diff --git a/HashDatabase.py b/HashDatabase.py
index 88d285f..3bd87a0 100644
--- a/HashDatabase.py
+++ b/HashDatabase.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def load_hashsets(path, status_callback=None):
         if os.path.isfile(filename):
             hashset = os.path.basename(filename).split('.')[0]
             if status_callback:
-                status_callback('Reading Hashset "{}"...'.format(hashset))
+                status_callback.emit('Reading Hashset "{}"...'.format(hashset))
             hashes =  read_hashset_file(filename)
             hashsets[hashset] = set(hashes)
     return hashsets
diff --git a/main.ui b/main.ui
index cd142cb..c4e704d 100644
--- a/main.ui
+++ b/main.ui
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>532</width>
-     <height>21</height>
+     <height>22</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuFile">
diff --git a/pyMuleAnalyzerQT.py b/pyMuleAnalyzerQT.py
index eafcd8d..ee55081 100644
--- a/pyMuleAnalyzerQT.py
+++ b/pyMuleAnalyzerQT.py
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 """
 
 import sys
+import os
+import traceback
+import time
+import random
+
 import PyQt5
-from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QDateTime, QObject, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QDateTime, QObject, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QRunnable, QThreadPool
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QFileDialog, QAbstractItemView, \
     QTableWidgetItem, QSplashScreen, QProgressBar
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QStandardItemModel, QPixmap
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QStandardItemModel, QPixmap, QMovie, QPainter
 from MuleAnalyzerUI import Ui_MainWindow
 
 from ED2K import load_knownfiles
@@ -30,6 +35,63 @@ sys._excepthook = sys.excepthook
 sys.excepthook = exceptionHandler.handler
 
 
+class MovieSplashScreen(QSplashScreen):
+
+    def __init__(self, movie, parent=None):
+        movie.jumpToFrame(0)
+        pixmap = QPixmap(movie.frameRect().size())
+        QSplashScreen.__init__(self, pixmap, Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
+        self.movie = movie
+        self.movie.frameChanged.connect(self.repaint)
+
+    def showEvent(self, event):
+        self.movie.start()
+
+    def hideEvent(self, event):
+        self.movie.stop()
+
+    def paintEvent(self, event):
+        painter = QPainter(self)
+        pixmap = self.movie.currentPixmap()
+        self.setMask(pixmap.mask())
+        painter.drawPixmap(0, 0, pixmap)
+
+    def sizeHint(self):
+        return self.movie.scaledSize()
+
+
+class WorkerSignals(QObject):
+    finished = pyqtSignal()
+    error = pyqtSignal(tuple)
+    result = pyqtSignal(object)
+    progress = pyqtSignal(str)
+
+
+class Worker(QRunnable):
+
+    def __init__(self, fn, *args, **kwargs):
+        QRunnable.__init__(self)
+        self.fn = fn
+        self.args = args
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+        self.signals = WorkerSignals()
+        kwargs['progress_callback'] = self.signals.progress
+
+    @pyqtSlot()
+    def run(self):
+        # Retrieve args/kwargs here; and fire processing using them
+        try:
+            result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
+        except:
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            exctype, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]
+            self.signals.error.emit((exctype, value, traceback.format_exc()))
+        else:
+            self.signals.result.emit(result)
+        finally:
+            self.signals.finished.emit()
+
+
 class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 
     # Todo: Replace TreeHeaders
@@ -51,8 +113,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         ('Parts Hash', 'PARTHASHES', list, '', Qt.AlignLeft),
     )
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.is_loading = False
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
         self.setupUi(self)
 
@@ -70,14 +131,32 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.actionFile_open.triggered.connect(self.slot_load_met_file)
         self.actionExit.triggered.connect(self.close)
 
-        # Init functionality and other features
-        self.hashsets = load_hashsets('Hashsets', self.cb_print_msg)
-        self.is_loading = True
+        self.threadpool = QThreadPool()
+        self.hashsets = None
+        self.splash_screen = kwargs['splash_screen']
+        worker = Worker(self.load_hashsets)
+        worker.signals.result.connect(self.cb_got_hashset)
+        worker.signals.progress.connect(self.cb_progress)
+        self.threadpool.start(worker)
+
+    def cb_progress(self, msg):
+        self.splash_screen.showMessage('<h1>%s</h1>' % msg, Qt.AlignTop | Qt.AlignCenter, Qt.black)
+
+    def load_hashsets(self, progress_callback, folder='Hashsets'):
+        self.hashsets = load_hashsets(folder, progress_callback)
+        return self.hashsets
 
     def cb_print_msg(self, message):
-        PyQt5.QtWidgets.QApplication.processEvents()
         print('>>>', message)
 
+    def cb_got_hashset(self, hashes):
+        num_hashsets = len(hashes.keys())
+        num_hashes = 0
+        for key in hashes:
+            num_hashes += len(hashes[key])
+        self.statusBar.showMessage('Loaded {} hashsets with {:,} hashes.'.format(num_hashsets,
+                                                                                 num_hashes))
+
     def createED2KModel(self, parent):
         model = QStandardItemModel(0, len(self.Headers), parent)
         for i, fields in enumerate(self.Headers):
@@ -117,10 +196,12 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         for met_entry in load_knownfiles(filename):
             self.addED2K(self.treeModel, met_entry)
 
+    @pyqtSlot()
     def slot_load_met_file(self):
         options = QFileDialog.Options()
         options |= QFileDialog.DontUseNativeDialog
-        files, _ = QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames(self, 'Open .met files...', '', 'MET Files (*.met);;All Files (*)',
+        files, _ = QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames(self, 'Open .met files...', '',
+                                                'MET Files (*.met);;All Files (*)',
                                                 options=options)
         for filename in files:
             self.loadMetFile(filename)
@@ -140,15 +221,20 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 def main(argv):
     app = QApplication(argv)
 
-    splash_pix = QPixmap('splash-screen.jpg')
-    splash_screen = QSplashScreen(splash_pix, Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
-    splash_screen.setMask(splash_pix.mask())
-
+    resources = './resources/loaders/'
+    movies = []
+    for filename in os.listdir(resources):
+        filepath = os.path.join(resources, filename)
+        if os.path.isfile(filepath):
+            movies.append(filepath)
+    movie = QMovie(random.choice(movies))
+    splash_screen = MovieSplashScreen(movie)
+    splash_screen.setEnabled(False)
     splash_screen.show()
-    splash_screen.showMessage('<h1>EY // eMuleAnalyzer</h1>', Qt.AlignTop | Qt.AlignCenter, Qt.black)
 
-    app.processEvents()
-    window = MainWindow()
+    window = MainWindow(splash_screen=splash_screen)
+    while not window.hashsets:
+        app.processEvents()
     window.show()
     splash_screen.finish(window)
 
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