diff --git a/application.qrc b/application.qrc
index 0a2e24e..4253633 100644
--- a/application.qrc
+++ b/application.qrc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         <file>res/zcashdlogo.gif</file>
         <file>res/logobig.gif</file>
         <file>res/silentdragon-animated.gif</file>
+        <file>res/silentdragon-animated-dark.gif</file>
     </qresource>
     <qresource prefix="/translations">
         <file>res/silentdragon_bg.qm</file>
diff --git a/res/silentdragon-animated-dark.gif b/res/silentdragon-animated-dark.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10999e1
Binary files /dev/null and b/res/silentdragon-animated-dark.gif differ
diff --git a/res/silentdragon-animated.gif b/res/silentdragon-animated.gif
index 1b939a8..c7c521c 100644
Binary files a/res/silentdragon-animated.gif and b/res/silentdragon-animated.gif differ
diff --git a/src/connection.cpp b/src/connection.cpp
index 3482eef..3e48f95 100644
--- a/src/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/connection.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,19 @@ ConnectionLoader::ConnectionLoader(MainWindow* main, RPC* rpc) {
     d->setWindowFlags(d->windowFlags() & ~(Qt::WindowCloseButtonHint | Qt::WindowContextHelpButtonHint));
     connD = new Ui_ConnectionDialog();
     connD->setupUi(d);
-    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");
+    QMovie *movie1 = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated.gif");;
+    QMovie *movie2 = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated-dark.gif");;
+    auto theme = Settings::getInstance()->get_theme_name();
+    if (theme == "dark") {
+        movie2->setScaledSize(QSize(512,512));
+        connD->topIcon->setMovie(movie2);
+        movie2->start();
+    } else {
+        movie1->setScaledSize(QSize(512,512));
+        connD->topIcon->setMovie(movie1);
+        movie1->start();
+    }
+    main->logger->write("set animation");
 }
 
 ConnectionLoader::~ConnectionLoader() {
diff --git a/src/rpc.cpp b/src/rpc.cpp
index 50e8d17..2519964 100644
--- a/src/rpc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc.cpp
@@ -1218,9 +1218,19 @@ void RPC::shutdownZcashd() {
     Ui_ConnectionDialog connD;
     connD.setupUi(&d);
     //connD.topIcon->setBasePixmap(QIcon(":/icons/res/icon.ico").pixmap(256, 256));
-    QMovie *movie = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated.gif");
-    connD.topIcon->setMovie(movie);
-    movie->start();
+
+    QMovie *movie1 = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated.gif");;
+    QMovie *movie2 = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated-dark.gif");;
+    auto theme = Settings::getInstance()->get_theme_name();
+    if (theme == "dark") {
+        movie2->setScaledSize(QSize(512,512));
+        connD.topIcon->setMovie(movie2);
+        movie2->start();
+    } else {
+        movie1->setScaledSize(QSize(512,512));
+        connD.topIcon->setMovie(movie1);
+        movie1->start();
+    }
 
     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 f5dd1aa..4b0b325 100644
--- a/src/sendtab.cpp
+++ b/src/sendtab.cpp
@@ -707,14 +707,23 @@ void MainWindow::sendButton() {
     // Show a dialog to confirm the Tx
     if (confirmTx(tx)) {
 
-          // Create a new Dialog to show that we are computing/sending the Tx
+        // Create a new Dialog to show that we are computing/sending the Tx
         auto d = new QDialog(this);
         auto connD = new Ui_ConnectionDialog();
         connD->setupUi(d);
-        QMovie *movie = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated.gif");
-        connD->topIcon->setMovie(movie);
-        movie->start();
 
+        QMovie *movie1 = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated.gif");;
+        QMovie *movie2 = new QMovie(":/img/res/silentdragon-animated-dark.gif");;
+        auto theme = Settings::getInstance()->get_theme_name();
+        if (theme == "dark") {
+            movie2->setScaledSize(QSize(512,512));
+            connD->topIcon->setMovie(movie2);
+            movie2->start();
+        } else {
+            movie1->setScaledSize(QSize(512,512));
+            connD->topIcon->setMovie(movie1);
+            movie1->start();
+        }
 
         //connD->topIcon->setBasePixmap(logo.scaled(256, 256, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));