diff --git a/platform/modules/backups.py b/platform/modules/backups.py
index a1517f2..62d6a16 100644
--- a/platform/modules/backups.py
+++ b/platform/modules/backups.py
@@ -241,8 +241,26 @@ def _with_status(names, sidecars):
     return result
 
 
+def _fetch_local_sidecars():
+    """Same local-dir-first-else-SSH pattern as _fetch_vm_sidecars() below,
+    but for /root/backups on the main server. _load_local_sidecars() alone
+    has no such fallback — a plain glob.glob() against a hardcoded path —
+    so on the standby (where /root/backups doesn't exist locally at all)
+    it silently returned {}, and every local-column status dot rendered as
+    gray/unknown regardless of the backup's real status."""
+    if os.path.isdir('/root/backups'):
+        return _load_local_sidecars('/root/backups')
+    cmd = (
+        "for f in /root/backups/*.tar.gz.meta.json; do "
+        "[ -f \"$f\" ] && echo \"===META:$(basename \"$f\")===\" && cat \"$f\"; "
+        "done 2>/dev/null"
+    )
+    stdout, _ = _ssh_main(cmd, timeout=25)
+    return _parse_vm_sidecars(stdout)
+
+
 def get_local_backups_with_status():
-    return _with_status(get_local_backups(), _load_local_sidecars())
+    return _with_status(get_local_backups(), _fetch_local_sidecars())
 
 
 def get_vm_backups_with_status():