diff --git a/distributions/nuxt/package.json b/distributions/nuxt/package.json
index 0d30c1075a..6886def6f2 100644
--- a/distributions/nuxt/package.json
+++ b/distributions/nuxt/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "@nuxt/components": "^0.3.0",
     "@nuxt/core": "2.12.1",
     "@nuxt/generator": "2.12.1",
-    "@nuxt/loading-screen": "^1.2.0",
+    "@nuxt/loading-screen": "^2.0.0-rc.1",
     "@nuxt/opencollective": "^0.3.0",
     "@nuxt/telemetry": "^0.0.4",
     "@nuxt/webpack": "2.12.1"
diff --git a/packages/vue-app/template/components/nuxt-build-indicator.vue b/packages/vue-app/template/components/nuxt-build-indicator.vue
index 8874d2dd68..4403c5efef 100644
--- a/packages/vue-app/template/components/nuxt-build-indicator.vue
+++ b/packages/vue-app/template/components/nuxt-build-indicator.vue
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default {
         return
       }
       this._connecting = true
-      this.sse = new EventSource('<%= router.base %>_loading/sse')
+      this.sse = new EventSource('<%= nuxtOptions._loadingScreenBaseURL %>/sse')
       this.sse.addEventListener('message', event => this.onSseMessage(event))
     },
     onSseMessage (message) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e390fea196..06b7be1ec5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2111,13 +2111,14 @@
     error-stack-parser "^2.0.0"
     string-width "^2.0.0"
 
-"@nuxt/loading-screen@^1.2.0":
-  version "1.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@nuxt/loading-screen/-/loading-screen-1.2.0.tgz#9cfab1e5e421bbaedadb26f7f27a68bcde313c24"
-  integrity sha512-l7nXgwkuX2/lDxEDAyIe3013MS8Jhja29uDVka21gyEbRnL68XOkoV3ws4dkk6QfhT2bcPwtu2C8tYvAhhhUzA==
+"@nuxt/loading-screen@^2.0.0-rc.1":
+  version "2.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@nuxt/loading-screen/-/loading-screen-2.0.0-rc.1.tgz#5740a5611c4bf35208518122bd3dfc81ac1835b1"
+  integrity sha512-9si9pD340HVSyDBOC0ZjVW+sw/LvNn7Pcz0m59TmgyJ7wFLTrXxalGWDV9N0BqzlP9xDS7oNk5brRhuETMTYSQ==
   dependencies:
     connect "^3.7.0"
-    fs-extra "^8.1.0"
+    fs-extra "^9.0.0"
+    get-port-plz "^0.0.6"
     node-res "^5.0.1"
     serve-static "^1.14.1"
 
@@ -6463,6 +6464,11 @@ fs-extra@^9.0.0:
     jsonfile "^6.0.1"
     universalify "^1.0.0"
 
+fs-memo@^0.0.6:
+  version "0.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-memo/-/fs-memo-0.0.6.tgz#c447905dbc7f7f75e8bd4b914dfb3be10b462967"
+  integrity sha512-vJVm33iM7BiTitGV+i4zwTkD92NQxv1yCClFT5SiAnRX1nGtXgodKm3wJ3Rl5dNPqwgBhKtBAf0hq0m2Iid5fw==
+
 fs-minipass@^1.2.5:
   version "1.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-minipass/-/fs-minipass-1.2.7.tgz#ccff8570841e7fe4265693da88936c55aed7f7c7"
@@ -6577,6 +6583,13 @@ get-pkg-repo@^1.0.0:
     parse-github-repo-url "^1.3.0"
     through2 "^2.0.0"
 
+get-port-plz@^0.0.6:
+  version "0.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-port-plz/-/get-port-plz-0.0.6.tgz#adc7f0b5407ba04ba0984bdb206ee1af9ffba1a3"
+  integrity sha512-92HZTnhRPo5Mhpw67/+9b3m+/GjWLFQGJL3sE3H9jdjy0CvuL9MFr4jQHymS0nSFWeEQmJ75/RG99uIVPo7YPQ==
+  dependencies:
+    fs-memo "^0.0.6"
+
 get-port@^4.2.0:
   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-port/-/get-port-4.2.0.tgz#e37368b1e863b7629c43c5a323625f95cf24b119"