diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6f8537ccb..6945c1bf9 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <script src="../assets/js/bootstrap-typeahead.js"></script>
 
     <script src="/lib/ace-builds/src-noconflict/ace.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
+    <script src="/lib/spin.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
     <script src="lib/angular/angular.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/angular/angular-resource.js"></script>
diff --git a/js/controllers.js b/js/controllers.js
index 63fc8d319..335597cf5 100644
--- a/js/controllers.js
+++ b/js/controllers.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ function MastheadController($scope) {
 }
 
 function DashboardController($scope, Container) {
-    
 }
 
 function StatusBarController($scope, Settings) {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ function SideBarController($scope, Container, Settings) {
     $scope.endpoint = Settings.endpoint;
 
     Container.query({all: 0}, function(d) {
-        $scope.containers = d;    
+        $scope.containers = d;
     }); 
 }
 
@@ -46,11 +45,11 @@ function SettingsController($scope, Auth, System, Docker, Settings) {
             }, function(e) {
                console.log(e);
                setFailedResponse($scope, e.data, '#response');
-            });    
-    }; 
+            });
+    };
 
     Auth.get({}, function(d) {
-        $scope.auth = d;     
+        $scope.auth = d;
     });
 
     Docker.get({}, function(d) {
@@ -117,34 +116,36 @@ function ContainerController($scope, $routeParams, $location, Container) {
 
     $scope.getChanges = function() {
         Container.changes({id: $routeParams.id}, function(d) {
-            $scope.changes = d;        
+            $scope.changes = d;
         });
     };
 
     Container.get({id: $routeParams.id}, function(d) {
-        $scope.container = d;        
+        $scope.container = d;
    }, function(e) {
         console.log(e);
         setFailedResponse($scope, e.data, '#response');
         if (e.status === 404) {
             $('.detail').hide();
         }
-   }); 
+   });
 
    $scope.getChanges();
 }
 
 // Controller for the list of containers
-function ContainersController($scope, Container, Settings) {
+function ContainersController($scope, Container, Settings, ViewSpinner) {
     $scope.displayAll = Settings.displayAll;
     $scope.predicate = '-Created';
 
     var update = function(data) {
+        ViewSpinner.spin();
         Container.query(data, function(d) {
-            $scope.containers = d;        
-        }); 
+            $scope.containers = d;
+            ViewSpinner.stop();
+        });
     };
-   
+ 
     $scope.toggleGetAll = function() {
         Settings.displayAll = $scope.displayAll;
         var u = update;
@@ -156,11 +157,11 @@ function ContainersController($scope, Container, Settings) {
         u(data);
     };
 
-    update({all: $scope.displayAll ? 1 : 0}); 
+    update({all: $scope.displayAll ? 1 : 0});
 }
 
 // Controller for the list of images
-function ImagesController($scope, Image) {
+function ImagesController($scope, Image, ViewSpinner) {
     $scope.predicate = '-Created';
     $('#response').hide();
     $scope.alertClass = 'block';
@@ -169,11 +170,14 @@ function ImagesController($scope, Image) {
         $('#build-modal').modal('show');
     };
 
+    ViewSpinner.spin();
     Image.query({}, function(d) {
         $scope.images = d;
+        ViewSpinner.stop();
     }, function (e) {
         console.log(e);
         setFailedResponse($scope, e.data, '#response');
+        ViewSpinner.stop();
     });
 }
 
