diff --git a/app/js/controllers/test-details.js b/app/js/controllers/test-details.js
index 1bc803a..ccffe90 100644
--- a/app/js/controllers/test-details.js
+++ b/app/js/controllers/test-details.js
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ var controllersModule = require('./_index');
 /**
  * @ngInject
  */
-function TestDetailsCtrl($scope, $location, $stateParams, datasetService) {
+function TestDetailsCtrl($scope, $location, $stateParams, datasetService, progressService) {
    // ViewModel
   var vm = this;
   $scope.datasetId = $stateParams.datasetId;
   var testName = $stateParams.test;
   $scope.testName = testName;
 
+  progressService.start({ parent: 'div[role="main"] .panel-body' });
+
   // load dataset, raw json, and details json
   datasetService.get($stateParams.datasetId).then(function(response) {
     $scope.dataset = response;
@@ -24,18 +26,25 @@ function TestDetailsCtrl($scope, $location, $stateParams, datasetService) {
         }
       }
       $scope.item = item;
+
+      progressService.inc();
     }).catch(function(ex) {
       $log.error(ex);
+      progressService.done();
     });
     datasetService.details(response).then(function(deets) {
       $scope.details = deets;
       $scope.originalDetails = angular.copy(deets.data[testName]);
       $scope.itemDetails = deets.data[testName];
+
+      progressService.done();
     }).catch(function(ex) {
       $log.error(ex);
+      progressService.done();
     });
   }).catch(function(ex) {
     $log.error(ex);
+    progressService.done();
   });
 
   $scope.parsePythonLogging = function(showINFO, showDEBUG, showWARNING, showERROR) {
diff --git a/app/js/directives/timeline.js b/app/js/directives/timeline.js
index 3901ac7..6c66f90 100644
--- a/app/js/directives/timeline.js
+++ b/app/js/directives/timeline.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var parseWorker = function(tags) {
 /**
  * @ngInject
  */
-function timeline($log, datasetService) {
+function timeline($log, datasetService, progressService) {
 
   /**
    * @ngInject
@@ -227,20 +227,25 @@ function timeline($log, datasetService) {
         return;
       }
 
+      progressService.start({ parent: 'timeline .panel-body' });
+
       // load dataset details (raw log entries and dstat) sequentially
       // we need to determine the initial date from the subunit data to parse
       // dstat
       datasetService.raw(dataset).then(function(response) {
+        progressService.set(0.33);
         initData(response.data);
 
         return datasetService.dstat(dataset);
       }).then(function(response) {
+        progressService.set(0.66);
         var firstDate = new Date(self.dataRaw[0].timestamps[0]);
 
         var raw = parseDstat(response.data, firstDate.getYear());
         initDstat(raw);
 
         $scope.$broadcast('update');
+        progressService.done();
       }).catch(function(ex) {
         $log.error(ex);
       });
diff --git a/app/js/services/progress.js b/app/js/services/progress.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84af073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/js/services/progress.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var nprogress = require('nprogress');
+
+var servicesModule = require('./_index.js');
+
+/**
+ * @ngInject
+ */
+function ProgressService() {
+
+  return {
+    start: function(options) {
+      if (options) {
+        nprogress.configure(options);
+      }
+
+      nprogress.start();
+    },
+
+    done: function() {
+      nprogress.done();
+    },
+
+    remove: function() {
+      nprogress.remove();
+    },
+
+    set: function(val) {
+      nprogress.set(val);
+    },
+
+    inc: function() {
+      nprogress.inc();
+    }
+  };
+
+}
+
+servicesModule.service('progressService', ProgressService);
diff --git a/app/styles/_nprogress.scss b/app/styles/_nprogress.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12d8abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/styles/_nprogress.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* Make clicks pass-through */
+#nprogress {
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+#nprogress .bar {
+  background: #29d;
+
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 1031;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 2px;
+}
+
+/* Fancy blur effect */
+#nprogress .peg {
+  display: block;
+  position: absolute;
+  right: 0px;
+  width: 100px;
+  height: 100%;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 10px #29d, 0 0 5px #29d;
+  opacity: 1.0;
+
+  -webkit-transform: rotate(3deg) translate(0px, -4px);
+      -ms-transform: rotate(3deg) translate(0px, -4px);
+          transform: rotate(3deg) translate(0px, -4px);
+}
+
+/* Remove these to get rid of the spinner */
+#nprogress .spinner {
+  display: block;
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 1031;
+  top: 15px;
+  right: 15px;
+}
+
+#nprogress .spinner-icon {
+  width: 18px;
+  height: 18px;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+
+  border: solid 2px transparent;
+  border-top-color: #29d;
+  border-left-color: #29d;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+
+  -webkit-animation: nprogress-spinner 400ms linear infinite;
+          animation: nprogress-spinner 400ms linear infinite;
+}
+
+.nprogress-custom-parent {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.nprogress-custom-parent #nprogress .spinner,
+.nprogress-custom-parent #nprogress .bar {
+  position: absolute;
+}
+
+@-webkit-keyframes nprogress-spinner {
+  0%   { -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  100% { -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); }
+}
+@keyframes nprogress-spinner {
+  0%   { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
+}
diff --git a/app/styles/main.scss b/app/styles/main.scss
index c1337c0..07e7d42 100644
--- a/app/styles/main.scss
+++ b/app/styles/main.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 @import 'bootstrap';
 @import 'font-awesome/font-awesome';
 @import 'sb-admin-2';
+@import 'nprogress';
 
 @import 'directives/_test-details-search.scss';
 @import 'directives/_timeline-details.scss';
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e31b02..9498c21 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "karma-jasmine": "^0.3.6",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "0.2.0",
     "morgan": "^1.6.1",
+    "nprogress": "^0.2.0",
     "phantomjs": "1.9.17",
     "pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.0",
     "protractor": "^2.2.0",