diff --git a/packages/components/src/api/MakeRequest.ts b/packages/components/src/api/MakeRequest.ts
index 35287e3d0c..1c70cd2005 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/api/MakeRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/api/MakeRequest.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ const METHOD_OMITS_BODY: { [key: string]: boolean } = {
 
 const MakeRequest = <UrlRouteArgs, Request, Response, UrlParams>(routeSetup: RouteSetup<UrlRouteArgs>) :  (urlRouteArgs: UrlRouteArgs, request: Request, queries?: UrlParams) => Promise<Response> => {
     return async function(urlRouteArgs: UrlRouteArgs, request: Request, queries?: any) : Promise<Response> {
-        const prepedQueries = queries ? Object.keys(queries).reduce((obj,key) => {
-            let current = queries[key]
-            return { [key]: Array.isArray(current) ? current.join("&tokens=") : current };
-        },{}) : null;
-        console.log("❓",prepedQueries);
-        const endpoint = `${ routeSetup.routingFunction(urlRouteArgs) }${ prepedQueries ? "?" + new URLSearchParams(prepedQueries) : "" }`;
+        const newQueries = queries ? Object.keys(queries).map((key, i) => {
+            return `${ i ? "&" : "" }${ key }=${ Array.isArray(queries[key]) ? queries[key].join(`&${ key }=`) : queries[key] }`
+        }).join("") : null;
+
+        const endpoint = `${ routeSetup.routingFunction(urlRouteArgs) }${ newQueries ? "?" + newQueries : "" }`;
         const method = routeSetup.method;
         const methodOmitsBody = METHOD_OMITS_BODY[method] || false;
 
diff --git a/packages/components/src/api/bookmarks/GetBookmarks.ts b/packages/components/src/api/bookmarks/GetBookmarks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..485ffd21c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/api/bookmarks/GetBookmarks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import MakeRequest from "../MakeRequest";
+
+export interface Bookmark {
+    entity_token: string,
+    entity_type: string,
+    is_bookmarked: boolean,
+    maybe_bookmark_token?: string
+}
+
+export interface GetBookmarksRequest {}
+
+export interface GetBookmarksResponse {
+  success: boolean,
+  bookmarks?: Bookmark[]
+}
+
+export interface GetBookmarksQueries {
+  tokens: string[],
+}
+
+export const GetBookmarks = MakeRequest<string, GetBookmarksRequest, GetBookmarksResponse, GetBookmarksQueries>({
+  method: "GET",
+  routingFunction: () => `/v1/user_bookmarks/batch`,
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.scss b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.scss
index 4524647d81..3f16a88003 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.scss
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.scss
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@
   cursor: pointer;
   outline: inherit;
   font-size: 16px;
-  transition: 0.2s;
+  transition: 0.2s all;
   padding: 3px 8px;
-  min-width: 52px;
+  flex-wrap: none;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  width: fit-content;
+  height: 1.75rem;
   border-radius: 0.5rem;
+  // white-space: nowrap;
+  position: relative;
 
   &.shadow {
     box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba($bg, 0.4) !important;
@@ -74,8 +79,55 @@
   color: $white;
   font-size: 14px;
   font-weight: 400 !important;
+  height: 100%;
   opacity: 0.9;
   transition: 0.2s;
+  // flex-grow: 1;
+  position: relative;
+  // width: 1.5rem;
+  // display: inline-block;
+  // width: 100%;
+  // height: max-content;
+
+  .favorite-text-wrapper {
+   position: relative;
+  }
+
+  span {
+    display: block;
+    top: 0;
+    // height: fit-content;
+    // width: 2.5rem;
+    background-color: green;
+    position: absolute;
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes workdots {
+  0% { opacity: .33 }
+  33% { opacity: .66 }
+  66% { opacity: .66 }
+  100% { opacity: .33 }
+}
+
+.fy-workdots {
+  width: 1rem;
+  height: 1rem;
+  fill: #fff;
+
+  circle {
+    animation: .66s infinite workdots;
+    animation-timing-function: ease-in-out;
+  }
+  :nth-child(1) {
+    animation-delay: 0;
+  }
+    :nth-child(2) {
+    animation-delay: .22s;
+  }
+    :nth-child(3) {
+    animation-delay: .44s;
+  }
 }
 
