diff --git a/app/index.pug b/app/index.pug
index 7cad0401..9913d713 100644
--- a/app/index.pug
+++ b/app/index.pug
@@ -10,3 +10,25 @@ html
         script(src='./bundle.js', defer)
     body(style='background: ; min-height: 100vh; overflow: hidden')
         app-root
+            .preload-logo
+                div
+                    .terminus-logo.animated
+                        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(0deg)')
+                            div
+                        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(51deg)')
+                            div
+                        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(102deg)')
+                            div
+                        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(154deg)')
+                            div
+                        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(205deg)')
+                            div
+                        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(257deg)')
+                            div
+                        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(308deg)')
+                            div
+                    h1.terminus-title Terminus
+                    .progress
+                        .bar(style='width: 50%')
+
+                    
diff --git a/app/main.js b/app/main.js
index 78de3ddc..88b8ec13 100644
--- a/app/main.js
+++ b/app/main.js
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ require('electron-debug')({enabled: true, showDevTools: process.argv.indexOf('--
 let windowConfig = new Config({name: 'window'})
 
 
+if (!process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS) {
+  process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS = ''
+}
+
+process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS += `:${path.resolve(__dirname, '..')}`
+
 setupWindowManagement = () => {
     let windowCloseable
 
@@ -144,7 +150,7 @@ start = () => {
         minHeight: 100,
         'web-preferences': {'web-security': false},
         //- background to avoid the flash of unstyled window
-        backgroundColor: '#1D272D',
+        backgroundColor: '#131d27',
         frame: false,
         //type: 'toolbar',
     }
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@ start = () => {
     app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-http-cache')
 
     app.window = new electron.BrowserWindow(options)
-    app.window.loadURL(`file://${app.getAppPath()}/assets/webpack/index.html`, {extraHeaders: "pragma: no-cache\n"})
+    app.window.loadURL(`file://${app.getAppPath()}/dist/index.html`, {extraHeaders: "pragma: no-cache\n"})
 
     if (platform != 'darwin') {
         app.window.setMenu(null)
diff --git a/app/src/app.module.ts b/app/src/app.module.ts
index 4e93e41a..57bd36d7 100644
--- a/app/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/app/src/app.module.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
 import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
 import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
-import { loadPlugins } from './plugins'
 
-export async function getRootModule(): Promise<any> {
-    let plugins = await loadPlugins()
+export async function getRootModule(plugins: any[]): Promise<any> {
     let imports = [
         BrowserModule,
         ...(plugins.map(x => x.default.forRoot ? x.default.forRoot() : x.default)),
diff --git a/app/src/entry.preload.ts b/app/src/entry.preload.ts
index 52f7cb2b..358467d9 100644
--- a/app/src/entry.preload.ts
+++ b/app/src/entry.preload.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 import 'source-sans-pro'
 import 'font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css'
+import './preload.scss'
diff --git a/app/src/entry.ts b/app/src/entry.ts
index a0936e1b..fe0c9f24 100644
--- a/app/src/entry.ts
+++ b/app/src/entry.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,21 @@ import 'rxjs'
 // Always land on the start view
 location.hash = ''
 
-import { getRootModule } from './app.module'
 import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core'
 import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic'
 
+import { getRootModule } from './app.module'
+import { loadPlugins } from './plugins'
+
 if ((<any>global).require('electron-is-dev')) {
     console.warn('Running in debug mode')
 } else {
     enableProdMode()
 }
 
-getRootModule().then(module => {
+loadPlugins((current, total) => {
+    document.querySelector('.progress .bar').style.width = 100 * current / total + '%'
+}).then(async plugins => {
+    let module = await getRootModule(plugins)
     platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(module)
 })
diff --git a/app/src/plugins.ts b/app/src/plugins.ts
index b123f84a..3e2721eb 100644
--- a/app/src/plugins.ts
+++ b/app/src/plugins.ts
@@ -17,26 +17,40 @@ if (process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS) {
     process.env.TERMINUS_PLUGINS.split(':').map(x => nodeModule.globalPaths.unshift(normalizePath(x)))
 }
 
