diff --git a/photobooth/Photobooth.py b/photobooth/Photobooth.py
index 7975014..a6e51d5 100644
--- a/photobooth/Photobooth.py
+++ b/photobooth/Photobooth.py
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ class Photobooth:
 
     def capturePictures(self):
 
-        pictures = [ self.captureSinglePicture() for _ in range(self._pic_dims.totalNumPictures) ]
-        return self.assemblePictures(pictures)
+        return [ self.captureSinglePicture() for _ in range(self._pic_dims.totalNumPictures) ]
 
 
     def trigger(self):
@@ -210,7 +209,10 @@ class Photobooth:
 
         sleep(self.greeterTime)
 
-        img = self.capturePictures()
+        pics = self.capturePictures()
+        self._send.send(gui.AssembleState())
+
+        img = self.assemblePictures(pics)
         img.save(self.getNextFilename(), 'JPEG')
         self._send.send(gui.PictureState(img))
 
diff --git a/photobooth/gui/PyQt5Gui.py b/photobooth/gui/PyQt5Gui.py
index 7923a78..9548f25 100644
--- a/photobooth/gui/PyQt5Gui.py
+++ b/photobooth/gui/PyQt5Gui.py
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ class PyQt5Gui(Gui):
             self._p.setCentralWidget(PyQt5PictureMessage(state.message, img))
         elif isinstance(state, PoseState):
             self._p.setCentralWidget(PyQt5PictureMessage('Pose!'))
+        elif isinstance(state, AssembleState):
+            self._p.setCentralWidget(PyQt5PictureMessage('Please wait!\nAssembling picture...'))
         elif isinstance(state, PictureState):
             img = ImageQt.ImageQt(state.picture)
             self._p.setCentralWidget(PyQt5PictureMessage('', img))
diff --git a/photobooth/gui/__init__.py b/photobooth/gui/__init__.py
index 3ef54bc..7ed48b7 100644
--- a/photobooth/gui/__init__.py
+++ b/photobooth/gui/__init__.py
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ class PoseState(GuiState):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
 
+class AssembleState(GuiState):
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+
 class PreviewState(MessageState, PictureState):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):