diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.spec.ts b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.spec.ts
index bebcb6bd..d6ffd705 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.spec.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 
 import { ScrollBaseService } from './scroll-base.service';
+import { IDatasource } from 'ngx-ui-scroll';
 
 describe('ScrollBaseService', () => {
   let service: ScrollBaseService;
@@ -15,4 +16,18 @@ describe('ScrollBaseService', () => {
   it('should be created', () => {
     expect(service).toBeTruthy();
   });
+
+  it('should decorate with isLoadedDecorator', async () => {
+    const toDecorate = async (index, count, config) => index + count + config; 
+    const decorated = await service.isLoadedDecorator(toDecorate)(1, 2, 3);
+    expect(decorated).toEqual(6);
+  });
+
+  it('should reset isLoaded flag after reset', async () => {
+    service.datasource = { adapter: { reset: async () => ({}) } } as IDatasource;
+    service.isLoaded = true;
+    service.reset();
+    expect(service.isLoaded).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.ts b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.ts
index cdef7eb5..b8a8822f 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/scroll-base.service.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ export class ScrollBaseService {
   datasource: IDatasource = null;
   startIndex = 0;
   config: WidgetItemConfig = null;
+  isLoaded = false;
 
-  constructor() { }
+  constructor() {
+    this.getDataBuffer = this.isLoadedDecorator(this.getDataBuffer.bind(this));
+  }
 
   public async initialize(config: WidgetItemConfig) {
     // console.log("Config: ", this.config);
@@ -64,6 +67,24 @@ export class ScrollBaseService {
     throw new Error("Abstract method needs to be implemented in derived class.")
   }
 
+  isLoadedDecorator(func: Function) {
+    const decorated = async (index: number, count: number, config: any) => {
+      this.isLoaded = false;
+      let data;
+      try {
+        data = await func(index, count, config);
+      }
+      catch {
+        console.log('scroller get data returned an error');
+      }
+      finally {
+        this.isLoaded = true;
+        return data;
+      }
+    }
+    return decorated;
+  }
+
   async updateViewportEstimate() {
     await this.datasource.adapter.relax();
     this.datasource.adapter.check();
@@ -75,6 +96,7 @@ export class ScrollBaseService {
 
   reset() {
     if (this.datasource != null) {
+      this.isLoaded = false;
       this.datasource.adapter.reset();
     }
   }
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css
index 7d166bf2..4edbc05d 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.css
@@ -97,4 +97,12 @@
     border: unset;
     padding: 4px;
     margin-left: 4px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+.spinner {
+    position: fixed;
+    z-index: 1031;
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 50%;
+    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+}
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html
index 79257645..81b16714 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.html
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     <div class="searchResults" *ngIf=showResults>
         <div class="header">
             Logbook view:
+            <mat-spinner *ngIf="!searchScrollService.isLoaded" [@spinner] class="spinner"></mat-spinner>
             <div class="searchContainer">
                 <div *uiScroll="let snippet of searchScrollService.datasource; let i = index">
                     <snippet [snippet]="snippet" [updatedAt]="snippet.updatedAt" [index]=i+1 [config]="config"
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts
index 2899eea5..2a4f4487 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { HttpClientTestingModule } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, tick, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material/dialog';
 import { LogbookInfoService } from '@shared/logbook-info.service';
 import { AppConfigService } from 'src/app/app-config.service';
@@ -34,4 +34,13 @@ describe('SearchWindowComponent', () => {
   it('should create', () => {
     expect(component).toBeTruthy();
   });
+
+  it('should call _prepareConfig on searchString emission', fakeAsync(() => {
+    const prepareConfigSpy = spyOn<any>(component, '_prepareConfig');
+    component.searchString = '';
+    component.searchString = 'someSearch';
+    tick(501);
+    expect(prepareConfigSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  }));
+
 });
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts
index 4bee9aba..c0da7095 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/logbook/core/search-window/search-window.component.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { LogbookInfoService } from '@shared/logbook-info.service';
 import { TagService } from '@shared/tag.service';
 import { ScrollToElementService } from '@shared/scroll-to-element.service';
 import { Hotkeys } from '@shared/hotkeys.service';
+import { animate, style, transition, trigger } from '@angular/animations';
 
 interface SearchResult {
   location: string[],
@@ -23,7 +24,15 @@ interface SearchResult {
   selector: 'search-window',
   templateUrl: './search-window.component.html',
   styleUrls: ['./search-window.component.css'],
-  providers: [SearchScrollService]
+  providers: [SearchScrollService],
+  animations: [
+    trigger('spinner', [
+      transition(':enter', [
+        style({opacity: 0}), 
+        animate('1ms 0.2s ease-out', style({opacity: 1}))
+      ])
+    ]),
+  ]
 })
 export class SearchWindowComponent implements OnInit {
 