-export async function loadPlugins (): Promise<any[]> {
+export declare type ProgressCallback = (current, total) => void
+
+interface IFoundPlugin {
+    name: string
+    path: string
+}
+
+export async function loadPlugins (progress: ProgressCallback): Promise<any[]> {
     let paths = nodeModule.globalPaths
     let plugins: any[] = []
+    let foundPlugins: IFoundPlugin[] = []
+
+    progress(0, 1)
     for (let pluginDir of paths) {
         pluginDir = normalizePath(pluginDir)
         if (!await fs.exists(pluginDir)) {
             continue
         }
-        for (let pluginName of await fs.readdir(pluginDir)) {
-            if (/^terminus-/.exec(pluginName)) {
-                let pluginPath = path.join(pluginDir, pluginName)
-                console.info(`Loading ${pluginName}: ${(<any>global).require.resolve(pluginPath)}`)
-                try {
-                    let pluginModule = (<any>global).require(pluginPath)
-                    plugins.push(pluginModule)
-                } catch (error) {
-                    console.error(`Could not load ${pluginName}:`, error)
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        let pluginNames = await fs.readdir(pluginDir)
+        pluginNames.filter(pluginName => /^terminus-/.exec(pluginName)).forEach(name => {
+            foundPlugins.push({ name, path: path.join(pluginDir, name) })
+        })
     }
+    foundPlugins.forEach((foundPlugin, index) => {
+        console.info(`Loading ${foundPlugin.name}: ${(<any>global).require.resolve(foundPlugin.path)}`)
+        progress(index, foundPlugins.length)
+        try {
+            let pluginModule = (<any>global).require(foundPlugin.path)
+            plugins.push(pluginModule)
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error(`Could not load ${foundPlugin.name}:`, error)
+        }
+    })
+
+    progress(1, 1)
     return plugins
 }
diff --git a/app/src/preload.scss b/app/src/preload.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..989d79fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/preload.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+$color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+
+
+.preload-logo {
+  position: fixed;
+  left: 0;
+  top: 0;
+  width: 100vw;
+  height: 100vh;
+  display: flex;
+  animation: 0.5s ease-out fadeIn;
+
+  &>div {
+    width: 200px;
+    height: 200px;
+    margin: auto;
+    flex: none;
+
+    .progress {
+      background: rgba(0,0,0,.25);
+      height: 3px;
+      margin: 10px 50px;
+
+      .bar {
+        transition: 1s ease-out width;
+        background: $color;
+        height: 3px;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+@keyframes fadeIn {
+  0% { opacity: 0; }
+  100% { opacity: 1; }
+}
+
+
+
+.terminus-logo {
+  width: 160px;
+  height: 160px;
+  margin: auto;
+  position: relative;
+
+  .part {
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 160px;
+    height: 160px;
+
+    div {
+      position: absolute;
+      top: 33px;
+      left: 24px;
+      width: 44px;
+      height: 44px;
+      background: rgba(0,0,0, .75);
+      transform: rotateX(52deg) rotateY(-42deg);
+      animation: terminusLogoPartOnce ease-out 1s;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.animated .part div {
+    animation: terminusLogoPart infinite ease-out 2s;
+  }
+}
+
+
+.terminus-title {
+  color: $color;
+  font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';
+  text-align: center;
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-size: 42px;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+
+@keyframes terminusLogoPart {
+  0% {
+    transform: rotateX(90deg) rotateY(-90deg);
+  }
+  25% {
+    transform: rotateX(52deg) rotateY(-42deg);
+  }
+  75% {
+    transform: rotateX(52deg) rotateY(-42deg);
+  }
+  100% {
+    transform: rotateX(-90deg) rotateY(-90deg);
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes terminusLogoPartOnce {
+  0% {
+    transform: rotateX(90deg) rotateY(-90deg);
+  }
+  100% {
+    transform: rotateX(52deg) rotateY(-42deg);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/webpack.config.js b/app/webpack.config.js
index 1a429cef..ceb6ce1b 100644
--- a/app/webpack.config.js
+++ b/app/webpack.config.js
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ module.exports = {
   context: __dirname,
   devtool: 'source-map',
   output: {
-    path: path.join(__dirname, 'assets', 'webpack'),
+    path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
     pathinfo: true,
-    //publicPath: 'assets/webpack/',
     filename: '[name].js'
   },
   resolve: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd436100..9ae64968 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "term",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/fs-promise": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/core-js": "^0.9.35",
     "@types/electron": "1.4.34",
+    "@types/fs-promise": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^7.0.5",
     "@types/webpack-env": "^1.13.0",
     "apply-loader": "^0.1.0",
     "awesome-typescript-loader": "3.1.2",
+    "cross-env": "^4.0.0",
     "css-loader": "0.26.1",
     "electron": "1.6.2",
     "electron-builder": "10.6.1",
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@
     "file-loader": "^0.9.0",
     "font-awesome": "4.7.0",
     "html-loader": "^0.4.4",
-    "source-sans-pro": "^2.0.10",
     "less": "^2.7.1",
     "less-loader": "^2.2.3",
     "node-gyp": "^3.4.0",
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "pug-static-loader": "0.0.1",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "sass-loader": "^6.0.3",
+    "source-sans-pro": "^2.0.10",
     "style-loader": "^0.13.1",
     "to-string-loader": "^1.1.5",
     "tslint": "5.0.0",
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "webpack --progress --color",
     "watch": "webpack --progress --color --watch",
+    "start": "cross-env DEV=1 electron app --debug",
     "pack": "build --dir",
     "postinstall": "install-app-deps",
     "dist": "build"
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.scss b/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.scss
index ab1cf5a2..01a4b7ba 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.scss
+++ b/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     -webkit-user-select: none;
     -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
     cursor: default;
+    animation: 0.5s ease-out fadeIn;
 }
 
