diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/publish/img/Home.png b/pkg/arvo/app/publish/img/Spinner.png
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/arvo/app/publish/img/Home.png
rename to pkg/arvo/app/publish/img/Spinner.png
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/api.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/api.js
index 47a1fc4b41..f5e874bc27 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/api.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/api.js
@@ -130,15 +130,6 @@ class UrbitApi {
     });
   }
 
-  setSpinner(boolean) {
-    store.handleEvent({
-      type: "local",
-      data: {
-        'spinner': boolean
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
   setSelected(selected) {
     store.handleEvent({
       type: "local",
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/comments.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/comments.js
index 14583f6588..8bad4b6b60 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/comments.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/comments.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import { CommentItem } from './comment-item';
 import { dateToDa } from '/lib/util';
+import { Spinner } from './icons/icon-spinner';
 
 export class Comments extends Component {
   constructor(props){
@@ -49,11 +50,9 @@ export class Comments extends Component {
    this.setState({pending: pendingState});
 
    this.textArea.value = '';
-   window.api.setSpinner(true);
-   this.setState({commentBody: ""});
+   this.setState({commentBody: "", disabled: true});
    let submit = window.api.action("publish", "publish-action", comment);
    submit.then(() => {
-     window.api.setSpinner(false);
      this.setState({ disabled: false });
     })
    }
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ export class Comments extends Component {
 
     return (
       <div>
-        <div className="mv8">
+        <div className="mv8 relative">
           <div>
             <textarea style={{resize:'vertical'}}
               ref={(el) => {this.textArea = el}}
@@ -130,6 +129,7 @@ export class Comments extends Component {
             className={commentClass}>
             Add comment
           </button>
+          <Spinner text="Posting comment..." awaiting={this.state.disabled} classes="absolute bottom-0 right-0 pb2"/>
         </div>
         {pendingArray}
         {commentArray}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/edit-post.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/edit-post.js
index 4d0c032500..ff0c181abc 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/edit-post.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/edit-post.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { SidebarSwitcher } from './icons/icon-sidebar-switch';
+import { Spinner } from './icons/icon-spinner';
 import { Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Controlled as CodeMirror } from 'react-codemirror2';
 import { dateToDa } from '/lib/util';
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ export class EditPost extends Component {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
       body: '',
-      submit: false
+      submit: false,
+      awaiting: false
     }
     this.postSubmit = this.postSubmit.bind(this);
     this.bodyChange = this.bodyChange.bind(this);
@@ -48,11 +50,11 @@ export class EditPost extends Component {
         body: state.body
       }
     }
-    window.api.setSpinner(true);
+    this.setState({awaiting: true});
     window.api.action("publish", "publish-action", editNote).then(() => {
       let editIndex = props.location.pathname.indexOf("/edit");
       let noteHref = props.location.pathname.slice(0, editIndex);
-      window.api.setSpinner(false);
+      this.setState({awaiting: false});
       props.history.push(noteHref);
     });
   }
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ export class EditPost extends Component {
             onBeforeChange={(e, d, v) => this.bodyChange(e, d, v)}
             onChange={(editor, data, value) => {}}
           />
+            <Spinner text="Editing post..." awaiting={this.state.awaiting} classes="absolute bottom-1 right-1 ba b--gray1-d pa2"/>
         </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/header-bar.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/header-bar.js
index 23c8e727e6..465e890d87 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/header-bar.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/header-bar.js
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@ export class HeaderBar extends Component {
     let popout = window.location.href.includes("popout/")
       ? "dn" : "dn db-m db-l db-xl";
 
