diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/pages/DeckOptions.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/pages/DeckOptions.kt
index 3a39160d43af..1a012727a86a 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/pages/DeckOptions.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/pages/DeckOptions.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.ichi2.anki.OnPageFinishedCallback
 import com.ichi2.anki.R
 import com.ichi2.anki.SingleFragmentActivity
 import com.ichi2.anki.dialogs.DiscardChangesDialog
+import com.ichi2.anki.withProgress
 import com.ichi2.annotations.NeedsTest
 import com.ichi2.libanki.undoableOp
 import com.ichi2.libanki.updateDeckConfigsRaw
@@ -111,7 +112,13 @@ class DeckOptions : PageFragment() {
 }
 
 suspend fun FragmentActivity.updateDeckConfigsRaw(input: ByteArray): ByteArray {
-    val output = CollectionManager.withCol { updateDeckConfigsRaw(input) }
+    val output = withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+        withProgress {
+            withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+                CollectionManager.withCol { updateDeckConfigsRaw(input) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     undoableOp { OpChanges.parseFrom(output) }
     withContext(Dispatchers.Main) { finish() }
     return output