diff --git a/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.html b/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.html
index 00274f15..f9e7f28d 100644
--- a/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
         <input type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm form-color" [(ngModel)]="mastodonFullHandle" name="mastodonFullHandle" [class.comrade__input]="isComrade"
             placeholder="@nickname@mastodon.social" />
         <br />
-        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-sm"  [class.comrade__button]="isComrade">Submit</button>
+        <button *ngIf="!isLoading" type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-sm"  [class.comrade__button]="isComrade">Submit</button>
+        <app-waiting-animation *ngIf="isLoading" class="waiting-icon"></app-waiting-animation>
     </form>
 
     <div *ngIf="isComrade" class="comrade__video">
diff --git a/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.ts b/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.ts
index 1e43dba3..a79a40cb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/floating-column/add-new-account/add-new-account.component.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export class AddNewAccountComponent implements OnInit {
     private instance: string;
     isComrade: boolean;
 
+    isLoading: boolean;
+
     private _mastodonFullHandle: string;
     @Input()
     set mastodonFullHandle(value: string) {
@@ -57,17 +59,20 @@ export class AddNewAccountComponent implements OnInit {
     }
 
     onSubmit(): boolean {
-        // let fullHandle = this.mastodonFullHandle.split('@').filter(x => x != null && x !== '');
-        // const username = fullHandle[0];
-        // const instance = fullHandle[1];
-
         this.checkBlockList(this.instance);
 
+        this.isLoading = true;
         this.checkAndCreateApplication(this.instance)
             .then((appData: AppData) => {
                 this.redirectToInstanceAuthPage(this.username, this.instance, appData);
             })
+            .then(x => {
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    this.isLoading = false;    
+                }, 1000);                
+            })
             .catch((err: HttpErrorResponse) => {
+                this.isLoading = false;
                 if (err instanceof HttpErrorResponse) {
                     this.notificationService.notifyHttpError(err, null);
                 } else if ((<Error>err).message === 'CORS') {