diff --git a/lib/app/views/loading/default.html b/lib/app/views/loading/default.html
index 804c7af0b0..24c16f0ce4 100644
--- a/lib/app/views/loading/default.html
+++ b/lib/app/views/loading/default.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ body, html, #__nuxt {
   align-items: center;
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
+  flex-direction: column;
 }
 
 .loader,
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ body, html, #__nuxt {
   animation: load8 1.1s infinite linear;
 }
 
+.loader.error {
+  border-left: .5rem solid #ff4500;
+  animation-duration: 5s;
+}
+
 @-webkit-keyframes load8 {
   0% {
     -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg);
@@ -54,6 +60,13 @@ body, html, #__nuxt {
 }
 </style>
 
+<script>
+window.addEventListener('error', function() {
+  var e = document.getElementById("loader");
+  if (e) e.className += " error";
+});
+</script>
+
 <div class="loader"><%= options.loading %></div>
 
 <%= options.dev ? '<!-- https://projects.lukehaas.me/css-loaders -->' : '' %>