diff --git a/main.qml b/main.qml
index 9872409d..3a98d9b8 100644
--- a/main.qml
+++ b/main.qml
@@ -207,12 +207,14 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         currentWallet.newBlock.disconnect(onWalletNewBlock)
         currentWallet.moneySpent.disconnect(onWalletMoneySent)
         currentWallet.moneyReceived.disconnect(onWalletMoneyReceived)
+        currentWallet.transactionCreated.disconnect(onTransactionCreated)
 
         currentWallet.refreshed.connect(onWalletRefresh)
         currentWallet.updated.connect(onWalletUpdate)
         currentWallet.newBlock.connect(onWalletNewBlock)
         currentWallet.moneySpent.connect(onWalletMoneySent)
         currentWallet.moneyReceived.connect(onWalletMoneyReceived)
+        currentWallet.transactionCreated.connect(onTransactionCreated)
 
 
         console.log("initializing with daemon address: ", persistentSettings.daemon_address)
@@ -363,6 +365,43 @@ ApplicationWindow {
     }
 
 
+    function onTransactionCreated(pendingTransaction,address,paymentId,mixinCount){
+        console.log("Transaction created");
+        hideProcessingSplash();
+        transaction = pendingTransaction;
+        // validate address;
+        if (transaction.status !== PendingTransaction.Status_Ok) {
+            console.error("Can't create transaction: ", transaction.errorString);
+            informationPopup.title = qsTr("Error") + translationManager.emptyString;
+            if (currentWallet.connected == Wallet.ConnectionStatus_WrongVersion)
+                informationPopup.text  = qsTr("Can't create transaction: Wrong daemon version: ") + transaction.errorString
+            else
+                informationPopup.text  = qsTr("Can't create transaction: ") + transaction.errorString
+            informationPopup.icon  = StandardIcon.Critical
+            informationPopup.onCloseCallback = null
+            informationPopup.open();
+            // deleting transaction object, we don't want memleaks
+            currentWallet.disposeTransaction(transaction);
+
+        } else {
+            console.log("Transaction created, amount: " + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.amount)
+                    + ", fee: " + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.fee));
+
+            // here we show confirmation popup;
+
+            transactionConfirmationPopup.title = qsTr("Confirmation") + translationManager.emptyString
+            transactionConfirmationPopup.text  = qsTr("Please confirm transaction:\n")
+                        + qsTr("\nAddress: ") + address
+                        + qsTr("\nPayment ID: ") + paymentId
+                        + qsTr("\n\nAmount: ") + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.amount)
+                        + qsTr("\nFee: ") + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.fee)
+                        + qsTr("\n\nMixin: ") + mixinCount
+                        + qsTr("\n\nDescription: ") + transactionDescription;
+                        + translationManager.emptyString
+            transactionConfirmationPopup.icon = StandardIcon.Question
+            transactionConfirmationPopup.open()
+        }
+    }
 
 
     // called on "transfer"
@@ -375,7 +414,10 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                     ", priority: ", priority,
                     ", description: ", description);
 
-
+        showProcessingSplash("Creating transaction");
+        
+        transactionDescription = description;
+        
         // validate amount;
         var amountxmr = walletManager.amountFromString(amount);
         console.log("integer amount: ", amountxmr);
@@ -403,42 +445,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             return;
         }
 
-        // validate address;
-        transaction = currentWallet.createTransaction(address, paymentId, amountxmr, mixinCount, priority);
-        if (transaction.status !== PendingTransaction.Status_Ok) {
-            console.error("Can't create transaction: ", transaction.errorString);
-            informationPopup.title = qsTr("Error") + translationManager.emptyString;
-            if (currentWallet.connected == Wallet.ConnectionStatus_WrongVersion)
-                informationPopup.text  = qsTr("Can't create transaction: Wrong daemon version: ") + transaction.errorString
-            else
-                informationPopup.text  = qsTr("Can't create transaction: ") + transaction.errorString
-            informationPopup.icon  = StandardIcon.Critical
-            informationPopup.onCloseCallback = null
-            informationPopup.open();
-            // deleting transaction object, we don't want memleaks
-            currentWallet.disposeTransaction(transaction);
-
-        } else {
-            console.log("Transaction created, amount: " + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.amount)
-                    + ", fee: " + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.fee));
-
-            transactionDescription = description;
-
-            // here we show confirmation popup;
-
-            transactionConfirmationPopup.title = qsTr("Confirmation") + translationManager.emptyString
-            transactionConfirmationPopup.text  = qsTr("Please confirm transaction:\n")
-                        + qsTr("\nAddress: ") + address
-                        + qsTr("\nPayment ID: ") + paymentId
-                        + qsTr("\n\nAmount: ") + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.amount)
-                        + qsTr("\nFee: ") + walletManager.displayAmount(transaction.fee)
-                        + qsTr("\n\nMixin: ") + mixinCount
-                        + qsTr("\n\nDescription: ") + description
-                        + translationManager.emptyString
-            transactionConfirmationPopup.icon = StandardIcon.Question
-            transactionConfirmationPopup.open()
-            // committing transaction
-        }
+        currentWallet.createTransactionAsync(address, paymentId, amountxmr, mixinCount, priority);
     }
 
     // called after user confirms transaction
@@ -536,7 +543,8 @@ ApplicationWindow {
     function showProcessingSplash(message) {
         console.log("Displaying processing splash")
         if (typeof message != 'undefined') {
-            splash.message = message
+            splash.messageText = message
+            splash.heightProgressText = ""
         }
         splash.show()
     }
diff --git a/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.cpp b/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.cpp
index 18ded2c8..78cb6949 100644
--- a/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrent>
 
 namespace {
     static const int DAEMON_BLOCKCHAIN_HEIGHT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 10;
@@ -211,10 +212,29 @@ PendingTransaction *Wallet::createTransaction(const QString &dst_addr, const QSt
     Bitmonero::PendingTransaction * ptImpl = m_walletImpl->createTransaction(
                 dst_addr.toStdString(), payment_id.toStdString(), amount, mixin_count,
                 static_cast<Bitmonero::PendingTransaction::Priority>(priority));
-    PendingTransaction * result = new PendingTransaction(ptImpl, this);
+    PendingTransaction * result = new PendingTransaction(ptImpl,0);
     return result;
 }
 
+
+void Wallet::createTransactionAsync(const QString &dst_addr, const QString &payment_id,
+                               quint64 amount, quint32 mixin_count,
+                               PendingTransaction::Priority priority)
+{
+    QFuture<PendingTransaction*> future = QtConcurrent::run(this, &Wallet::createTransaction,
+                                  dst_addr, payment_id,amount, mixin_count, priority);
+    QFutureWatcher<PendingTransaction*> * watcher = new QFutureWatcher<PendingTransaction*>();
+    watcher->setFuture(future);
+    connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<PendingTransaction*>::finished,
+            this, [this, watcher,dst_addr,payment_id,mixin_count]() {
+        QFuture<PendingTransaction*> future = watcher->future();
+        watcher->deleteLater();
+        emit transactionCreated(future.result(),dst_addr,payment_id,mixin_count);
+    });
+}
+
+
+
 void Wallet::disposeTransaction(PendingTransaction *t)
 {
     m_walletImpl->disposeTransaction(t->m_pimpl);
diff --git a/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.h b/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.h
index 102429d5..74c4fea1 100644
--- a/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.h
+++ b/src/libwalletqt/Wallet.h
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE PendingTransaction * createTransaction(const QString &dst_addr, const QString &payment_id,
                                                        quint64 amount, quint32 mixin_count,
                                                        PendingTransaction::Priority priority);
+    //! creates async transaction
+    Q_INVOKABLE void createTransactionAsync(const QString &dst_addr, const QString &payment_id,
+                                            quint64 amount, quint32 mixin_count,
+                                            PendingTransaction::Priority priority);
     //! deletes transaction and frees memory
     Q_INVOKABLE void disposeTransaction(PendingTransaction * t);
 
@@ -172,6 +176,8 @@ signals:
     void newBlock(quint64 height);
     void historyModelChanged() const;
 
+    // emitted when transaction is created async
+    void transactionCreated(PendingTransaction * transaction, QString address, QString paymentId, quint32 mixinCount);
 
 private:
     Wallet(QObject * parent = nullptr);