diff --git a/frontend/app.vue b/frontend/app.vue
index c1b55b0..180919e 100644
--- a/frontend/app.vue
+++ b/frontend/app.vue
@@ -2287,6 +2287,12 @@ function waitCalendarZoom() {
   });
 }
 
+function waitMs(ms: number) {
+  return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(() => resolve(), ms);
+  });
+}
+
 async function animateCalendarZoomIn(sourceElement: HTMLElement | null, apply: () => void) {
   const fromRect = getElementRectInCalendar(sourceElement);
   const viewportRect = getCalendarViewportRect();
@@ -2299,12 +2305,13 @@ async function animateCalendarZoomIn(sourceElement: HTMLElement | null, apply: (
   calendarZoomBusy.value = true;
   try {
     primeCalendarRect(fromRect);
+    morphCalendarRect(viewportRect);
+    const switchLag = 260;
+    await waitMs(Math.max(0, CALENDAR_ZOOM_DURATION_MS - switchLag));
     calendarSceneMasked.value = true;
-    await nextTick();
     apply();
     await nextTick();
-    morphCalendarRect(viewportRect);
-    await waitCalendarZoom();
+    await waitMs(switchLag);
   } finally {
     calendarSceneMasked.value = false;
     calendarZoomBusy.value = false;