diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageFragment.kt
index 24451894f6..4c6489a0df 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageFragment.kt
@@ -1198,10 +1198,12 @@ class StoryViewerPageFragment :
       },
       onSave = {
         lifecycleScope.launch {
+          viewModel.setIsSavingMedia(true)
           StoryContextMenu.save(
             host = AttachmentSaver.FragmentHost(this@StoryViewerPageFragment),
             messageRecord = it.conversationMessage.messageRecord
           )
+          viewModel.setIsSavingMedia(false)
         }
       },
       onDelete = {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageViewModel.kt
index 76b3e522b7..80defd90bf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPageViewModel.kt
@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ class StoryViewerPageViewModel(
     storyViewerPlaybackStore.update { it.copy(isDisplayingPartialSendDialog = isDisplayingPartialSendDialog) }
   }
 
+  fun setIsSavingMedia(isSavingMedia: Boolean) {
+    storyViewerPlaybackStore.update { it.copy(isSavingMedia = isSavingMedia) }
+  }
+
   private fun resolveSwipeToReplyState(state: StoryViewerPageState, index: Int): StoryViewerPageState.ReplyState {
     if (index !in state.posts.indices) {
       return StoryViewerPageState.ReplyState.NONE
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPlaybackState.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPlaybackState.kt
index 4c0d0d09ed..1b5534dd3f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPlaybackState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/stories/viewer/page/StoryViewerPlaybackState.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ data class StoryViewerPlaybackState(
   val isUserScrollingChild: Boolean = false,
   val isUserScaling: Boolean = false,
   val isDisplayingPartialSendDialog: Boolean = false,
-  val isDisplayingRecipientBottomSheet: Boolean = false
+  val isDisplayingRecipientBottomSheet: Boolean = false,
+  val isSavingMedia: Boolean = false
 ) {
   val hideChromeImmediate: Boolean = isRunningSharedElementAnimation || isDisplayingFirstTimeNavigation
 
@@ -53,5 +54,6 @@ data class StoryViewerPlaybackState(
     isUserScaling ||
     isDisplayingHideDialog ||
     isDisplayingPartialSendDialog ||
-    isDisplayingRecipientBottomSheet
+    isDisplayingRecipientBottomSheet ||
+    isSavingMedia
 }