diff --git a/src/components/timer.vue b/src/components/timer.vue
index 2314a88..b441d66 100644
--- a/src/components/timer.vue
+++ b/src/components/timer.vue
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 	export default {
 		data() {
 			return {
+				submitting:false,
 				startTime:0,
 				savedPreviousSeconds:0,
 				totalSeconds:0,
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@
 			formatSeconds,
 			submit(event){
 				event.preventDefault();
+				if(this.submitting){
+					return
+				} else {
+					this.submitting = true
+				}
 				const reqBody = {
 					description:description.value,
 					seconds: this.totalSeconds,
@@ -97,6 +103,9 @@
 					this.manualSeconds = 0
 					window.localStorage.setItem('lastTotalSeconds', this.totalSeconds);
 					this.$emit('loggedTime', reqBody)
+					this.submitting = false
+				},()=>{
+					this.submitting = false
 				});
 
 			},
@@ -238,7 +247,7 @@
 
 		<label>Practice Category</label>
 		<CategoryChooser />
-		<input type="submit"/>
+		<input :disabled="submitting" type="submit"/>
 
 		<label>Comments</label>
 		<textarea v-model="comments"/>