-    // let spinner = !!this.props.spinner
-    //   ? this.props.spinner : false;
-
-    // let spinnerClasses = "";
-
-    // if (spinner === true) {
-    //   spinnerClasses = "spin-active";
-    // }
-
     let invites = (this.props.invites && this.props.invites.contacts)
       ? this.props.invites.contacts
       : {};
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/icons/icon-home.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/icons/icon-home.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7e863a671..0000000000
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/icons/icon-home.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import React, { Component } from 'react';
-
-export class IconHome extends Component {
-  render() {
-
-    let classes = !!this.props.classes ? this.props.classes : "";
-
-    return (
-      <img className={"invert-d " + classes}
-      src="/~publish/Home.png"
-      width={16}
-      height={16} />
-    );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/icons/icon-spinner.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/icons/icon-spinner.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07f9418d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/icons/icon-spinner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+
+export class Spinner extends Component {
+  render() {
+
+    let classes = !!this.props.classes ? this.props.classes : "";
+    let text = !!this.props.text ? this.props.text : "";
+    let awaiting = !!this.props.awaiting ? this.props.awaiting : false;
+
+    if (awaiting) {
+      return (
+        <div className={classes + " z-2 bg-white bg-gray0-d white-d"}>
+        <img className="invert-d spin-active v-mid"
+          src="/~publish/Spinner.png"
+          width={16}
+          height={16} />
+          <p className="dib f9 ml2 v-mid">{text}</p>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/join.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/join.js
index 9eec697124..ade41c2bb9 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/join.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/join.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import { Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Spinner } from './icons/icon-spinner';
 import urbitOb from 'urbit-ob';
 
 export class JoinScreen extends Component {
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export class JoinScreen extends Component {
     super(props);
 
     this.state = {
-      book: '/',
+      book: '',
       error: false,
       awaiting: null,
       disable: false
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export class JoinScreen extends Component {
         let notebook = book[1];
         if ((ship in this.props.notebooks) &&
         (notebook in this.props.notebooks[ship])) {
+          this.setState({disable: false, book: "/"});
           this.props.history.push(`/~publish/notebook/${ship}/${notebook}`)
         }
       }
@@ -91,13 +93,11 @@ export class JoinScreen extends Component {
     }
 
     // TODO: askHistory setting
-    window.api.setSpinner(true);
     this.setState({disable: true});
     window.api.action("publish","publish-action", actionData).catch((err) => {
       console.log(err)
     }).then(() => {
-      this.setState({awaiting: text, disable: false, book: ""})
-      window.api.setSpinner(false);
+      this.setState({awaiting: text})
     });
 
   }
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ export class JoinScreen extends Component {
             style={{
               resize: 'none',
             }}
-            onChange={this.bookChange} />
+            onChange={this.bookChange}
+            value={this.state.book}
+            />
           {errElem}
           <br />
           <button
@@ -160,10 +162,11 @@ export class JoinScreen extends Component {
             onClick={this.onClickJoin.bind(this)}
             className={joinClasses}
           >Join Notebook</button>
+          <Spinner awaiting={this.state.disable} classes="mt4" text="Joining notebook..." />
         </div>
       </div>
     );
   }
 }
 
-export default JoinScreen
+export default JoinScreen;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new-post.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new-post.js
index d9aed35061..127588719e 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new-post.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new-post.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import { SidebarSwitcher } from './icons/icon-sidebar-switch';
+import { Spinner } from './icons/icon-spinner';
 import { Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Controlled as CodeMirror } from 'react-codemirror2'
 import { dateToDa, stringToSymbol } from '/lib/util';
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ export class NewPost extends Component {
         }
       }
 
-      window.api.setSpinner(true);
       this.setState({ disabled: true });
       window.api.action("publish", "publish-action", newNote).then(() => {
         this.setState({ awaiting: newNote["new-note"].note, disabled: false });
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export class NewPost extends Component {
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps, prevState) {
     let notebook = this.props.notebooks[this.props.ship][this.props.book];
     if (notebook.notes[this.state.awaiting]) {
-      window.api.setSpinner(false);
       let popout = (this.props.popout) ? "popout/" : "";
       let redirect =
      `/~publish/${popout}note/${this.props.ship}/${this.props.book}/${this.state.awaiting}`;
@@ -151,6 +150,7 @@ export class NewPost extends Component {
               onBeforeChange={(e, d, v) => this.bodyChange(e, d, v)}
               onChange={(editor, data, value) => {}}
             />
+            <Spinner text="Creating post..." awaiting={this.state.disabled} classes="absolute bottom-1 right-1 ba b--gray1-d pa2" />
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new.js
index f00cd0a212..daf9f2f0c1 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/new.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { InviteSearch } from './invite-search';
+import { Spinner } from './icons/icon-spinner';
 import { Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { uuid, isPatTa, deSig, stringToSymbol } from "/lib/util";
 import urbitOb from 'urbit-ob';
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ export class NewScreen extends Component {
     const { props, state } = this;
     if (props.notebooks && (("~" + window.ship) in props.notebooks)) {
       if (state.awaiting in props.notebooks["~" + window.ship]) {
-        props.api.setSpinner(false);
         let notebook = `/~${window.ship}/${state.awaiting}`;
         props.history.push("/~publish/notebook" + notebook);
       }
@@ -93,10 +93,8 @@ export class NewScreen extends Component {
         group: groupInfo
       }
     }
-    props.api.setSpinner(true);
     this.setState({awaiting: bookId, disabled: true}, () => {
       props.api.action("publish", "publish-action", action).then(() => {
-        props.api.setSpinner(false);
       });
     });
   }
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ export class NewScreen extends Component {
           Notebook must have a valid name.
         </span>
       );
-    }
+      }
 
