diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.spec.ts
index 5296c7f0ae..b5e455dfc5 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.spec.ts
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ describe('BulkEditorComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should run a workflow on the selection via the run workflow dialog', () => {
+    const toast = jest.spyOn(toastService, 'show')
+    const infoToast = jest.spyOn(toastService, 'showInfo')
     let modal: NgbModalRef
     modalService.activeInstances.subscribe((m) => (modal = m[0]))
     jest.spyOn(permissionsService, 'currentUserCan').mockReturnValue(true)
@@ -712,7 +714,12 @@ describe('BulkEditorComponent', () => {
       workflow: 5,
       filter_documents: false,
     })
-    req.flush(true)
+    req.flush({ result: 'OK' })
+    expect(infoToast).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'Workflow will run on the selected documents in the background.'
+    )
+    expect(toast.mock.calls.at(-1)[0].actionName).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(documentListViewService.selected.size).toBe(0)
     httpTestingController.match(
       `${environment.apiBaseUrl}documents/?page=1&page_size=50&ordering=-created&truncate_content=true&include_selection_data=true`
     ) // list reload
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
index 066f941bff..5bea36804a 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts
@@ -322,10 +322,23 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
     modal.componentInstance.confirmClicked
       .pipe(takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier))
       .subscribe(() => {
-        this.executeBulkEditMethod(modal, 'run_workflow', {
-          workflow: modal.componentInstance.workflowId,
-          filter_documents: !modal.componentInstance.force,
-        })
+        modal.componentInstance.buttonsEnabled.set(false)
+        this.documentService
+          .bulkEdit(this.getSelectionQuery(), 'run_workflow', {
+            workflow: modal.componentInstance.workflowId,
+            filter_documents: !modal.componentInstance.force,
+          })
+          .pipe(first())
+          .subscribe({
+            next: () => {
+              modal.close()
+              this.list.selectNone()
+              this.toastService.showInfo(
+                $localize`Workflow will run on the selected documents in the background.`
+              )
+            },
+            error: (error) => this.handleOperationError(modal, error),
+          })
       })
   }