diff --git a/src/components/FerrersRogersRamanujan.tsx b/src/components/FerrersRogersRamanujan.tsx
index 99b9c7c..8ba6cc3 100644
--- a/src/components/FerrersRogersRamanujan.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FerrersRogersRamanujan.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const FerrersRogersRamanujan = () => {
   const [rrPartition, setRRPartition] = useState<number[]>([]);
   const [animatingHook, setAnimatingHook] = useState<{ row: number; col: number } | null>(null);
   const [animationStep, setAnimationStep] = useState(0);
+  const [isAnimating, setIsAnimating] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // Initialize sliders with all zeros
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const FerrersRogersRamanujan = () => {
     setRRPartition([]);
     setAnimatingHook(null);
     setAnimationStep(0);
+    setIsAnimating(false);
   };
 
   const generateRRPartition = () => {
@@ -53,83 +55,69 @@ const FerrersRogersRamanujan = () => {
 
     setRRPartition([]);
     setAnimationStep(0);
-    
-    // Start animation
-    animateHooks();
+    setIsAnimating(true);
   };
 
-  const animateHooks = () => {
-    const hooks: number[] = [];
+  // Animation effect
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isAnimating || committedPartition.length === 0) return;
+
     const partition = committedPartition;
     
-    // We need to traverse the L-shaped hooks
-    // Start from position (0, 0) and go around the perimeter
-    let step = 0;
+    // Find the hook at current animation step
+    let found = false;
+    let hookCount = 0;
+    let targetRow = 0, targetCol = 0;
+    
     const maxRow = partition.length;
     const maxCol = partition[0] || 0;
 
-    const processNextHook = () => {
-      // Determine which hook to process
-      // We traverse diagonally: (0,0), (1,0), (0,1), (2,0), (1,1), (0,2), ...
-      let row = 0, col = 0;
-      let diag = 0;
-      let found = false;
-
-      // Find the step-th valid hook
-      let hookCount = 0;
-      for (let d = 0; d < maxRow + maxCol; d++) {
-        for (let r = 0; r <= d; r++) {
-          const c = d - r;
-          if (r < partition.length && c < partition[r]) {
-            if (hookCount === step) {
-              row = r;
-              col = c;
-              found = true;
-              break;
-            }
-            hookCount++;
+    for (let d = 0; d < maxRow + maxCol && !found; d++) {
+      for (let r = 0; r <= d; r++) {
+        const c = d - r;
+        if (r < partition.length && c < partition[r]) {
+          if (hookCount === animationStep) {
+            targetRow = r;
+            targetCol = c;
+            found = true;
+            break;
           }
-        }
-        if (found) break;
-      }
-
-      if (!found) {
-        // Animation complete
-        setAnimatingHook(null);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      setAnimatingHook({ row, col });
-
-      // Calculate hook size: boxes to the right + boxes below + 1 (the box itself)
-      const boxesRight = partition[row] - col - 1;
-      let boxesBelow = 0;
-      for (let r = row + 1; r < partition.length; r++) {
-        if (partition[r] > col) {
-          boxesBelow++;
-        } else {
-          break;
+          hookCount++;
         }
       }
-      const hookSize = boxesRight + boxesBelow + 1;
+    }
 
-      hooks.push(hookSize);
-      setRRPartition([...hooks]);
+    if (!found) {
+      // Animation complete
+      setIsAnimating(false);
+      setAnimatingHook(null);
+      return;
+    }
 
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        setAnimationStep(step + 1);
-      }, 500);
-    };
+    setAnimatingHook({ row: targetRow, col: targetCol });
 
-    const interval = setInterval(() => {
-      processNextHook();
-      if (animatingHook === null && step > 0) {
-        clearInterval(interval);
+    // Calculate hook size
+    const boxesRight = partition[targetRow] - targetCol - 1;
+    let boxesBelow = 0;
+    for (let r = targetRow + 1; r < partition.length; r++) {
+      if (partition[r] > targetCol) {
+        boxesBelow++;
+      } else {
+        break;
       }
+    }
+    const hookSize = boxesRight + boxesBelow + 1;
+
+    // Update RR partition
+    setRRPartition(prev => [...prev, hookSize]);
+
+    // Schedule next step
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      setAnimationStep(prev => prev + 1);
     }, 500);
 
-    processNextHook();
-  };
+    return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
+  }, [isAnimating, animationStep, committedPartition]);
 
   const renderFerrersDiagram = (partition: number[], highlightHook?: { row: number; col: number }) => {
     if (partition.length === 0) return null;
@@ -247,10 +235,10 @@ const FerrersRogersRamanujan = () => {
 
             <Button 
               onClick={generateRRPartition}
-              disabled={rrPartition.length > 0}
+              disabled={rrPartition.length > 0 || isAnimating}
               className="w-full md:w-auto"
             >
-              Generate Rogers-Ramanujan Partition
+              {isAnimating ? "Generating..." : "Generate Rogers-Ramanujan Partition"}
             </Button>
 
             {/* RR Partition Display */}