@@ -285,7 +289,7 @@ function BuilderController($scope, Dockerfile) {
 
     $scope.build = function() {
         Dockerfile.build(editor.getValue(), function(e) {
-           console.log(e); 
+           console.log(e);
         });
     };
 }
diff --git a/js/services.js b/js/services.js
index d14af9e78..cddac3f98 100644
--- a/js/services.js
+++ b/js/services.js
@@ -62,14 +62,23 @@ angular.module('dockerui.services', ['ngResource'])
             displayAll: false,
             endpoint: DOCKER_ENDPOINT,
             version: DOCKER_API_VERSION,
-            rawUrl: DOCKER_ENDPOINT + '/' + DOCKER_API_VERSION,
+            rawUrl: DOCKER_ENDPOINT + DOCKER_PORT + '/' + DOCKER_API_VERSION,
             uiVersion: UI_VERSION,
             url: url
         };
     })
+    .factory('ViewSpinner', function() {
+        var spinner = new Spinner();
+        var target = document.getElementById('view');
+
+       return {
+          spin: function() { spinner.spin(target); },
+          stop: function() { spinner.stop(); }
+       };
+    })
     .factory('Dockerfile', function(Settings) {
+        var url = Settings.rawUrl  + '/build'; 
         return {
-           settings: Settings,
            build: function(file, callback) {
               var data = new FormData();
               var dockerfile = new Blob([file], { type: 'text/text' });
@@ -77,7 +86,7 @@ angular.module('dockerui.services', ['ngResource'])
 