     return (
       <div
@@ -202,6 +200,7 @@ export class NewScreen extends Component {
           className={createClasses}>
           Create Notebook
           </button>
+          <Spinner awaiting={this.state.awaiting} classes="mt3" text="Creating notebook..."/>
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/note.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/note.js
index ed1f0412cc..ff37684247 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/note.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/note.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { SidebarSwitcher } from './icons/icon-sidebar-switch';
+import { Spinner } from './icons/icon-spinner';
 import { Comments } from './comments';
 import { NoteNavigation } from './note-navigation';
 import moment from 'moment';
@@ -8,8 +9,11 @@ import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 import { cite } from '../../lib/util';
 
 export class Note extends Component {
-  constructor(props){
+  constructor(props) {
     super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      deleting: false
+    }
     moment.updateLocale('en', {
       relativeTime: {
         past: function(input) {
@@ -119,10 +123,9 @@ export class Note extends Component {
     }
     let popout = (props.popout) ? "popout/" : "";
     let baseUrl = `/~publish/${popout}notebook/${props.ship}/${props.book}`;
-    window.api.setSpinner(true);
+    this.setState({deleting: true});
     window.api.action("publish", "publish-action", deleteAction)
     .then(() => {
-      window.api.setSpinner(false);
       props.history.push(baseUrl);
     });
   }
@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@ export class Note extends Component {
               comments={comments}
               contacts={props.contacts}
             />
+            <Spinner text="Deleting post..." awaiting={this.state.deleting} classes="absolute bottom-1 right-1 ba b--gray1-d pa2" />
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/settings.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/settings.js
index eb3d660e51..5fc1a9ef13 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/settings.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/lib/settings.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { writeText } from '../../lib/util';
+import { Spinner } from './icons/icon-spinner';
 
 export class Settings extends Component {
   constructor(props){
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
       title: "",
       description: "",
       comments: false,
-      disabled: false
+      disabled: false,
+      type: "Editing"
     }
     this.deleteNotebook = this.deleteNotebook.bind(this);
     this.changeTitle = this.changeTitle.bind(this);
@@ -55,8 +57,7 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
   }
 
   changeComments() {
-    this.setState({comments: !this.state.comments}, (() => {
-      window.api.setSpinner(true);
+    this.setState({comments: !this.state.comments, disabled: true}, (() => {
       window.api.action("publish", "publish-action", {
         "edit-book": {
           book: this.props.book,
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
           group: null
         }
       }).then(() => {
-        window.api.setSpinner(false);
+        this.setState({disabled: false});
       })
     }));
   }
@@ -77,9 +78,8 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
         book: this.props.book
       }
     }
-    window.api.setSpinner(true);
+    this.setState({ disabled: true, type: "Deleting" });
     window.api.action("publish", "publish-action", action).then(() => {
-      window.api.setSpinner(false);
       this.props.history.push("/~publish");
     });
   }
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
               disabled={this.state.disabled}
               onBlur={() => {
                 this.setState({ disabled: true });
-                window.api.setSpinner(true);
                 window.api
                   .action("publish", "publish-action", {
                     "edit-book": {
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
                   })
                   .then(() => {
                     this.setState({ disabled: false })
-                    window.api.setSpinner(false);
                   });
               }}
             />
@@ -168,7 +166,6 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
               onChange={this.changeDescription}
               onBlur={() => {
                 this.setState({ disabled: true });
-                window.api.setSpinner(true);
                 window.api
                   .action("publish", "publish-action", {
                     "edit-book": {
@@ -181,7 +178,6 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
                   })
                   .then(() => {
                     this.setState({ disabled: false });
-                    window.api.setSpinner(false);
                   });
               }}
             />
@@ -198,6 +194,11 @@ export class Settings extends Component {
             Subscribers may comment when enabled
             </p>
           </div>
+          <Spinner
+            awaiting={this.state.disabled}
+            classes="absolute right-1 bottom-1 pa2 ba b--black b--gray0-d white-d"
+            text={`${this.state.type} notebook...`}
+          />
         </div>
       );
     } else {
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/root.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/root.js
index dc2fc953e7..04997f5db0 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/root.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/root.js
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ export class Root extends Component {
     store.setStateHandler(this.setState.bind(this));
   }
 
