diff --git a/app/renderer/dialogs.js b/app/renderer/dialogs.js
index b2fcf13..de99f9d 100644
--- a/app/renderer/dialogs.js
+++ b/app/renderer/dialogs.js
@@ -413,28 +413,43 @@ function showExportDialog({
       outDir: outDirInput.value.trim() || null,
     });
 
+    const cancelBtn = el('button', { onClick: () => { close(); resolve(false); } }, 'Cancel');
+    const previewBtn = el('button', {
+      onClick: async () => {
+        if (typeof onPreview !== 'function') return;
+        setButtonLoading(previewBtn, true, 'Preview…');
+        try {
+          await onPreview(payload()); // keep dialog open so settings can be tweaked
+        } finally {
+          setButtonLoading(previewBtn, false);
+        }
+      },
+    }, 'Preview');
+    const exportBtn = el('button.primary', {
+      onClick: async () => {
+        if (typeof onExport !== 'function') return;
+        cancelBtn.disabled = true;
+        previewBtn.disabled = true;
+        setButtonLoading(exportBtn, true, 'Exporting…');
+        try {
+          const ok = await onExport(payload());
+          if (ok !== false) {
+            close();
+            resolve(true);
+            return;
+          }
+        } finally {
+          cancelBtn.disabled = false;
+          previewBtn.disabled = false;
+          setButtonLoading(exportBtn, false);
+        }
+      },
+    }, 'Export');
+
     const { close } = openModal({
       title: 'Export',
       body,
-      footer: [
-        el('button', { onClick: () => { close(); resolve(false); } }, 'Cancel'),
-        el('button', {
-          onClick: async () => {
-            if (typeof onPreview !== 'function') return;
-            await onPreview(payload()); // keep dialog open so settings can be tweaked
-          },
-        }, 'Preview'),
-        el('button.primary', {
-          onClick: async () => {
-            if (typeof onExport !== 'function') return;
-            const ok = await onExport(payload());
-            if (ok !== false) {
-              close();
-              resolve(true);
-            }
-          },
-        }, 'Export'),
-      ],
+      footer: [cancelBtn, previewBtn, exportBtn],
       wide: true,
       onClose: () => resolve(false),
     });
diff --git a/app/renderer/style.css b/app/renderer/style.css
index 06f6675..f0bda60 100644
--- a/app/renderer/style.css
+++ b/app/renderer/style.css
@@ -90,6 +90,25 @@ button.tool.active {
   border-color: var(--accent);
   color: var(--accent-fg);
 }
+button:disabled { opacity: 0.6; cursor: default; }
+button.loading {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 7px;
+}
+
+.spinner {
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 13px;
+  height: 13px;
+  border: 2px solid currentColor;
+  border-top-color: transparent;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  opacity: 0.85;
+  animation: spin 0.7s linear infinite;
+}
+@keyframes spin { to { transform: rotate(360deg); } }
 
 input, select, textarea {
   font: inherit;
diff --git a/app/renderer/util.js b/app/renderer/util.js
index 47915cb..dc70189 100644
--- a/app/renderer/util.js
+++ b/app/renderer/util.js
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ function clearNode(node) {
   while (node.firstChild) node.removeChild(node.firstChild);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Toggle a button into/out of a busy state: disables it and swaps its label
+ * for a spinner + `label` (e.g. "Exporting…"), restoring the original label
+ * afterwards. Used for actions that block on a slow main-process call.
+ */
+function setButtonLoading(btn, loading, label) {
+  if (loading) {
+    if (btn.dataset.origLabel === undefined) btn.dataset.origLabel = btn.textContent;
+    btn.disabled = true;
+    btn.classList.add('loading');
+    clearNode(btn);
+    btn.append(el('span.spinner'), label || btn.dataset.origLabel);
+  } else {
+    btn.disabled = false;
+    btn.classList.remove('loading');
+    clearNode(btn);
+    btn.append(btn.dataset.origLabel ?? '');
+    delete btn.dataset.origLabel;
+  }
+}
+
 function debounce(fn, ms) {
   let t = null;
   const wrapped = (...args) => {