diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.html b/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.html
index e4f0c23..52f55bd 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.html
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.html
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@
           (keydown.control.enter)="closeDialog()" />
         <label for="name">Name</label>
       </p-floatlabel>
-      <p-button icon="pi pi-sparkles" variant="text" [disabled]="!placeForm.get('name')!.value"
-        class="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" pTooltip="Complete using GMaps API"
-        (click)="gmapsSearchText()" />
+      <div class="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2">
+        @if (gmapsLoading) {
+          <svg viewBox="25 25 50 50">
+            <circle r="20" cy="50" cx="50"></circle>
+          </svg>
+        } @else {
+          <p-button icon="pi pi-sparkles" variant="text" [disabled]="!placeForm.get('name')!.value" pTooltip="Complete using GMaps API"
+            (click)="gmapsSearchText()" />
+        }
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <p-floatlabel variant="in">
diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.scss b/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.scss
index ec08078..da859d8 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.scss
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.scss
@@ -14,3 +14,40 @@
 .p-floatlabel:has(.p-inputwrapper-focus) input::placeholder {
   color: var(--p-inputtext-placeholder-color) !important;
 }
+
+svg {
+ width: 2rem;
+ animation: loading-rotate 1.5s linear infinite;
+}
+
+circle {
+ fill: none;
+ stroke: #4f46e5;
+ stroke-width: 2;
+ stroke-dasharray: 1, 200;
+ stroke-dashoffset: 0;
+ stroke-linecap: round;
+ animation: loading-dash 1.5s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes loading-rotate {
+ 100% {
+  transform: rotate(360deg);
+ }
+}
+
+@keyframes loading-dash {
+ 0% {
+  stroke-dasharray: 1, 200;
+  stroke-dashoffset: 0;
+ }
+
+ 50% {
+  stroke-dasharray: 90, 200;
+  stroke-dashoffset: -35px;
+ }
+
+ 100% {
+  stroke-dashoffset: -125px;
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.ts b/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.ts
index 9928049..167c95c 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/place-create-modal/place-create-modal.component.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export class PlaceCreateModalComponent {
   categories$?: Observable<Category[]>;
   previous_image_id: number | null = null;
   previous_image: string | null = null;
+  gmapsLoading = false;
 
   placeInputTooltip: string =
     "<div class='text-center'>You can paste a Google Maps Place link to fill <i>Name</i>, <i>Place</i>, <i>Lat</i>, <i>Lng</i>.</div>\n<div class='text-sm text-center'>https://google.com/maps/place/XXX</div>\n<div class='text-xs text-center'>Either « click » on a point of interest or « search » for it (eg: British Museum) and copy the URL</div>";
@@ -209,23 +210,27 @@ export class PlaceCreateModalComponent {
   gmapsToForm(r: GooglePlaceResult) {
     this.placeForm.patchValue({ ...r, lat: formatLatLng(r.lat), lng: formatLatLng(r.lng), place: r.name || '' });
     this.placeForm.get('category')?.markAsDirty();
-
+    this.gmapsLoading = false;
     if (r.category) {
-      this.categories$?.pipe(take(1)).subscribe({next: categories => {
-        const category: Category | undefined = categories.find(c => c.name == r.category);
-        if (!category) return;
-        this.placeForm.get('category')?.setValue(category.id);
-    }})
+      this.categories$?.pipe(take(1)).subscribe({
+        next: categories => {
+          const category: Category | undefined = categories.find(c => c.name == r.category);
+          if (!category) return;
+          this.placeForm.get('category')?.setValue(category.id);
+        }
+      })
     }
   }
 
   gmapsSearchText() {
+    this.gmapsLoading = true;
     const query = this.placeForm.get('name')?.value;
     if (!query) return;
     this.apiService.gmapsSearchText(query).subscribe({
       next: (results) => {
         if (!results.length) {
           this.utilsService.toast('warn', 'No result', 'No result available for this autocompletion');
+          this.gmapsLoading = false;
           return;
         }
 
@@ -250,7 +255,10 @@ export class PlaceCreateModalComponent {
 
         modal.onClose.pipe(take(1)).subscribe({
           next: (result: GooglePlaceResult | null) => {
-            if (!result) return;
+            if (!result) {
+              this.gmapsLoading = false;
+              return;
+            }
             this.gmapsToForm(result);
           },
         });