diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index 5043f915..16db3141 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ body {
     width: 5rem; 
     height: 5rem;
     border-width: .8rem;
-    color: #212529;
+    color: #520000;
 }
 
 @font-face {
diff --git a/js/ui.js b/js/ui.js
index 2d6b7f61..edb301b9 100644
--- a/js/ui.js
+++ b/js/ui.js
@@ -1029,7 +1029,6 @@ exploreLink.addEventListener('click', async () => {
     showElement(['exploreWrapper', 'spectrogramWrapper'], false);
     enableMenuItem(['saveCSV']);
     adjustSpecDims(true)
-    showLoadingSpinner();
     worker.postMessage({ action: 'filter', species: undefined, range: STATE.explore.range, explore: true }); // re-prepare
 });
 
@@ -1551,6 +1550,9 @@ const setUpWorkerMessaging = () => {
                 case 'seen-species-list':
                     generateBirdList('seenSpecies', args.list);
                     break;
+                case 'show-spinner':
+                    showLoadingSpinner();
+                    break;
                 case 'spawning':
                     displayWarmUpMessage();
                     break;
diff --git a/js/worker.js b/js/worker.js
index c2004c89..46644332 100644
--- a/js/worker.js
+++ b/js/worker.js
@@ -268,9 +268,10 @@ async function handleMessage(e) {
         case 'filter':
             if (STATE.db) {
                 t0 = Date.now()
+                UI.postMessage({event: 'show-spinner'});
                 await Promise.all([getSummary(args), getResults(args)]);
-                UI.postMessage({event: 'hide-spinner'});
                 if (DEBUG) console.log('Filter took ', (Date.now() - t0) / 1000, 'seconds')
+                
             }
             break;
         case 'get-detected-species-list':
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ async function handleMessage(e) {
             await onUpdateFileStart(args)
             break;
         case 'update-list':
+            UI.postMessage({event: 'show-spinner'});
             SEEN_LIST_UPDATE = false;
             predictWorkers.forEach(worker =>
                 worker.postMessage({ message: 'list', list: args.list }))
@@ -2175,7 +2177,7 @@ const getResults = async ({
             }
         }
     }
-
+    UI.postMessage({event: 'hide-spinner'});
 };
 
 // Function to format the CSV export