diff --git a/lua/mrpy.lua b/lua/mrpy.lua
index 969c263..9687c31 100644
--- a/lua/mrpy.lua
+++ b/lua/mrpy.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local curl = require("plenary.curl")
+local notify = require("snacks.notifier").notify
 local M = {}
 
 ---@param data table
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ M._on_tempbuf_write = function(args)
   M._update_task(data)
 
   vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("modified", false, { buf = args.buf })
+  local notif_id = notify("updated task #" .. data.id, "info", {title="MrPy", style='fancy'})
 end
 
 ---@class SelectionItem
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ end
 
 ---@param item SelectionItem
 M._on_select_task = function(picker, item)
+  local notif_id = notify("opening task #" .. item.id, "info", {title="MrPy", style='fancy'})
   local new_name = "[ClickUp] " .. item.name
   local new_buf_no = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(true, false)
 
@@ -248,48 +251,52 @@ end
 
 ---@param data vim.api.keyset.create_user_command.command_args
 M.select_task = function(data)
-  local tasks = M.latest_tasks()
+  local notif_id = notify("fetching tasks", "warn", {timeout = 10000, title="MrPy", style='fancy'})
+  vim.schedule(function()
+    local tasks = M.latest_tasks()
 
-  ---@type SelectionItem[]
-  local items = {}
+    ---@type SelectionItem[]
+    local items = {}
 
-  for tix, t in ipairs(tasks) do
-    if string.sub(t.name, -7, -1) ~= "Absence" then
-      local preview_frontmatter = ""
+    for tix, t in ipairs(tasks) do
+      if string.sub(t.name, -7, -1) ~= "Absence" then
+        local preview_frontmatter = ""
 
-      ---@type SelectionItem
-      local prepared = {
-        idx = tix,
-        id = t.id,
-        text = t.name .. t.id .. t.markdown_description,
-        name = t.name,
-        tags = M.retrieve_subkeys(t.tags, { "name" }),
-        status = t.status.status,
-        parent = t.parent,
-        list = t.list.name,
-        description = t.markdown_description,
-        preview = {
-          ft = "markdown",
-        },
-        action = M._on_select_task
-      }
+        ---@type SelectionItem
+        local prepared = {
+          idx = tix,
+          id = t.id,
+          text = t.name .. t.id .. t.markdown_description,
+          name = t.name,
+          tags = M.retrieve_subkeys(t.tags, { "name" }),
+          status = t.status.status,
+          parent = t.parent,
+          list = t.list.name,
+          description = t.markdown_description,
+          preview = {
+            ft = "markdown",
+          },
+          action = M._on_select_task
+        }
 
-      for _, k in ipairs({ "id", "name", "status", "tags", "parent" }) do
-        preview_frontmatter = preview_frontmatter .. "\n" .. k .. ": " .. vim.json.encode(prepared[k])
+        for _, k in ipairs({ "id", "name", "status", "tags", "parent" }) do
+          preview_frontmatter = preview_frontmatter .. "\n" .. k .. ": " .. vim.json.encode(prepared[k])
+        end
+
+        prepared.preview.text = "---" .. preview_frontmatter .. "\n---\n" .. t.markdown_description
+        table.insert(items, #items + 1, prepared)
       end
-
-      prepared.preview.text = "---" .. preview_frontmatter .. "\n---\n" .. t.markdown_description
-      table.insert(items, #items + 1, prepared)
     end
-  end
 
-  require("snacks.picker").pick({
-    title = "Select Task",
-    format = M._item_format,
-    preview = "preview",
-    confirm = M._on_select_task,
-    items = items
-  })
+    require("snacks.notifier").hide(notif_id)
+    require("snacks.picker").pick({
+      title = "Select Task",
+      format = M._item_format,
+      preview = "preview",
+      confirm = M._on_select_task,
+      items = items
+    })
+  end)
 end
 
 return M