diff --git a/css/app.css b/css/app.css
index 0a6ef78f8..188328736 100644
--- a/css/app.css
+++ b/css/app.css
@@ -762,6 +762,8 @@ div.typeahead a:first-child {
     z-index: 3;
 }
 
+.modal .loader { margin-bottom: 10px;}
+
 .modal .content {
     padding: 10px;
     margin-bottom: 40px;
diff --git a/js/id/ui/loading.js b/js/id/ui/loading.js
index ea4060112..19bbb0140 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/loading.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/loading.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ iD.loading = function(message) {
     var loadertext = modal.select('.content')
         .classed('loading-modal', true)
         .append('div').classed('pad1',true);
-        loadertext.append('img').attr('class','icon big').attr('src', '../img/loader.gif');
+        loadertext.append('img').attr('class','loader').attr('src', '../img/loader.gif');
         loadertext.append('h3').text(message || '');
 
     return modal;