diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index d4e0bc1..5301ec9 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@
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ELj8XhRd1O+iRiRaZtKpT7UNC0tCMKk0tLSaTk7KJokSR+OhA9/tyCEpAbuAxJCaDAYXPV1+/aNB8Y4lRs0jDFNJBKvUkqH3Fv7JuNLOR4cCqlUaprH45lCCDFNnjy5I51Oh3Ov0H6L/4f4X2UxdMl595KYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
             alt="FlyEM Project"></a>
         <a href="https://janelia.org">
-          <img src="/static/media/janelia_logo.2e1f9dd4.png" alt="Janelia Research Campus">
+          <img src="/janelia_logo.png" alt="Janelia Research Campus">
         </a>
       </div>
     </header>
-    <p>NeuronBridge is loading...</p>
+    <p>Loading...</p>
   </div>
   <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
   <!--
diff --git a/public/janelia_logo.png b/public/janelia_logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bf5ecd
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/janelia_logo.png differ
diff --git a/src/Routes.jsx b/src/Routes.jsx
index a3f6247..97faa29 100644
--- a/src/Routes.jsx
+++ b/src/Routes.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { Suspense } from "react";
 import { Route, Switch } from "react-router-dom";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
+import { Spin } from "antd";
 import AuthenticatedRoute from "./components/AuthenticatedRoute";
 import UnauthenticatedRoute from "./components/UnauthenticatedRoute";
 // cant lazy load this as it breaks the AWS APIs
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export default function Routes({ appProps }) {
     config.UNDER_MAINTENANCE && !appProps.isAdmin
   );
   return (
-    <Suspense fallback={<div>loading...</div>}>
+    <Suspense fallback={<div><Spin tip="loading..." size="large" />Loading...</div>}>
       <Switch>
         <Route path="/" exact>
           <Landing isAuthenticated={appProps.isAuthenticated} />
diff --git a/src/components/CustomSearchList.jsx b/src/components/CustomSearchList.jsx
index c00191a..776556b 100644
--- a/src/components/CustomSearchList.jsx
+++ b/src/components/CustomSearchList.jsx
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ export default function CustomSearchList() {
       />
       <Divider dashed />
       <Title level={3}>Your Searches ({searches.length}{nextToken ? '+' : null})</Title>
-      {isLoading ? <Spin size="large" /> : <SearchList searches={searches} showMore={Boolean(nextToken)}  showMoreHandler={showMoreHandler}/>}
+      {isLoading ? (
+        <div>
+          <Spin size="large" /> Loading...
+        </div>) : <SearchList searches={searches} showMore={Boolean(nextToken)}  showMoreHandler={showMoreHandler}/>}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/MatchReferences.jsx b/src/components/MatchReferences.jsx
index b277b5f..f851963 100644
--- a/src/components/MatchReferences.jsx
+++ b/src/components/MatchReferences.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
 import { Auth, API } from "aws-amplify";
+import { Spin } from "antd";
 
 export default function MatchReferences({ library, publishedName }) {
   const [publication, setPublication] = useState();
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export default function MatchReferences({ library, publishedName }) {
   if (!publication) {
     return (
       <ul>
-        <li>loading...</li>
+        <li><Spin tip="Loading..." size="large" /> Loading...</li>
       </ul>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/components/MatchesLoader.jsx b/src/components/MatchesLoader.jsx
index 5829763..c6989b4 100644
--- a/src/components/MatchesLoader.jsx
+++ b/src/components/MatchesLoader.jsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function fixUrls(matches, stores) {
 }
 
 export default function MatchesLoader({ searchAlgorithm }) {
-  const [isLoading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [isLoading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [matchMeta, setMatchMeta] = useState(null);
   const { appState } = useContext(AppContext);
   const { matchId } = useParams();
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export default function MatchesLoader({ searchAlgorithm }) {
   if (isLoading) {
     return (
       <div className="searchLoader">
-        <Spin size="large" />
+        <Spin size="large" tip="Loading..." /> Loading...
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/components/Results.jsx b/src/components/Results.jsx
index 25fec66..d78d31b 100644
--- a/src/components/Results.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Results.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState, useContext } from "react";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
 import { Storage, API, graphqlOperation } from "aws-amplify";
-import { Divider, message } from "antd";
+import { Spin, Divider, message } from "antd";
 import Matches from "./Matches";
 import CustomInputSummary from "./CustomInputSummary";
 import ImageWithModal from "./ImageWithModal";
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ export default function Results({ match }) {
   }
 
   if (!searchMeta || !searchResults) {
-    return <p>...loading</p>;
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <Spin tip="Loading..." size="large" />...loading
+      </div>);
   }
 
   // we need information from both of these objects further down
diff --git a/src/components/Search.jsx b/src/components/Search.jsx
index fa07107..e8194dc 100644
--- a/src/components/Search.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Search.jsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function Search() {
       {!searchTerm && !searchResult && <NoSearch searchType={searchType} />}
       {isLoading && (
         <div className="searchLoader">
-          <Spin size="large" />
+          <Spin size="large" /> Loading...
         </div>
       )}
       {!isLoading && searchResult && searchType && (
diff --git a/src/components/SearchResults.jsx b/src/components/SearchResults.jsx
index cfac08e..ad2000d 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchResults.jsx
+++ b/src/components/SearchResults.jsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default function SearchResults(props) {
   }
   return (
     <div className="results">
-      <Spin tip="Loading..." size="large" />
+      <Spin tip="Loading..." size="large" /> Loading...
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/UnifiedSearch.jsx b/src/components/UnifiedSearch.jsx
index ea0c90d..5d75e7c 100644
--- a/src/components/UnifiedSearch.jsx
+++ b/src/components/UnifiedSearch.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useContext } from "react";
 import { useLocation, Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Storage, Auth, API } from "aws-amplify";
-import { message, Typography } from "antd";
+import { Spin,  message, Typography } from "antd";
 
 import SearchInput from "./SearchInput";
 import UnifiedSearchResults from "./UnifiedSearchResults";
@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ export default function UnifiedSearch() {
     <div>
       <SearchInput searchTerm={searchTerm} />
       {!searchTerm ? <NoSearch /> : ""}
-      {(lineLoading || bodyLoading) && !loadError ? <p>loading...</p> : ""}
+      {(lineLoading || bodyLoading) && !loadError ? (
+        <div>
+          <Spin tip="Loading..." size="large" /> Loading...
+        </div>) : ""}
       {loadError ? searchError : ""}
       {byLineResult && byBodyResult && !lineLoading && !bodyLoading ? (
         <>
diff --git a/src/components/UnifiedSearchResults.jsx b/src/components/UnifiedSearchResults.jsx
index 0694dff..08a0d23 100644
--- a/src/components/UnifiedSearchResults.jsx
+++ b/src/components/UnifiedSearchResults.jsx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export default function UnifiedSearchResults(props) {
   }
   return (
     <div className="results">
-      <Spin tip="Loading..." size="large" />
+      <Spin tip="Loading..." size="large" /> Loading...
     </div>
   );
 }