               var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
               request.onload = callback;
-              request.open('POST', 'http://192.168.1.9:4243/v1.1/build');
+              request.open('POST', url);
               request.send(data);
            }
         };
diff --git a/lib/spin.js b/lib/spin.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c66c607a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+//fgnass.github.com/spin.js#v1.3
+
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Felix Gnass
+ * Licensed under the MIT license
+ */
+(function(root, factory) {
+
+  /* CommonJS */
+  if (typeof exports == 'object')  module.exports = factory()
+
+  /* AMD module */
+  else if (typeof define == 'function' && define.amd) define(factory)
+
+  /* Browser global */
+  else root.Spinner = factory()
+}
+(this, function() {
+  "use strict";
+
+  var prefixes = ['webkit', 'Moz', 'ms', 'O'] /* Vendor prefixes */
+    , animations = {} /* Animation rules keyed by their name */
+    , useCssAnimations /* Whether to use CSS animations or setTimeout */
+
+  /**
+   * Utility function to create elements. If no tag name is given,
+   * a DIV is created. Optionally properties can be passed.
+   */
+  function createEl(tag, prop) {
+    var el = document.createElement(tag || 'div')
+      , n
+
+    for(n in prop) el[n] = prop[n]
+    return el
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Appends children and returns the parent.
+   */
+  function ins(parent /* child1, child2, ...*/) {
+    for (var i=1, n=arguments.length; i<n; i++)
+      parent.appendChild(arguments[i])
+
+    return parent
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Insert a new stylesheet to hold the @keyframe or VML rules.
+   */
+  var sheet = (function() {
+    var el = createEl('style', {type : 'text/css'})
+    ins(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0], el)
+    return el.sheet || el.styleSheet
+  }())
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an opacity keyframe animation rule and returns its name.
+   * Since most mobile Webkits have timing issues with animation-delay,
+   * we create separate rules for each line/segment.
+   */
+  function addAnimation(alpha, trail, i, lines) {
+    var name = ['opacity', trail, ~~(alpha*100), i, lines].join('-')
+      , start = 0.01 + i/lines * 100
+      , z = Math.max(1 - (1-alpha) / trail * (100-start), alpha)
+      , prefix = useCssAnimations.substring(0, useCssAnimations.indexOf('Animation')).toLowerCase()
+      , pre = prefix && '-' + prefix + '-' || ''
+
+    if (!animations[name]) {
+      sheet.insertRule(
+        '@' + pre + 'keyframes ' + name + '{' +
+        '0%{opacity:' + z + '}' +
+        start + '%{opacity:' + alpha + '}' +
+        (start+0.01) + '%{opacity:1}' +
+        (start+trail) % 100 + '%{opacity:' + alpha + '}' +
+        '100%{opacity:' + z + '}' +
+        '}', sheet.cssRules.length)
+
+      animations[name] = 1
+    }
+
+    return name
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tries various vendor prefixes and returns the first supported property.
+   */
+  function vendor(el, prop) {
+    var s = el.style
+      , pp
+      , i
+
+    if(s[prop] !== undefined) return prop
+    prop = prop.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + prop.slice(1)
+    for(i=0; i<prefixes.length; i++) {
+      pp = prefixes[i]+prop
+      if(s[pp] !== undefined) return pp
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets multiple style properties at once.
+   */
+  function css(el, prop) {
+    for (var n in prop)
+      el.style[vendor(el, n)||n] = prop[n]
+
+    return el
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fills in default values.
+   */
+  function merge(obj) {
+    for (var i=1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+      var def = arguments[i]
+      for (var n in def)
+        if (obj[n] === undefined) obj[n] = def[n]
+    }
+    return obj
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the absolute page-offset of the given element.
+   */
+  function pos(el) {
+    var o = { x:el.offsetLeft, y:el.offsetTop }
+    while((el = el.offsetParent))
+      o.x+=el.offsetLeft, o.y+=el.offsetTop
+
+    return o
+  }
+
+  // Built-in defaults
+
+  var defaults = {
+    lines: 12,            // The number of lines to draw
+    length: 7,            // The length of each line
+    width: 5,             // The line thickness
+    radius: 10,           // The radius of the inner circle
+    rotate: 0,            // Rotation offset
+    corners: 1,           // Roundness (0..1)
+    color: '#000',        // #rgb or #rrggbb
+    direction: 1,         // 1: clockwise, -1: counterclockwise
+    speed: 1,             // Rounds per second
+    trail: 100,           // Afterglow percentage
+    opacity: 1/4,         // Opacity of the lines
+    fps: 20,              // Frames per second when using setTimeout()
+    zIndex: 2e9,          // Use a high z-index by default
+    className: 'spinner', // CSS class to assign to the element
+    top: 'auto',          // center vertically
+    left: 'auto',         // center horizontally
+    position: 'relative'  // element position
+  }
+
+  /** The constructor */
+  function Spinner(o) {
+    if (typeof this == 'undefined') return new Spinner(o)
+    this.opts = merge(o || {}, Spinner.defaults, defaults)
+  }
+
+  // Global defaults that override the built-ins:
+  Spinner.defaults = {}
+
+  merge(Spinner.prototype, {
+
+    /**
+     * Adds the spinner to the given target element. If this instance is already
+     * spinning, it is automatically removed from its previous target b calling
+     * stop() internally.
+     */