 $tabs-height: 40px;
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.pug b/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.pug
index 1529ceb9..bd568fa0 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.pug
+++ b/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.pug
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 div
-    button.btn.btn-outline-info.btn-lg.btn-block(
+    .terminus-logo
+        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(0deg)')
+            div
+        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(51deg)')
+            div
+        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(102deg)')
+            div
+        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(154deg)')
+            div
+        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(205deg)')
+            div
+        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(257deg)')
+            div
+        .part(style='transform: rotateZ(308deg)')
+            div
+    h1.terminus-title Terminus
+
+    button.btn.btn-outline-primary.btn-lg.btn-block(
         *ngFor='let button of getButtons()',
         (click)='button.click()',
     )
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.scss b/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.scss
index bbecf169..d0a3cd61 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.scss
+++ b/terminus-core/src/components/startPage.component.scss
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
     flex: auto;
 }
 
-:host div {
+:host > div {
     flex: none;
     margin: auto;
-    width: 400px;
+    width: 300px;
     max-width: 100vw;
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
 }
+
+.terminus-title {
+  margin: 0 0 60px;
+}
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/theme.scss b/terminus-core/src/theme.scss
index 82d1fef8..8296910e 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/theme.scss
+++ b/terminus-core/src/theme.scss
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ app-root  {
         }
 
         &.tabs-on-top .tab-bar {
-            margin-top: 3px;
+            margin-top: 5px;
 
             tab-header {
                 .wrapper {
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ ngb-tabset .tab-content {
     i + * {
         margin-left: 5px;
     }
+
+    &.btn-lg i + * {
+        margin-left: 10px;
+    }
 }
 
 .input-group-addon + .form-control {