 @keyframes pulse {
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.tsx
index e4d54583b9..8dc17acb4b 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/BookmarkButton/BookmarkButton.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faBookmark } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
 import { faBookmark as faBookmarkOutline } from "@fortawesome/pro-regular-svg-icons";
+import { a, useTransition } from "@react-spring/web";
+import { basicTransition } from "resources";
 import Tippy from "@tippyjs/react";
 import "tippy.js/dist/tippy.css";
 import "./BookmarkButton.scss";
 // import useShortenNumber from "hooks/useShortenNumber";
 
 interface BookmarkButtonProps {
+  busy?: boolean;
   entityToken?: string;
   entityType?: string;
   initialToggled?: boolean;
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ interface BookmarkButtonProps {
 }
 
 export default function BookmarkButton({
+  busy,
   entityToken = "",
   entityType = "",
   initialToggled = false,
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ export default function BookmarkButton({
   const isToggled = initialToggled; // toggled value managed externally via usebookmarks, this may change
   // const [isToggled, setIsToggled] = useState(initialToggled);
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [animating,animatingSet] = useState(false);
 
   const handleClick = async (event: React.MouseEvent) => {
     event.preventDefault();
@@ -54,6 +59,15 @@ export default function BookmarkButton({
   const toolTip = isToggled ? "Unbookmark" : "Bookmark";
   // let favoriteCountShort = useShortenNumber(favoriteCount || 0);
 
+  const index = busy ? 0 : isToggled ? 1 : 2;
+
+  const transitions = useTransition(index, basicTransition({
+    onRest: () => animatingSet(false),
+    onStart: () => {
+      animatingSet(true)
+    }
+  }));
+
   return (
     <div className="d-flex gap-2">
       <Tippy
@@ -74,7 +88,28 @@ export default function BookmarkButton({
             icon={isToggled ? faBookmark : faBookmarkOutline}
             className={`${iconClass} me-2`}
           />
-          <p className="favorite-text">{isToggled ? "Saved" : "Save"}</p>
+          <div className="favorite-text">
+            <div {...{ className: "favorite-text-wrapper" }}>
+            {
+              transitions((style, i, state) => {
+                let isLeaving = state.phase === "leave";
+                const content = (txt = "") =>
+                  <a.div {...{ style: {
+                    ...style,
+                    position: isLeaving && animating ? "absolute" : "relative" 
+                  } }}>{ 
+                     txt ? txt : <svg {...{ className: "fy-workdots" }}>
+                      <circle cx="2" cy="8" r="2" />
+                      <circle cx="8" cy="8" r="2" />
+                      <circle cx="14" cy="8" r="2" />
+                    </svg>
+                  }</a.div>;
+                return [ content(""), content("Saved"), content("Save")
+                ][i];
+              })
+            }
+              </div>
+          </div>
         </button>
       </Tippy>
     </div>
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/AudioCard/AudioCard.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/AudioCard/AudioCard.tsx
index 57070db90f..00acfa2c2a 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/AudioCard/AudioCard.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/AudioCard/AudioCard.tsx
@@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ export default function AudioCard({
               </div>
               <BookmarkButton
                 {...{
+                  busy: bookmarks.busyList[data.weight_token],
                   entityToken: data.weight_token,
                   entityType: "model_weight",
                   onToggle: bookmarks?.toggle,
-                  initialToggled: bookmarks.list[data.weight_token]
+                  initialToggled: bookmarks?.list[data.weight_token]?.is
                 }}
               />
             </div>
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/ImageCard/ImageCard.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/ImageCard/ImageCard.tsx
index 935b32721c..7b14cef0e8 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/ImageCard/ImageCard.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/Card/ImageCard/ImageCard.tsx
@@ -199,10 +199,11 @@ export default function ImageCard({
                   </div>
                   <BookmarkButton
                     {...{
+                      busy: bookmarks.busyList[data.weight_token],
                       entityToken: data.weight_token,
                       entityType: "model_weight",
                       onToggle: bookmarks?.toggle,
-                      initialToggled: bookmarks.list[data.weight_token]
+                      initialToggled: bookmarks?.list[data.weight_token]?.is_bookmarked
                     }}
                   />
                 </div>
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useBookmarks/useBookmarks.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useBookmarks/useBookmarks.tsx
index b44b29fe1d..c68f45b0dd 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useBookmarks/useBookmarks.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useBookmarks/useBookmarks.tsx
@@ -1,59 +1,93 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { GetBookmarks, GetBookmarksResponse } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/bookmarks/GetBookmarks";
 import { CreateBookmark } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/bookmarks/CreateBookmark";
 import { DeleteBookmark } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/bookmarks/DeleteBookmark";
-import { GetBookmarksByUser } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/bookmarks/GetBookmarksByUser";
 import { FetchStatus } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/_common/SharedFetchTypes";
-import { useSession } from "hooks";
+// import { useSession } from "hooks";
+
+interface BookmarkLibrary {
+  [key: string]: any
+}
 
