diff --git a/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/clean_targetcentric.py b/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/clean_targetcentric.py
index 4e506b25b4cd16753cb52ce2b4c3f2840da295c6..f9f4f16aa9ef0805f21fca3efa18aef981756b35 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/clean_targetcentric.py
+++ b/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/clean_targetcentric.py
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ class Command(AppCommand):
         super(Command, self).__init__(
             stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, no_color=no_color, force_color=force_color
         )
-        self.stdout = TaskOutWrapper(stdout or sys.stdout, task=task, std_out=True)
-        self.stderr = TaskOutWrapper(stderr or sys.stderr, task=task, std_err=True)
+        if task:
+            task.update_state(state=states.STARTED)
+            self.stdout = TaskOutWrapper(stdout or sys.stdout, task=task, std_out=True)
+            self.stderr = TaskOutWrapper(stderr or sys.stderr, task=task, std_err=True)
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/update_mrc_files.py b/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/update_mrc_files.py
index 4db067dde85eea329eead7eab257492ca8f26b86..2a9e5ff2c49d3c298316c3e616c8dfd2142702ed 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/update_mrc_files.py
+++ b/ippisite/ippidb/management/commands/update_mrc_files.py
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ class Command(AppCommand):
         super(Command, self).__init__(
             stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, no_color=no_color, force_color=force_color
         )
-        self.stdout = TaskOutWrapper(stdout or sys.stdout, task=task, std_out=True)
-        self.stderr = TaskOutWrapper(stderr or sys.stderr, task=task, std_err=True)
+        if task:
+            task.update_state(state=states.STARTED)
+            self.stdout = TaskOutWrapper(stdout or sys.stdout, task=task, std_out=True)
+            self.stderr = TaskOutWrapper(stderr or sys.stderr, task=task, std_err=True)
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument(