diff --git a/app/templates/step1_idea.html b/app/templates/step1_idea.html
index 5eb973b..b82762c 100644
--- a/app/templates/step1_idea.html
+++ b/app/templates/step1_idea.html
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ <h2 class="step-label" data-step="idea">Step 1 of 3 — Brain dump &amp; calibra
         <a href="#" role="button" class="secondary outline" style="width:auto;padding:.1rem .55rem;font-size:var(--fs-xs)"
            hx-post="/auth/github/logout">Log out</a>
       </small>
-      <div id="gh-repos" hx-get="/api/github/repos" hx-trigger="load" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+      <div id="gh-repos" hx-get="/api/github/repos" hx-trigger="load"
+           hx-target="this" hx-swap="innerHTML">
         <small class="assumption"><span class="spinner" data-anim="pulse"></span> Loading your repositories…</small>
       </div>
       {% else %}