diff --git a/src/Foundation.hs b/src/Foundation.hs
index e3c89b3aa..e4de524d2 100644
--- a/src/Foundation.hs
+++ b/src/Foundation.hs
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ siteLayout' headingOverride widget = do
       addScript $ StaticR js_utils_tabber_js
       addStylesheet $ StaticR css_utils_alerts_scss
       addStylesheet $ StaticR css_utils_asidenav_scss
+      addStylesheet $ StaticR css_utils_asyncForm_scss
       addStylesheet $ StaticR css_utils_form_scss
       addStylesheet $ StaticR css_utils_inputs_scss
       addStylesheet $ StaticR css_utils_modal_scss
diff --git a/static/css/utils/asyncForm.scss b/static/css/utils/asyncForm.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb8dc0635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/css/utils/asyncForm.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.async-form-response {
+  margin: 20px 0;
+}
+
+.async-form-loading {
+  opacity: 0.1;
+  transition: opacity 400ms ease-in-out;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
diff --git a/static/js/utils/asyncForm.js b/static/js/utils/asyncForm.js
index a7086bdc3..14e77c805 100644
--- a/static/js/utils/asyncForm.js
+++ b/static/js/utils/asyncForm.js
@@ -3,12 +3,21 @@
 
   window.utils = window.utils || {};
 
+  var ASYNC_FORM_RESPONSE_CLASS = 'async-form-response';
+  var ASYNC_FORM_LOADING_CLASS = 'async-form-loading';
+  var ASYNC_FORM_MIN_DELAY = 600;
+
   window.utils.asyncForm = function(formElement, options) {
 
+    var lastRequestTimestamp = 0;
+
     function setup() {
       formElement.addEventListener('submit', function(event) {
         event.preventDefault();
 
+        formElement.classList.add(ASYNC_FORM_LOADING_CLASS)
+        lastRequestTimestamp = Date.now();
+
         var url = formElement.getAttribute('action');
         var headers = { };
         var body = new FormData(formElement);
@@ -23,14 +32,28 @@
           .then(function(response) {
             return response.json();
           }).then(function(response) {
-            console.log('asyncForm: got response', response);
-            // TODO: process json response once backend returns json
+            processResponse(response[0])
           }).catch(function(error) {
             console.error('could not fetch or process response from ' + url, { error });
           });
       });
     }
 
+    function processResponse(response) {
+      var responseElement = document.createElement('div');
+      responseElement.classList.add(ASYNC_FORM_RESPONSE_CLASS);
+      responseElement.innerHTML = response.content;
+      var parentElement = formElement.parentElement;
+
+      // make sure there is a delay between click and response
+      var delay = Math.max(0, ASYNC_FORM_MIN_DELAY + lastRequestTimestamp - Date.now());
+      setTimeout(function() {
+        parentElement.insertBefore(responseElement, formElement);
+        formElement.remove();
+      }, delay);
+
+    }
+
     setup();
   };
 })();