diff --git a/editor/js/ui/deploy.js b/editor/js/ui/deploy.js
index 464dd96b2..d610e83b8 100644
--- a/editor/js/ui/deploy.js
+++ b/editor/js/ui/deploy.js
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ RED.deploy = (function() {
             }
 
             deployInflight = true;
+            $("#header-shade").show();
+            $("#editor-shade").show();
+            $("#palette-shade").show();
+            $("#sidebar-shade").show();
             $.ajax({
                 url:"flows",
                 type: "POST",
@@ -424,6 +428,10 @@ RED.deploy = (function() {
                 setTimeout(function() {
                     $(".deploy-button-content").css('opacity',1);
                     $(".deploy-button-spinner").hide();
+                    $("#header-shade").hide();
+                    $("#editor-shade").hide();
+                    $("#palette-shade").hide();
+                    $("#sidebar-shade").hide();
                 },delta);
             });
         }