diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85bd19a86..47f2c2e22 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+## Fixed
+- Disabled button while create dataset ajax call is still going on [#311](https://github.com/clowder-framework/clowder/issues/311)
 
 ## 1.21.0 - 2022-08-23
 
diff --git a/app/views/datasets/create.scala.html b/app/views/datasets/create.scala.html
index 44e7b1854..572139ec8 100644
--- a/app/views/datasets/create.scala.html
+++ b/app/views/datasets/create.scala.html
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ <h1>@Messages("create.header", Messages("dataset.title"))</h1>
 
         $(function () {
             $('#createdataset').click(function () {
+                $('#createdataset').attr("disabled", true);
                 var name = $('#name');
                 var desc = $('#description');
                 var spaceList = [];