 export default function useBookmarks() {
-  const { user } = useSession();
-  const [baseList, baseListSet] = useState<any[]>([]);
+  const [list, listSet] = useState<BookmarkLibrary>({});
+  const [busyList, busyListSet] = useState<BookmarkLibrary>({});
   const [status, statusSet] = useState(FetchStatus.ready);
 
-  const list = baseList.reduce((obj: any, current: any) => {
-    return { ...obj, [current.details.entity_token]: current.token }
-  },{});
+  const getBookmarks = (tokens = [], expand = false) => {
+    busyListSet(tokens.reduce((obj,token) => ({ ...obj, [token]: true }),{}));
+    GetBookmarks("",{},{ tokens }).then((res: GetBookmarksResponse) => {
+      if (res.success && res.bookmarks) {
+        let newBatch = res.bookmarks.reduce((obj, { entity_token, ...bookmark }) => ({
+          ...obj,
+          [entity_token]: bookmark
+        }),{});
+        busyListSet({}); // this should be a for each key in tokens delete from busyList, but this is fine for now
+        listSet(list => expand ? { ...list, ...newBatch } : newBatch);
+      }
+    })
+  };
 
-  const toggle = (entityToken = "", type = "") => {
-    let bookmarkToken = list[entityToken];
+  const gather = ({ res, expand }: { res: any, expand?: boolean }) => {
+    let tokens = res.results.map((item: any) => item.weight_token);
+    getBookmarks(tokens, expand);
+  };
+
+  const toggleList = (entity_type = "", entityToken = "", maybe_bookmark_token = null) => (list: BookmarkLibrary) => ({
+    ...list,
+    [entityToken]: { 
+      entity_type,
+      is_bookmarked: !!maybe_bookmark_token,
+      maybe_bookmark_token
+    }
+  });
+
+  // console.log("😎",list);
+
+  const toggle = (entityToken: string, type: string) => {
+    statusSet(FetchStatus.in_progress);
+    busyListSet(state => ({ ...state, [entityToken]: true }));
+    let bookmarkToken = list[entityToken].maybe_bookmark_token;
     if (bookmarkToken) {
-      console.log("⏳ deleting bookmark",);
+      console.log(`⏳ deleting bookmark: ${ entityToken }`,bookmarkToken);
       return DeleteBookmark(bookmarkToken,{ as_mod: true })
       .then((res: any) => {
         console.log("🔥",res);
+        busyListSet(state => {
+          let newState = { ...state };
+          delete newState[entityToken];
+          return newState;
+        });
+        listSet(toggleList(type,entityToken));
         statusSet(FetchStatus.ready);
         return false;
       });
 
     } else {
-      console.log("⏳ creating bookmark",);
+      console.log(`⏳ creating bookmark: ${ entityToken }`,bookmarkToken);
       return CreateBookmark("",{
         entity_token: entityToken,
         entity_type: type
       })
       .then((res: any) => {
         console.log("🔖",res);
+        busyListSet(state => {
+          let newState = { ...state };
+          delete newState[entityToken];
+          return newState;
+        });
+        listSet(toggleList(type,entityToken,res.user_bookmark_token));
         statusSet(FetchStatus.ready);
         return true;
       });
     }
   };
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (user && status === FetchStatus.ready) {
-      statusSet(FetchStatus.in_progress);
-      GetBookmarksByUser(user?.username || "",{},{ page_size: 999 }) // high number because we want all bookmarks
-        .then((res: any) => {
-          statusSet(FetchStatus.success);
-          if (res.results) {
-            baseListSet(res.results);
-          }
-        });
-    }
-  },[status, user]);
-
   return {
+    busyList,
+    gather,
     list,
+    status,
     toggle
   };
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/resources/basicTransition.ts b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/resources/basicTransition.ts
index e30dbc2b69..87c52112a6 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/resources/basicTransition.ts
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/resources/basicTransition.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { config } from "@react-spring/web";
+const n = (x:any) => {};
 
-const basicTransition = ({ ...overwrite }) => ({
+const basicTransition = ({ ...overwrite }, onRest = n, onStart = n) => ({
   config: config.gentle,
-  from: { opacity: 0 },
-  enter: { opacity: 1 },
-  leave: { opacity: 0 },
+  from: { opacity: 0, },
+  enter: { opacity: 1, },
+  leave: { opacity: 0, },
+  onRest,
+  onStart,
   ...overwrite
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/MediaTab.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/MediaTab.tsx
index a3c7526e99..2a707edd5a 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/MediaTab.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/MediaTab.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ export default function MediaTab() {
     list,
     listSet,
     onInputChange: () => setShowMasonryGrid(false),
-    onSuccess: () => setShowMasonryGrid(true),
+    onSuccess: (res) => {
+      bookmarks.gather({ res, expand: true }); // expand rather than replace for lazy loading 
+      setShowMasonryGrid(true);
+    },
     requestList: true,
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx
index e5771cb827..5a87352439 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/explore/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ export default function WeightsTab() {
       ...prepFilter(weightType, "maybe_scoped_weight_type"),
     },
     addSetters: { weightCategorySet, weightTypeSet },
+    debug: "explore weights tab",
     fetcher: ListWeights,
     list,
     listSet,
     onInputChange: () => setShowMasonryGrid(false),
-    onSuccess: () => setShowMasonryGrid(true),
+    onSuccess: (res) => {
+      bookmarks.gather({ res, expand: true }); // expand rather than replace for lazy loading 
+      setShowMasonryGrid(true);
+    },
     requestList: true,
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/BookmarksTab.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/BookmarksTab.tsx
index 9217589b1e..3e4d321976 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/BookmarksTab.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/BookmarksTab.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ export default function BookmarksTab({ username }: { username: string }) {
     list,
     listSet,
     onInputChange: () => setShowMasonryGrid(false),
-    onSuccess: () => setShowMasonryGrid(true),
+    onSuccess: (res) => {
+      bookmarks.gather({ res });
+      setShowMasonryGrid(true);
+    },
     requestList: true,
     urlParam: username,
   });
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/MediaTab.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/MediaTab.tsx
index 99580a6a32..cf7895551a 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/MediaTab.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/MediaTab.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default function MediaTab({ username }: { username: string }) {
     listSet,
     onInputChange: () => setShowMasonryGrid(false),
     onSuccess: (res) => {
-      ratings.gather(res);
+      bookmarks.gather({ res });
       setShowMasonryGrid(true);
     },
     requestList: true,
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx
index 83070ca20b..17774386a5 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/profile/profile_view/tabs/WeightsTab.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ export default function WeightsTab({ username }: { username: string }) {
     list,
     listSet,
     onInputChange: () => setShowMasonryGrid(false),
-    onSuccess: () => setShowMasonryGrid(true),
+    onSuccess: (res) => {
+      bookmarks.gather({ res });
+      setShowMasonryGrid(true);
+    },
     requestList: true,
     urlParam: username,
   });