diff --git a/web/static/index.js b/web/static/index.js
index 2c1d207..ff1ca4b 100644
--- a/web/static/index.js
+++ b/web/static/index.js
@@ -41,12 +41,16 @@ function scrape(event) {
   event.preventDefault(); // Prevent the default form submission
   updateScrapeInfo("Scraping in progress...", "blue");
   fetch("/scrape")
-    .then((response) => response.json())
+    // expect HTML response containing "Scraping completed successfully!"
+    .then((response) => response.text())
     .then((data) => {
-      if (data.status) {
-        updateScrapeInfo(data.status, "green");
+      if (data.includes("Scraping completed successfully!")) {
+        updateScrapeInfo("Scraping completed successfully!", "green");
       } else {
-        updateScrapeInfo("Scraping failed. Please try again.", "red");
+        updateScrapeInfo(
+          "Scraping failed or timed out. Please try again.",
+          "red"
+        );
       }
     })
     .catch((error) => console.error("Error:", error));