# Add Book wizard doesn't work - webpage's javascript freezes

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-book-wizard-doesnt-work-webpages-javascript-freezes/682611>\
**Category:** BookBrainz\
**Tags:** en\
**Created:** [February 23, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-book-wizard-doesnt-work-webpages-javascript-freezes/682611 "2024-02-23T02:10:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![betonhaus](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/betonhaus/32/77677_2.png) [@betonhaus](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/betonhaus)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-book-wizard-doesnt-work-webpages-javascript-freezes/682611/1 "2024-02-23T02:10:12Z")

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I am attempting to use +add\>Book on the bookbrainz website to add books, but the form is nonfunctional. I can enter text into any plain text dialog box, but anything using javascript such as sort name guess/copy, author lookup, publisher lookup, the next button, the details tab, the contents tab, the +add dropdown menu, the docs dropdown menu, and the user dropdown menu cannot be interacted with.

I have attempted this in Edge, Chrome, and Firefox and had the same issue. Adblock has been disabled and all other plugins have been disabled. I had tried on a different computer with no change in the problem. I also tried [test.bookbrainz.org](http://test.bookbrainz.org) and it had the same issue.

It is still possible to add Works, Editions, Series, and Authors using their respective entrys in the +add dropdown menu - after navigating to a new page where javascript works.

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**Author:** ![mr\_monkey](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mr\_monkey](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/mr_monkey)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-book-wizard-doesnt-work-webpages-javascript-freezes/682611/2 "2024-02-23T12:26:48Z")

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Hi @betonhaus, thanks for reporting the issue (and for pinging us on the IRC channel too!)

I confirm something is breaking the page, and as you suspect it is preventing anything else from working.  
I’m investigating now, will keep you posted.

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**Author:** ![mr\_monkey](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mr\_monkey](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/mr_monkey)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-book-wizard-doesnt-work-webpages-javascript-freezes/682611/3 "2024-02-23T16:20:57Z")

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I deployed a fix for the issue just now, it’s live on the main website as well as beta and test.

Thanks again for reporting the issue, much obliged !

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**Author:** ![betonhaus](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/betonhaus/32/77677_2.png) [@betonhaus](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/betonhaus)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-book-wizard-doesnt-work-webpages-javascript-freezes/682611/4 "2024-02-23T17:15:19Z")

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thank you, much appreciated