diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_viewer.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_viewer.cpp
index 67961b4f9a..fa4021da65 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_viewer.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_viewer.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void log_viewer::show_log()
 		QTextStream stream(&file);
 		QString text = stream.readAll();
 		text.replace('\0', '0');
-		m_log_text->setPlainText(text);
+		set_text_and_keep_position(text);
 		file.close();
 	}
 	else
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ void log_viewer::show_log()
 
 void log_viewer::set_text_and_keep_position(const QString& text)
 {
+	m_log_text->setPlainText(tr("Pasting..."));
+	QApplication::processEvents();
+
 	const int pos = m_log_text->verticalScrollBar()->value();
 	m_log_text->setPlainText(text);
 	m_log_text->verticalScrollBar()->setValue(pos);
@@ -257,6 +260,8 @@ void log_viewer::filter_log()
 		}
 	}
 
+	m_log_text->setPlainText(tr("Filtering..."));
+
 	std::vector<QString> excluded_log_levels;
 	if (!m_log_levels.test(static_cast<u32>(logs::level::fatal)))   excluded_log_levels.push_back("·F ");
 	if (!m_log_levels.test(static_cast<u32>(logs::level::error)))   excluded_log_levels.push_back("·E ");