diff --git a/src/app_controller.py b/src/app_controller.py
index 7b7c5c13..12b44965 100644
--- a/src/app_controller.py
+++ b/src/app_controller.py
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ class AppController:
   self._trigger_blink:                    bool = False
   self._is_blinking:                      bool = False
   self._blink_start_time:                 float = 0.0
+  self._pending_focus_response:           bool = False
   self._trigger_script_blink:             bool = False
   self._is_script_blinking:               bool = False
   self._script_blink_start_time:          float = 0.0
diff --git a/src/gui_2.py b/src/gui_2.py
index 4725be9c..05300852 100644
--- a/src/gui_2.py
+++ b/src/gui_2.py
@@ -1585,6 +1585,12 @@ def render_main_interface(app: App) -> None:
  app._process_pending_gui_tasks()
  app._process_pending_history_adds()
  if app.controller._process_pending_tool_calls(): app._tool_log_dirty = True
+ if app._pending_focus_response:
+  app._pending_focus_response = False
+  try:
+   imgui.set_window_focus("Response") # type: ignore[call-arg]
+  except:
+   pass
  #endregion: Process GUI task queue
  
  render_track_proposal_modal(app)
@@ -5534,13 +5540,10 @@ def render_response_panel(app: App) -> None:
  """
  if app.perf_profiling_enabled: app.perf_monitor.start_component("_render_response_panel")
  if app._trigger_blink:
-  app._trigger_blink    = False
-  app._is_blinking      = True
-  app._blink_start_time = time.time()
-  try:
-   imgui.set_window_focus("Response") # type: ignore[call-arg]
-  except:
-   pass
+  app._trigger_blink           = False
+  app._is_blinking             = True
+  app._blink_start_time        = time.time()
+  app._pending_focus_response = True
  is_blinking = False
  blink_color = imgui.ImVec4(0, 0, 0, 0)
  if app._is_blinking: