diff --git a/ui/app/app.js b/ui/app/app.js
index 5af63dc9c..c93a6314c 100644
--- a/ui/app/app.js
+++ b/ui/app/app.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const AddTokenPage = require('./components/pages/add-token')
 const CreateAccountPage = require('./components/pages/create-account')
 const NoticeScreen = require('./components/pages/notice')
 
-const Loading = require('./components/loading')
+const Loading = require('./components/loading-screen')
 const NetworkIndicator = require('./components/network')
 const Identicon = require('./components/identicon')
 const ReactCSSTransitionGroup = require('react-addons-css-transition-group')
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 
         (isLoading || isLoadingNetwork) && h(Loading, {
           loadingMessage: loadMessage,
+          fullScreen: true,
         }),
 
         // content
diff --git a/ui/app/components/buy-button-subview.js b/ui/app/components/buy-button-subview.js
index fda7c3e17..c6957d2aa 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/buy-button-subview.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/buy-button-subview.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const connect = require('react-redux').connect
 const actions = require('../actions')
 const CoinbaseForm = require('./coinbase-form')
 const ShapeshiftForm = require('./shapeshift-form')
-const Loading = require('./loading')
+const Loading = require('./loading-screen')
 const AccountPanel = require('./account-panel')
 const RadioList = require('./custom-radio-list')
 const { getNetworkDisplayName } = require('../../../app/scripts/controllers/network/util')
diff --git a/ui/app/components/loading-screen/index.js b/ui/app/components/loading-screen/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..191d953f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/loading-screen/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+const LoadingScreen = require('./loading-screen.component')
+module.exports = LoadingScreen
diff --git a/ui/app/components/loading.js b/ui/app/components/loading-screen/loading-screen.component.js
similarity index 71%
rename from ui/app/components/loading.js
rename to ui/app/components/loading-screen/loading-screen.component.js
index b9afc550f..bce2a4aac 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/loading.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/loading-screen/loading-screen.component.js
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ const { Component } = require('react')
 const h = require('react-hyperscript')
 const PropTypes = require('prop-types')
 const classnames = require('classnames')
+const Spinner = require('../spinner')
 
-class LoadingIndicator extends Component {
+class LoadingScreen extends Component {
   renderMessage () {
     const { loadingMessage } = this.props
     return loadingMessage && h('span', loadingMessage)
@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@ class LoadingIndicator extends Component {
       h('.loading-overlay', {
         className: classnames({ 'loading-overlay--full-screen': this.props.fullScreen }),
       }, [
-        h('.flex-center.flex-column', [
-          h('img', {
-            src: 'images/loading.svg',
+        h('.loading-overlay__container', [
+          h(Spinner, {
+            color: '#F7C06C',
           }),
 
           this.renderMessage(),
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@ class LoadingIndicator extends Component {
   }
 }
 
-LoadingIndicator.propTypes = {
+LoadingScreen.propTypes = {
   loadingMessage: PropTypes.string,
   fullScreen: PropTypes.bool,
 }
 
-module.exports = LoadingIndicator
+module.exports = LoadingScreen
diff --git a/ui/app/components/pending-tx/index.js b/ui/app/components/pending-tx/index.js
index fb409cb92..893538bcf 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/pending-tx/index.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/pending-tx/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const { getSymbolAndDecimals } = require('../../token-util')
 const ConfirmSendEther = require('./confirm-send-ether')
 const ConfirmSendToken = require('./confirm-send-token')
 const ConfirmDeployContract = require('./confirm-deploy-contract')
-const Loading = require('../loading')
+const Loading = require('../loading-screen')
 
 const TX_TYPES = {
   DEPLOY_CONTRACT: 'deploy_contract',
diff --git a/ui/app/components/spinner/index.js b/ui/app/components/spinner/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9589efcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/spinner/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+const Spinner = require('./spinner.component')
+module.exports = Spinner
diff --git a/ui/app/components/spinner/spinner.component.js b/ui/app/components/spinner/spinner.component.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9a2eb52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/spinner/spinner.component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+
+const Spinner = ({ className = '', color = '#000000' }) => {
+  return (
+    <div className={`spinner ${className}`}>
+      <svg className="lds-spinner" width="100%" height="100%" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlnsXlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 100 100" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid" style={{background: 'none'}}>
+        <g transform="rotate(0 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.9166666666666666s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(30 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.8333333333333334s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(60 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.75s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(90 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.6666666666666666s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(120 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.5833333333333334s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(150 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.5s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(180 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.4166666666666667s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(210 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.3333333333333333s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(240 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.25s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(270 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.16666666666666666s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(300 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="-0.08333333333333333s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="rotate(330 50 50)">
+          <rect x={45} y={0} rx={0} ry={0} width={10} height={30} fill={color}>
+            <animate attributeName="opacity" values="1;0" dur="1s" begin="0s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
+          </rect>
+        </g>
+      </svg>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+Spinner.propTypes = {
+  className: PropTypes.string,
+  color: PropTypes.string,
+}
+
+module.exports = Spinner
diff --git a/ui/app/conf-tx.js b/ui/app/conf-tx.js
index b71538e31..fb38aaa76 100644
--- a/ui/app/conf-tx.js
+++ b/ui/app/conf-tx.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const SignatureRequest = require('./components/signature-request')
 // const PendingMsg = require('./components/pending-msg')
 // const PendingPersonalMsg = require('./components/pending-personal-msg')
 // const PendingTypedMsg = require('./components/pending-typed-msg')
-const Loading = require('./components/loading')
+const Loading = require('./components/loading-screen')
 const { DEFAULT_ROUTE } = require('./routes')
 
 module.exports = compose(
diff --git a/ui/app/css/itcss/components/loading-overlay.scss b/ui/app/css/itcss/components/loading-overlay.scss
index a92fffec5..c18b7fa59 100644
--- a/ui/app/css/itcss/components/loading-overlay.scss
+++ b/ui/app/css/itcss/components/loading-overlay.scss
@@ -26,4 +26,25 @@
     width: 100vw;
     margin-top: 0;
   }
+
+  &__container {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 33%;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+
+  &__message {
+    margin-top: 32px;
+    font-weight: 400;
+    font-size: 20px;
+    color: $manatee;
+  }
+}
+
+.spinner {
+  height: 58px;
+  width: 58px;
 }