+    spin: function(target) {
+      this.stop()
+
+      var self = this
+        , o = self.opts
+        , el = self.el = css(createEl(0, {className: o.className}), {position: o.position, width: 0, zIndex: o.zIndex})
+        , mid = o.radius+o.length+o.width
+        , ep // element position
+        , tp // target position
+
+      if (target) {
+        target.insertBefore(el, target.firstChild||null)
+        tp = pos(target)
+        ep = pos(el)
+        css(el, {
+          left: (o.left == 'auto' ? tp.x-ep.x + (target.offsetWidth >> 1) : parseInt(o.left, 10) + mid) + 'px',
+          top: (o.top == 'auto' ? tp.y-ep.y + (target.offsetHeight >> 1) : parseInt(o.top, 10) + mid)  + 'px'
+        })
+      }
+
+      el.setAttribute('role', 'progressbar')
+      self.lines(el, self.opts)
+
+      if (!useCssAnimations) {
+        // No CSS animation support, use setTimeout() instead
+        var i = 0
+          , start = (o.lines - 1) * (1 - o.direction) / 2
+          , alpha
+          , fps = o.fps
+          , f = fps/o.speed
+          , ostep = (1-o.opacity) / (f*o.trail / 100)
+          , astep = f/o.lines
+
+        ;(function anim() {
+          i++;
+          for (var j = 0; j < o.lines; j++) {
+            alpha = Math.max(1 - (i + (o.lines - j) * astep) % f * ostep, o.opacity)
+
+            self.opacity(el, j * o.direction + start, alpha, o)
+          }
+          self.timeout = self.el && setTimeout(anim, ~~(1000/fps))
+        })()
+      }
+      return self
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Stops and removes the Spinner.
+     */
+    stop: function() {
+      var el = this.el
+      if (el) {
+        clearTimeout(this.timeout)
+        if (el.parentNode) el.parentNode.removeChild(el)
+        this.el = undefined
+      }
+      return this
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Internal method that draws the individual lines. Will be overwritten
+     * in VML fallback mode below.
+     */
+    lines: function(el, o) {
+      var i = 0
+        , start = (o.lines - 1) * (1 - o.direction) / 2
+        , seg
+
+      function fill(color, shadow) {
+        return css(createEl(), {
+          position: 'absolute',
+          width: (o.length+o.width) + 'px',
+          height: o.width + 'px',
+          background: color,
+          boxShadow: shadow,
+          transformOrigin: 'left',
+          transform: 'rotate(' + ~~(360/o.lines*i+o.rotate) + 'deg) translate(' + o.radius+'px' +',0)',
+          borderRadius: (o.corners * o.width>>1) + 'px'
+        })
+      }
+
+      for (; i < o.lines; i++) {
+        seg = css(createEl(), {
+          position: 'absolute',
+          top: 1+~(o.width/2) + 'px',
+          transform: o.hwaccel ? 'translate3d(0,0,0)' : '',
+          opacity: o.opacity,
+          animation: useCssAnimations && addAnimation(o.opacity, o.trail, start + i * o.direction, o.lines) + ' ' + 1/o.speed + 's linear infinite'
+        })
+
+        if (o.shadow) ins(seg, css(fill('#000', '0 0 4px ' + '#000'), {top: 2+'px'}))
+
+        ins(el, ins(seg, fill(o.color, '0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1)')))
+      }
+      return el
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Internal method that adjusts the opacity of a single line.
+     * Will be overwritten in VML fallback mode below.
+     */
+    opacity: function(el, i, val) {
+      if (i < el.childNodes.length) el.childNodes[i].style.opacity = val
+    }
+
+  })
+
+
+  function initVML() {
+
+    /* Utility function to create a VML tag */
+    function vml(tag, attr) {
+      return createEl('<' + tag + ' xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft.com:vml" class="spin-vml">', attr)
+    }
+
+    // No CSS transforms but VML support, add a CSS rule for VML elements:
+    sheet.addRule('.spin-vml', 'behavior:url(#default#VML)')
+
+    Spinner.prototype.lines = function(el, o) {
+      var r = o.length+o.width
+        , s = 2*r
+
+      function grp() {
+        return css(
+          vml('group', {
+            coordsize: s + ' ' + s,
+            coordorigin: -r + ' ' + -r
+          }),
+          { width: s, height: s }
+        )
+      }
+
+      var margin = -(o.width+o.length)*2 + 'px'
+        , g = css(grp(), {position: 'absolute', top: margin, left: margin})
+        , i
+
+      function seg(i, dx, filter) {
+        ins(g,
+          ins(css(grp(), {rotation: 360 / o.lines * i + 'deg', left: ~~dx}),
+            ins(css(vml('roundrect', {arcsize: o.corners}), {
+                width: r,
+                height: o.width,
+                left: o.radius,
+                top: -o.width>>1,
+                filter: filter
+              }),
+              vml('fill', {color: o.color, opacity: o.opacity}),
+              vml('stroke', {opacity: 0}) // transparent stroke to fix color bleeding upon opacity change
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      }
+
+      if (o.shadow)
+        for (i = 1; i <= o.lines; i++)
+          seg(i, -2, 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Blur(pixelradius=2,makeshadow=1,shadowopacity=.3)')
+
+      for (i = 1; i <= o.lines; i++) seg(i)
+      return ins(el, g)
+    }
+
+    Spinner.prototype.opacity = function(el, i, val, o) {
+      var c = el.firstChild
+      o = o.shadow && o.lines || 0
+      if (c && i+o < c.childNodes.length) {
+        c = c.childNodes[i+o]; c = c && c.firstChild; c = c && c.firstChild
+        if (c) c.opacity = val
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  var probe = css(createEl('group'), {behavior: 'url(#default#VML)'})
+
+  if (!vendor(probe, 'transform') && probe.adj) initVML()
+  else useCssAnimations = vendor(probe, 'animation')
+
+  return Spinner
+
+}));