@@ -65,13 +74,12 @@ export class SearchWindowComponent implements OnInit {
     this.subscriptions.push(this.searchStringSubject.pipe(debounceTime(500)).subscribe(() => {
       if (this._searchString.length > 0) {
         this.showResults = !this.showHelp;
+        this.searchScrollService.config = this._prepareConfig();
+        this.searchScrollService.reset();
       } else {
         this.showHelp = true;
         this.showResults = false;
       }
-      this.searchScrollService.config = this._prepareConfig();
-      this.searchScrollService.reset();
-
     }));
     this._initialize_help();
 
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/overview/logbook-icon-scroll-service.service.spec.ts b/scilog/src/app/overview/logbook-icon-scroll-service.service.spec.ts
index eada2641..1447b5ea 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/overview/logbook-icon-scroll-service.service.spec.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/overview/logbook-icon-scroll-service.service.spec.ts
@@ -28,4 +28,11 @@ describe('LogbookIconScrollServiceService', () => {
     expect(await service.getData(0, 10, {})).toEqual([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7]]);
   });
 
+  it('should test getDataBuffer after decoration', async () => {
+    expect(service['isLoaded']).toEqual(false);
+    spyOn(service, 'getData').and.resolveTo([]);
+    await service.getDataBuffer(1, 2, 3);
+    expect(service['isLoaded']).toEqual(true);
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.css b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.css
index 222b0d11..1f186ac7 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.css
+++ b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.css
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@ mat-button-toggle-group {
   transform: scale(75%) translate(18px, -50%);
   margin-right: 0;
 }
+
+.spinner {
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 1031;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+}
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.html b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.html
index b05ca477..4781cf5d 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.html
+++ b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ <h1>Logbooks</h1>
       <mat-button-toggle value="logbook-headline"><mat-icon>view_headline</mat-icon></mat-button-toggle>
     </mat-button-toggle-group>
     <button (click)='addCollectionLogbook("logbook")'>Add logbook</button><br>
+    <mat-spinner *ngIf="!logbookIconScrollService.isLoaded" [@spinner] class="spinner"></mat-spinner>
     <div class="logbook-container" (resized)="onResized($event)" #logbookContainer>
       <div *uiScroll="let logbookGroup of logbookIconScrollService.datasource">
         <span *ngFor="let logbook of logbookGroup">
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.spec.ts b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.spec.ts
index 7b962301..4c99d529 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.spec.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
 import { Logbooks } from '@model/logbooks';
 import { ResizedEvent } from '@shared/directives/resized.directive';
+import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 
 @Pipe({name: 'logbookSearch'})
 class LogbookSearchMockPipe implements PipeTransform {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ describe('OverviewComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       declarations: [ OverviewComponent, LogbookSearchMockPipe],
-      imports: [MatDialogModule, RouterTestingModule],
+      imports: [MatDialogModule, RouterTestingModule, BrowserAnimationsModule],
       providers: [
         { provide: MAT_DIALOG_DATA, useValue: {} },
         {provide: LogbookInfoService, useValue: logbookInfoSpy},
diff --git a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.ts b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.ts
index 33f260d5..42d339c9 100644
--- a/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.ts
+++ b/scilog/src/app/overview/overview.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { LogbookDataService } from '@shared/remote-data.service';
 import { LogbookIconScrollService } from './logbook-icon-scroll-service.service';
 import { debounceTime } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ResizedEvent } from '@shared/directives/resized.directive';
+import { animate, style, transition, trigger } from '@angular/animations';
 
 enum ContentType {
   COLLECTION = 'collection',
@@ -24,8 +25,15 @@ export type MatCardType = 'logbook-module' | 'logbook-headline';
   selector: 'app-overview',
   templateUrl: './overview.component.html',
   styleUrls: ['./overview.component.css'],
-  providers: [LogbookIconScrollService]
-
+  providers: [LogbookIconScrollService],
+  animations: [
+    trigger('spinner', [
+      transition(':enter', [
+        style({opacity: 0}), 
+        animate('1ms 0.2s ease-out', style({opacity: 1}))
+      ])
+    ]),
+  ]
 })
 export class OverviewComponent implements OnInit {