diff --git a/packages/app/src/Element/Event/FileUpload.tsx b/packages/app/src/Element/Event/FileUpload.tsx
index 2fb596d7..ec81cbab 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Element/Event/FileUpload.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Element/Event/FileUpload.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default function FileUploadProgress({ progress }: { progress: Array<Uploa
       {progress.map(p => (
         <div className="flex-column g2" id={p.id}>
           {p.file.name}
-          <Progress value={p.progress} />
+          <Progress value={p.progress} status={p.stage} />
         </div>
       ))}
     </div>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Element/Event/NoteCreator.tsx b/packages/app/src/Element/Event/NoteCreator.tsx
index bde29d25..63200855 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Element/Event/NoteCreator.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Element/Event/NoteCreator.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import "./NoteCreator.css";
 import { FormattedMessage, useIntl } from "react-intl";
 import { EventKind, NostrPrefix, TaggedNostrEvent, EventBuilder, tryParseNostrLink, NostrLink } from "@snort/system";
+import classNames from "classnames";
 
 import Icon from "Icons/Icon";
 import useEventPublisher from "Hooks/useEventPublisher";
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ export function NoteCreator() {
               iconName="pie-chart"
               iconSize={24}
               onClick={() => note.update(v => (v.pollOptions = ["A", "B"]))}
-              className="note-creator-icon"
+              className={classNames("note-creator-icon", { active: note.pollOptions !== undefined })}
             />
           )}
           <AsyncIcon iconName="image-plus" iconSize={24} onClick={attachFile} className="note-creator-icon" />
@@ -462,8 +463,9 @@ export function NoteCreator() {
             iconName="settings-04"
             iconSize={24}
             onClick={() => note.update(v => (v.advanced = !v.advanced))}
-            className="note-creator-icon"
+            className={classNames("note-creator-icon", { active: note.advanced })}
           />
+          <FormattedMessage defaultMessage="Preview" />
         </div>
         <div className="flex g8">
           <button className="secondary" onClick={cancel}>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Element/Progress.tsx b/packages/app/src/Element/Progress.tsx
index ea4426c5..97072712 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Element/Progress.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Element/Progress.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { FormattedNumber } from "react-intl";
 import "./Progress.css";
-import { CSSProperties } from "react";
+import { FormattedNumber } from "react-intl";
+import { CSSProperties, ReactNode } from "react";
 
-export default function Progress({ value }: { value: number }) {
+export default function Progress({ value, status }: { value: number; status?: ReactNode }) {
   const v = Math.max(0.01, Math.min(1, value));
   return (
     <div className="progress">
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export default function Progress({ value }: { value: number }) {
           } as CSSProperties
         }></div>
       <span>
+        {status}
         <FormattedNumber value={v} style="percent" />
       </span>
     </div>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Upload/VoidCat.ts b/packages/app/src/Upload/VoidCat.ts
index 6fe206a3..ce969386 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Upload/VoidCat.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Upload/VoidCat.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { EventKind, EventPublisher } from "@snort/system";
-import { VoidApi } from "@void-cat/api";
+import { UploadState, VoidApi } from "@void-cat/api";
 
 import { FileExtensionRegex, VoidCatHost } from "Const";
 import { UploadResult } from "Upload";
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export default async function VoidCatUpload(
   filename: string,
   publisher?: EventPublisher,
   progress?: (n: number) => void,
+  stage?: (n: "starting" | "hashing" | "uploading" | "done" | undefined) => void,
 ): Promise<UploadResult> {
   const auth = publisher
     ? async (url: string, method: string) => {
@@ -24,9 +25,28 @@ export default async function VoidCatUpload(
       }
     : undefined;
   const api = new VoidApi(VoidCatHost, auth);
-  const uploader = api.getUploader(file, undefined, px => {
-    progress?.(px / file.size);
-  });
+  const uploader = api.getUploader(
+    file,
+    sx => {
+      stage?.(
+        (() => {
+          switch (sx) {
+            case UploadState.Starting:
+              return "starting";
+            case UploadState.Hashing:
+              return "hashing";
+            case UploadState.Uploading:
+              return "uploading";
+            case UploadState.Done:
+              return "done";
+          }
+        })(),
+      );
+    },
+    px => {
+      progress?.(px / file.size);
+    },
+  );
 
   const rsp = await uploader.upload({
     "V-Strip-Metadata": "true",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Upload/index.ts b/packages/app/src/Upload/index.ts
index b006cea8..fb461810 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Upload/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Upload/index.ts
@@ -56,12 +56,16 @@ export interface UploadProgress {
   id: string;
   file: File | Blob;
   progress: number;
+  stage: UploadStage;
 }
 
+export type UploadStage = "starting" | "hashing" | "uploading" | "done" | undefined;
+
 export default function useFileUpload(): Uploader {
   const fileUploader = useLogin().preferences.fileUploader;
   const { publisher } = useEventPublisher();
   const [progress, setProgress] = useState<Array<UploadProgress>>([]);
+  const [stage, setStage] = useState<UploadStage>();
 
   switch (fileUploader) {
     case "nostr.build": {
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ export default function useFileUpload(): Uploader {
               id,
               file: f,
               progress: 0,
+              stage: undefined,
             },
           ]);
           const px = (n: number) => {
@@ -100,11 +105,12 @@ export default function useFileUpload(): Uploader {
               ),
             );
           };
-          const ret = await VoidCat(f, n, publisher, px);
+          const ret = await VoidCat(f, n, publisher, px, s => setStage(s));
           setProgress(s => s.filter(a => a.id !== id));
           return ret;
         },
         progress,
+        stage,
       } as Uploader;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/app/src/lang.json b/packages/app/src/lang.json
index bbb3cad5..c509cbf5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/lang.json
+++ b/packages/app/src/lang.json
@@ -816,6 +816,9 @@
   "TDR5ge": {
     "defaultMessage": "Media in notes will automatically be shown for selected people, otherwise only the link will show"
   },
+  "TJo5E6": {
+    "defaultMessage": "Preview"
+  },
   "TP/cMX": {
     "defaultMessage": "Ended"
   },
diff --git a/packages/app/src/translations/en.json b/packages/app/src/translations/en.json
index 0c8ac064..bc668b21 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/packages/app/src/translations/en.json
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
   "Ss0sWu": "Pay Now",
   "StKzTE": "The author has marked this note as a <i>sensitive topic</i>",
   "TDR5ge": "Media in notes will automatically be shown for selected people, otherwise only the link will show",
+  "TJo5E6": "Preview",
   "TP/cMX": "Ended",
   "TpgeGw": "Hex Salt..",
   "Tpy00S": "People",