diff --git a/app/controllers/api/functions.php b/app/controllers/api/functions.php
index 219097754..089f4a796 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/functions.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/functions.php
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ App::get('/v1/functions/:functionId/deployments')
 
         foreach ($results as $result) {
             $build = $dbForProject->getDocument('builds', $result->getAttribute('buildId', ''));
-            $result->setAttribute('status', $build->getAttribute('status', 'pending'));
+            $result->setAttribute('status', $build->getAttribute('status', 'processing'));
             $result->setAttribute('buildStderr', $build->getAttribute('stderr', ''));
             $result->setAttribute('buildStdout', $build->getAttribute('stdout', ''));
         }