoursesData);
         } catch (error) {
             if (!this.isDestroyed) {
                 CoreDomUtils.showErrorModalDefault(error, 'core.course.errordownloadingcourse', true);
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/services/course-helper.ts b/src/core/features/course/services/course-helper.ts
index 7e7dcd319..c1d217392 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/services/course-helper.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/services/course-helper.ts
@@ -374,42 +374,45 @@ export class CoreCourseHelperProvider {
         menuHandlers?: CoreCourseOptionsMenuHandlerToDisplay[],
     ): Promise<void> {
         const initialIcon = data.icon;
-        const initialStatus = data.statusTranslatable;
+        const initialStatus = data.status;
+        const initialStatusTranslatable = data.statusTranslatable;
         const siteId = CoreSites.getCurrentSiteId();
 
         data.downloadSucceeded = false;
         data.icon = CoreConstants.ICON_DOWNLOADING;
+        data.status = CoreConstants.DOWNLOADING;
         data.statusTranslatable = 'core.downloading';
 
-        // Get the sections first if needed.
-        if (!sections) {
-            sections = await CoreCourse.getSections(course.id, false, true);
-        }
-
         try {
+            // Get the sections first if needed.
+            if (!sections) {
+                sections = await CoreCourse.getSections(course.id, false, true);
+            }
+
             // Confirm the download.
             await this.confirmDownloadSizeSection(course.id, undefined, sections, true);
+
+            // User confirmed, get the course handlers if needed.
+            if (!courseHandlers) {
+                courseHandlers = await CoreCourseOptionsDelegate.getHandlersToDisplay(course);
+            }
+            if (!menuHandlers) {
+                menuHandlers = await CoreCourseOptionsDelegate.getMenuHandlersToDisplay(course);
+            }
+
+            // Now we have all the data, download the course.
+            await this.prefetchCourse(course, sections, courseHandlers, menuHandlers, siteId);
+
+            // Download successful.
+            data.downloadSucceeded = true;
         } catch (error) {
-            // User cancelled or there was an error calculating the size.
+            // User cancelled or there was an error.
             data.icon = initialIcon;
-            data.statusTranslatable = initialStatus;
+            data.status = initialStatus;
+            data.statusTranslatable = initialStatusTranslatable;
 
             throw error;
         }
-
-        // User confirmed, get the course handlers if needed.
-        if (!courseHandlers) {
-            courseHandlers = await CoreCourseOptionsDelegate.getHandlersToDisplay(course);
-        }
-        if (!menuHandlers) {
-            menuHandlers = await CoreCourseOptionsDelegate.getMenuHandlersToDisplay(course);
-        }
-
-        // Now we have all the data, download the course.
-        await this.prefetchCourse(course, sections, courseHandlers, menuHandlers, siteId);
-
-        // Download successful.
-        data.downloadSucceeded = true;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/core-courses-course-progress.html b/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/core-courses-course-progress.html
index 9dd5128b4..33cd0cfd4 100644
--- a/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/core-courses-course-progress.html
+++ b/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/core-courses-course-progress.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                 [statusTranslatable]="prefetchCourseData.statusTranslatable"
                 canTrustDownload="false"
                 [loading]="prefetchCourseData.loading"
-                action="prefetchCourse()"></core-download-refresh>
+                (action)="prefetchCourse()"></core-download-refresh>
         </div>
 
         <div class="core-button-spinner" *ngIf="courseOptionMenuEnabled" slot="end">
diff --git a/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/course-progress.ts b/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/course-progress.ts
index 7109ad66c..2c4b9db69 100644
--- a/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/course-progress.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/courses/components/course-progress/course-progress.ts
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ export class CoreCoursesCourseProgressComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         // Determine course prefetch icon.
         const status = await CoreCourse.getCourseStatus(this.course.id);
 
-        this.prefetchCourseData = CoreCourseHelper.getCoursePrefetchStatusInfo(status);
-        this.courseStatus = status;
+        this.updateCourseStatus(status);
 
         if (this.prefetchCourseData.loading) {
             // Course is being downloaded. Get the download promise.