+  componentDidMount() {
+    //preload spinner asset
+    new Image().src = "/~publish/Spinner.png";
+  }
+
   render() {
     const { props, state } = this;
 
@@ -36,7 +41,6 @@ export class Root extends Component {
               active={"sidebar"}
               rightPanelHide={true}
               sidebarShown={true}
-              spinner={state.spinner}
               invites={state.invites}
               notebooks={state.notebooks}
               associations={associations}
@@ -62,7 +66,6 @@ export class Root extends Component {
             active={"rightPanel"}
             rightPanelHide={false}
             sidebarShown={state.sidebarShown}
-            spinner={state.spinner}
             invites={state.invites}
             notebooks={state.notebooks}
             associations={associations}
@@ -89,7 +92,6 @@ export class Root extends Component {
                   active={"rightPanel"}
                   rightPanelHide={false}
                   sidebarShown={state.sidebarShown}
-                  spinner={state.spinner}
                   invites={state.invites}
                   notebooks={state.notebooks}
                   associations={associations}
@@ -128,7 +130,6 @@ export class Root extends Component {
                 active={"rightPanel"}
                 rightPanelHide={false}
                 sidebarShown={state.sidebarShown}
-                spinner={state.spinner}
                 invites={state.invites}
                 notebooks={state.notebooks}
                 associations={associations}
@@ -153,7 +154,6 @@ export class Root extends Component {
                 active={"rightPanel"}
                 rightPanelHide={false}
                 sidebarShown={state.sidebarShown}
-                spinner={state.spinner}
                 invites={state.invites}
                 notebooks={state.notebooks}
                 associations={associations}
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ export class Root extends Component {
               active={"rightPanel"}
               rightPanelHide={false}
               sidebarShown={state.sidebarShown}
-              spinner={state.spinner}
               invites={state.invites}
               notebooks={state.notebooks}
               selectedGroups={selectedGroups}
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ export class Root extends Component {
                 active={"rightPanel"}
                 rightPanelHide={false}
                 sidebarShown={state.sidebarShown}
-                spinner={state.spinner}
                 invites={state.invites}
                 notebooks={state.notebooks}
                 associations={associations}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/skeleton.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/skeleton.js
index 7e70587f63..25d2092e13 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/skeleton.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/components/skeleton.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export class Skeleton extends Component {
     return (
       <div className={"absolute h-100 w-100 " + popoutWindow}>
       <HeaderBar
-        spinner={props.spinner}
         invites={props.invites}
         associations={props.associations} />
         <div className={`cf w-100 h-100 flex ` + popoutBorder}>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/reducers/response.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/reducers/response.js
index 6bc14e35cd..62711ab894 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/reducers/response.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/reducers/response.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export class ResponseReducer {
         break;
       case "local":
         this.sidebarToggle(json, state);
-        this.setSpinner(json, state);
         this.setSelected(json, state);
         break;
       default:
@@ -205,12 +204,6 @@ export class ResponseReducer {
     }
   }
 
-  setSpinner(json, state) {
-    let data = _.has(json.data, 'spinner', false);
-    if (data) {
-      state.spinner = json.data.spinner;
-    }
-  }
   setSelected(json, state) {
     let data = _.has(json.data, 'selected', false);
     if (data) {
diff --git a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/store.js b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/store.js
index 3eddbdf046..d924ef4669 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/store.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/publish/src/js/store.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class Store {
       permissions: {},
       invites: {},
       selectedGroups: [],
-      spinner: false,
       sidebarShown: true
     }