diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/public/js/logstash.js b/lib/logstash/web/public/js/logstash.js
index b95d9157f..73a7e20bd 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/web/public/js/logstash.js
+++ b/lib/logstash/web/public/js/logstash.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       }
 
       var display_query = query.replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;")
-      $("#querystatus, #results h1").html("Loading query '" + display_query + "' (offset:" + logstash.params.offset + ", count:" + logstash.params.count + ")")
+      $("#querystatus, #results h1").html("Loading query '" + display_query + "' (offset:" + logstash.params.offset + ", count:" + logstash.params.count + ") <img src='/media/throbber.gif'>")
       //console.log(logstash.params)
       logstash.params.q = query;
       document.location.hash = escape(JSON.stringify(logstash.params));
diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/public/media/throbber.gif b/lib/logstash/web/public/media/throbber.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e75bd4ba
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/logstash/web/public/media/throbber.gif differ
diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/views/style.sass b/lib/logstash/web/views/style.sass
index 273461140..ea995e973 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/web/views/style.sass
+++ b/lib/logstash/web/views/style.sass
@@ -63,3 +63,5 @@ body
   display: none
 #results h1
   font-size: 100%
+  img
+    vertical-align: top