diff --git a/chatify/assets/loading.gif b/chatify/assets/loading.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9590093
Binary files /dev/null and b/chatify/assets/loading.gif differ
diff --git a/chatify/main.py b/chatify/main.py
index 7d22946..3c2f9d1 100644
--- a/chatify/main.py
+++ b/chatify/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import ipywidgets as widgets
 
 from .chains import CreateLLMChain
-from .widgets import option_widget, button_widget, text_widget, thumbs
+from .widgets import option_widget, button_widget, text_widget, thumbs, loading_widget
 
 from .utils import check_dev_config, get_html
 
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ def _read_prompt_dir(self):
     def _create_ui_elements(self):
         """Creates UI elements like buttons, prompt types, texts, and options."""
         # Buttons and prompt types
-        self.button = button_widget()
+        self.execute_button = button_widget()
+        self.loading = loading_widget()
         self.prompt_types = self._read_prompt_dir()
         self.prompt_names = {
             item: key for item, key in enumerate(self.prompt_types.keys())
@@ -104,16 +105,13 @@ def _arrange_ui_elements(self, prompt_type):
         if self.cfg["feedback"]:
             elements = [
                 self.options[prompt_type],
-                self.button,
+                self.execute_button,
                 self.thumbs_up,
                 self.thumbs_down,
             ]
 
         else:
-            elements = [
-                self.options[prompt_type],
-                self.button,
-            ]
+            elements = [self.options[prompt_type], self.execute_button, self.loading]
         hbox = widgets.HBox(elements)
         vbox = widgets.VBox([hbox, self.texts[prompt_type]])
         return vbox
@@ -156,6 +154,7 @@ def update_values(self, *args, **kwargs):
         *args
             Variable-length argument list.
         """
+        self.loading.width = 30
         index = self.tabs.selected_index
         selected_prompt = self.prompt_names[index]
         # Get the prompt
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@ def update_values(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ]
         self.texts[selected_prompt].value = self.gpt(self.cell_inputs, self.prompt)
         self.response = self.texts[selected_prompt].value
+        self.loading.width = 0
 
     def record(self, *args):
         try:
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def explain(self, line, cell):
         display(accordion)
 
         # Button click
-        self.button.on_click(self.update_values)
+        self.execute_button.on_click(self.update_values)
 
         # Thumbs up and down
         self.thumbs_down.on_click(self.record)
diff --git a/chatify/widgets.py b/chatify/widgets.py
index 950b948..6c793cc 100644
--- a/chatify/widgets.py
+++ b/chatify/widgets.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import ipywidgets as widgets
 
+import pathlib
+
 
 def option_widget(config):
     """Create an options dropdown widget based on the given configuration.
@@ -41,6 +43,15 @@ def button_widget():
     return button
 
 
+def loading_widget():
+    dirname = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+    with open(f"{dirname}/assets/loading.gif", "rb") as file:
+        # read file as string into `image`
+        image = file.read()
+    loading = widgets.Image(value=image, format='gif', width=0, height=10)
+    return loading
+
+
 def thumbs(icon='fa-thumbs-up'):
     """Create a thumbs-up button widget.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c2d72e..f85eb38 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,8 +11,28 @@
 with open('HISTORY.rst') as history_file:
     history = history_file.read()
 
-requirements = ['gptcache<=0.1.35', 'langchain<=0.0.226', 'openai', 'markdown', 'ipywidgets', 'requests', 'markdown-it-py[linkify,plugins]', 'pygments']
-extras = ['transformers', 'torch>=2.0', 'tensorflow>=2.0', 'flax', 'einops', 'accelerate', 'xformers', 'bitsandbytes', 'sentencepiece', 'llama-cpp-python']
+requirements = [
+    'gptcache<=0.1.35',
+    'langchain<=0.0.226',
+    'openai',
+    'markdown',
+    'ipywidgets',
+    'requests',
+    'markdown-it-py[linkify,plugins]',
+    'pygments',
+]
+extras = [
+    'transformers',
+    'torch>=2.0',
+    'tensorflow>=2.0',
+    'flax',
+    'einops',
+    'accelerate',
+    'xformers',
+    'bitsandbytes',
+    'sentencepiece',
+    'llama-cpp-python',
+]
 
 test_requirements = [
     'pytest>=3',
@@ -47,7 +67,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(include=['chatify', 'chatify.*']),
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=test_requirements,
-    package_data={'': ['**/*.yaml']},
+    package_data={'': ['**/*.yaml', '**/*.gif']},
     url='https://github.com/ContextLab/chatify',
     version='0.2.1',
     zip_safe=False,