diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js
index 3c83966327..16cf0f4d84 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 		vm.contentType = {};
 		vm.page = {};
 		vm.page.loading = false;
+		vm.page.saveButtonState = "init";
 		vm.page.navigation = [
 			{
 				"name": "Design",
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@
 
 		function performSave() {
 
+			vm.page.saveButtonState = "busy";
+
 			// reformat allowed content types to array if id's
 			vm.contentType.allowedContentTypes = contentTypeHelper.createIdArray(vm.contentType.allowedContentTypes);
 
@@ -179,6 +182,9 @@
 				init(dt);
 
 				syncTreeNode(vm.contentType, dt.path);
+
+				vm.page.saveButtonState = "success";
+
 			});
 
 		}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html
index a87e0b95c9..21f94480fe 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@
 
                <umb-editor-footer-content-right>
 
-                  <div class="btn-group">
-                    <button type="submit" data-hotkey="ctrl+s" class="btn btn-success">
-                      <localize key="buttons_save">Save</localize>
-                    </button>
-                  </div>
+                  <umb-button
+                     type="submit"
+                     state="vm.page.saveButtonState"
+                     button-style="success"
+                     shortcut="ctrl+s"
+                     label="Save"
+                     label-key="buttons_save">
+                  </umb-button>
 
                </umb-editor-footer-content-right>