diff --git a/src-ui/messages.xlf b/src-ui/messages.xlf
index bd80f5f15..958c5d33b 100644
--- a/src-ui/messages.xlf
+++ b/src-ui/messages.xlf
@@ -4281,7 +4281,7 @@
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">152</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">156</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="595732867213154214" datatype="html">
@@ -4652,7 +4652,7 @@
         <source>Last Trained</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">135</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">139</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6732151329960766506" datatype="html">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.html
index 5b60abe34..42ea1d008 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.html
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@
                     <i-bs name="check-circle-fill" class="text-primary ms-2 lh-1" [ngbPopover]="classifierStatus" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave"></i-bs>
                   }
                 } @else {
-                  <i-bs name="exclamation-triangle-fill" class="text-danger ms-2 lh-1" ngbPopover="{{status.tasks.classifier_error}}" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave"></i-bs>
+                    <i-bs name="exclamation-triangle-fill" class="ms-2 lh-1"
+                    [class.text-danger]="status.tasks.classifier_status === SystemStatusItemStatus.ERROR"
+                    [class.text-warning]="status.tasks.classifier_status === SystemStatusItemStatus.WARNING"
+                    ngbPopover="{{status.tasks.classifier_error}}"
+                    triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave"></i-bs>
                 }
               </dd>
               <ng-template #classifierStatus>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.ts
index ae391c529..83468e711 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/system-status-dialog/system-status-dialog.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
-import { SystemStatus } from 'src/app/data/system-status'
+import {
+  SystemStatus,
+  SystemStatusItemStatus,
+} from 'src/app/data/system-status'
 import { SystemStatusService } from 'src/app/services/system-status.service'
 import { Clipboard } from '@angular/cdk/clipboard'
 
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ import { Clipboard } from '@angular/cdk/clipboard'
   styleUrl: './system-status-dialog.component.scss',
 })
 export class SystemStatusDialogComponent {
+  public SystemStatusItemStatus = SystemStatusItemStatus
   public status: SystemStatus
 
   public copied: boolean = false
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/data/system-status.ts b/src-ui/src/app/data/system-status.ts
index 247535602..a8f4ca621 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/data/system-status.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/data/system-status.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export enum InstallType {
 export enum SystemStatusItemStatus {
   OK = 'OK',
   ERROR = 'ERROR',
+  WARNING = 'WARNING',
 }
 
 export interface SystemStatus {
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py
index d7d45250a..1f8940ea9 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ from django.test import override_settings
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
+from documents.classifier import ClassifierModelCorruptError
 from documents.classifier import DocumentClassifier
 from documents.classifier import load_classifier
 from documents.models import Document
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ class TestSystemStatus(APITestCase):
         WHEN:
             - The user requests the system status
         THEN:
-            - The response contains the correct classifier status
+            - The response contains an OK classifier status
         """
         load_classifier()
         test_classifier = DocumentClassifier()
@@ -171,15 +173,15 @@ class TestSystemStatus(APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["classifier_status"], "OK")
         self.assertIsNone(response.data["tasks"]["classifier_error"])
 
-    def test_system_status_classifier_error(self):
+    def test_system_status_classifier_warning(self):
         """
         GIVEN:
-            - The classifier does not exist
+            - The classifier does not exist yet
             - > 0 documents and tags with auto matching exist
         WHEN:
             - The user requests the system status
         THEN:
-            - The response contains an error classifier status
+            - The response contains an WARNING classifier status
         """
         with override_settings(MODEL_FILE="does_not_exist"):
             Document.objects.create(
@@ -189,9 +191,36 @@ class TestSystemStatus(APITestCase):
             self.client.force_login(self.user)
             response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
             self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-            self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["classifier_status"], "ERROR")
+            self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["classifier_status"], "WARNING")
             self.assertIsNotNone(response.data["tasks"]["classifier_error"])
 
+    def test_system_status_classifier_error(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - The classifier does exist but is corrupt
+            - > 0 documents and tags with auto matching exist
+        WHEN:
+            - The user requests the system status
+        THEN:
+            - The response contains an ERROR classifier status
+        """
+        does_exist = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+            dir="/tmp",
+            delete=False,
+        )
+        with override_settings(MODEL_FILE=does_exist):
+            with mock.patch("documents.classifier.load_classifier") as mock_load:
+                mock_load.side_effect = ClassifierModelCorruptError()
+                Document.objects.create(
+                    title="Test Document",
+                )
+                Tag.objects.create(name="Test Tag", matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO)
+                self.client.force_login(self.user)
+                response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+                self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["classifier_status"], "ERROR")
+                self.assertIsNotNone(response.data["tasks"]["classifier_error"])
+
     def test_system_status_classifier_ok_no_objects(self):
         """
         GIVEN:
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 9f2ebc672..0d2826cf7 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -1625,26 +1625,34 @@ class SystemStatusView(GenericAPIView, PassUserMixin):
             index_last_modified = None
 
         classifier_error = None
+        classifier_status = None
         try:
             classifier = load_classifier()
             if classifier is None:
-                # Check if classifier should exist
+                # Make sure classifier should exist
                 docs_queryset = Document.objects.exclude(
                     tags__is_inbox_tag=True,
                 )
-                if docs_queryset.count() > 0 and (
-                    Tag.objects.filter(matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO).exists()
-                    or DocumentType.objects.filter(
-                        matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO,
-                    ).exists()
-                    or Correspondent.objects.filter(
-                        matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO,
-                    ).exists()
-                    or StoragePath.objects.filter(
-                        matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO,
-                    ).exists()
+                if (
+                    docs_queryset.count() > 0
+                    and (
+                        Tag.objects.filter(matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO).exists()
+                        or DocumentType.objects.filter(
+                            matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO,
+                        ).exists()
+                        or Correspondent.objects.filter(
+                            matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO,
+                        ).exists()
+                        or StoragePath.objects.filter(
+                            matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO,
+                        ).exists()
+                    )
+                    and not os.path.isfile(settings.MODEL_FILE)
                 ):
-                    raise Exception("Classifier not loaded")
+                    # if classifier file doesn't exist just classify as a warning
+                    classifier_error = "Classifier file does not exist (yet). Re-training may be pending."
+                    classifier_status = "WARNING"
+                    raise FileNotFoundError(classifier_error)
             classifier_status = "OK"
             task_result_model = apps.get_model("django_celery_results", "taskresult")
             result = (
@@ -1659,9 +1667,13 @@ class SystemStatusView(GenericAPIView, PassUserMixin):
             )
             classifier_last_trained = result.date_done if result else None
         except Exception as e:
-            classifier_status = "ERROR"
+            if classifier_status is None:
+                classifier_status = "ERROR"
             classifier_last_trained = None
-            classifier_error = "Error loading classifier, check logs for more detail."
+            if classifier_error is None:
+                classifier_error = (
+                    "Unable to load classifier, check logs for more detail."
+                )
             logger.exception(
                 f"System status detected a possible problem while loading the classifier: {e}",
             )