diff --git a/src/components/detail-page/download-image.tsx b/src/components/detail-page/download-image.tsx
index a4b5ee4f..9ac3e0cf 100644
--- a/src/components/detail-page/download-image.tsx
+++ b/src/components/detail-page/download-image.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/macro";
-import { Link as MUILink } from "@mui/material";
+import { Box, Link as MUILink, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import html2canvas from "html2canvas";
 import * as React from "react";
 
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ const getImageDataFromElement = async (elementId: string): Promise<string> => {
   return canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
 };
 
+// helper to wait a frame
+const nextFrame = () =>
+  new Promise((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(resolve));
+
 /**
  * Used to download an image of a specific element or from an element
  * that directly defines a way to get the image data.
@@ -32,30 +36,51 @@ export const DownloadImage = ({
   elementId?: string;
   getImageData?: () => Promise<string | undefined>;
 }) => {
+  const [downloading, setDownloading] = React.useState(false);
   const onDownload: React.MouseEventHandler = async (ev) => {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    const imageData = elementId
-      ? await getImageDataFromElement(elementId)
-      : await getImageData!();
+    setDownloading(true);
+    try {
+      await nextFrame();
+      const imageData = elementId
+        ? await getImageDataFromElement(elementId)
+        : await getImageData!();
 
-    if (!imageData) {
-      return;
+      if (!imageData) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const a = document.createElement("a");
+      a.href = imageData;
+      a.download = fileName;
+      a.click();
+    } finally {
+      setDownloading(false);
     }
-    const a = document.createElement("a");
-    a.href = imageData;
-    a.download = fileName;
-    a.click();
   };
 
   return (
-    <MUILink
-      variant="inline"
-      onClick={onDownload}
-      target="_blank"
-      rel="noopener noreferrer"
-      href="#"
-    >
-      <Trans id="image.download">Bild herunterladen</Trans>
-    </MUILink>
+    <Box>
+      {downloading ? null : (
+        <MUILink
+          variant="inline"
+          onClick={onDownload}
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          href="#"
+        >
+          <Trans id="image.download">Bild herunterladen</Trans>
+        </MUILink>
+      )}
+      {/* This text is shown only when the image is downloading, this is done through
+      a global class on body */}
+      {downloading ? (
+        <Typography variant="meta" sx={{ mt: 4 }}>
+          <Trans id="image.download.source">
+            Eidgenössische Elektrizitätskommission ElCom
+          </Trans>{" "}
+          -<Trans id="image.download.unit">Tarifvergleich in Rp./kWh</Trans>
+        </Typography>
+      ) : null}
+    </Box>
   );
 };