diff --git a/script.html b/script.html
index c066ee0..6f90f17 100644
--- a/script.html
+++ b/script.html
@@ -366,6 +366,21 @@ function bindPics() {
     if (!PICS.length) { showMsg("msg", "Add a picture first."); return; }
     sg.disabled = true; sg.textContent = "Reading the script…";
     var r = await api("suggest_image_placements", { email: email, project_id: pid });
+    if (!r.ok) { sg.disabled = false; sg.textContent = "Suggest where they fit"; showMsg("msg", r.error || "Could not suggest."); return; }
+    // Reading the script is a model call, far too slow to answer inside one
+    // request, so it runs in the background and we wait for it here.
+    if (r.pending) {
+      document.getElementById("sugnote").textContent = r.status_text || "Reading the script…";
+      var waited = 0;
+      r = await new Promise(function (done) {
+        var t = setInterval(async function () {
+          waited += 4;
+          var g = await api("suggest_image_placements", { email: email, project_id: pid });
+          if (g.ok && !g.pending) { clearInterval(t); done(g); return; }
+          if (waited > 150) { clearInterval(t); done({ ok: false, error: "That is taking unusually long." }); }
+        }, 4000);
+      });
+    }
     sg.disabled = false; sg.textContent = "Suggest where they fit";
     document.getElementById("sugnote").textContent = r.status_text || "";
     if (!r.ok) { showMsg("msg", r.error || "Could not suggest."); return; }