diff --git a/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/igc_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/igc_controller.dart
index 462500d6e..b7adb7893 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/igc_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/choreographer/controllers/igc_controller.dart
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class IgcController {
 
       // if tokenizing on message send, tokenization might take a while
       // so add a fake event to the timeline to visually indicate that the message is being sent
-      if (onlyTokensAndLanguageDetection) {
+      if (onlyTokensAndLanguageDetection &&
+          choreographer.choreoMode != ChoreoMode.it) {
         choreographer.chatController.sendFakeMessage();
       }