diff --git a/application.qrc b/application.qrc
index 5ee51e2..0a2e24e 100644
--- a/application.qrc
+++ b/application.qrc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <qresource prefix="/img">
         <file>res/zcashdlogo.gif</file>
         <file>res/logobig.gif</file>
+        <file>res/silentdragon-animated.gif</file>
     </qresource>
     <qresource prefix="/translations">
         <file>res/silentdragon_bg.qm</file>
diff --git a/res/silentdragon-animated.gif b/res/silentdragon-animated.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b939a8
Binary files /dev/null and b/res/silentdragon-animated.gif differ
diff --git a/src/connection.cpp b/src/connection.cpp
index 51327f8..3482eef 100644
--- a/src/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/connection.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ ConnectionLoader::ConnectionLoader(MainWindow* main, RPC* rpc) {
     d->setWindowFlags(d->windowFlags() & ~(Qt::WindowCloseButtonHint | Qt::WindowContextHelpButtonHint));
     connD = new Ui_ConnectionDialog();
     connD->setupUi(d);
-    QPixmap logo(":/img/res/logobig.gif");
-    connD->topIcon->setBasePixmap(logo.scaled(512, 512, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+    QMovie *movie = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated.gif");
+    //QPixmap logo(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated.gif");
+    connD->topIcon->setMovie(movie);
+    movie->start();
     //main->logger->write("set topIcon");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/connection.ui b/src/connection.ui
index 034dd74..70082d2 100644
--- a/src/connection.ui
+++ b/src/connection.ui
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <item>
-    <widget class="FilledIconLabel" name="topIcon">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="topIcon">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
diff --git a/src/rpc.cpp b/src/rpc.cpp
index e9eb4d3..f35869a 100644
--- a/src/rpc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc.cpp
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ void RPC::shutdownZcashd() {
     d.setWindowFlags(d.windowFlags() & ~(Qt::WindowCloseButtonHint | Qt::WindowContextHelpButtonHint));
     Ui_ConnectionDialog connD;
     connD.setupUi(&d);
-    connD.topIcon->setBasePixmap(QIcon(":/icons/res/icon.ico").pixmap(256, 256));
+    //connD.topIcon->setBasePixmap(QIcon(":/icons/res/icon.ico").pixmap(256, 256));
     connD.status->setText(QObject::tr("Please enhance your calm and wait for SilentDragon to exit"));
     connD.statusDetail->setText(QObject::tr("Waiting for hushd to exit, y'all"));
 
diff --git a/src/sendtab.cpp b/src/sendtab.cpp
index 2ea7640..f16aa3b 100644
--- a/src/sendtab.cpp
+++ b/src/sendtab.cpp
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ void MainWindow::sendButton() {
         auto connD = new Ui_ConnectionDialog();
         connD->setupUi(d);
         QPixmap logo(":/img/res/logobig.gif");
-        connD->topIcon->setBasePixmap(logo.scaled(256, 256, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+        //connD->topIcon->setBasePixmap(logo.scaled(256, 256, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
 
         connD->status->setText(tr("Please wait..."));
         connD->statusDetail->setText(tr("Computing your transaction"));