diff --git a/static/js/apiDialog.js b/static/js/apiDialog.js
index 07c54c74..ba49ba1e 100644
--- a/static/js/apiDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/apiDialog.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pandora.ui.apiDialog = function() {
                 })
             ],
             closeButton: true,
-            content: Ox.LoadingScreen(),
+            content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start(),
             height: 384,
             keys: {escape: 'close'},
             maximizeButton: true,
diff --git a/static/js/eventsDialog.js b/static/js/eventsDialog.js
index 2b11c144..466044a4 100644
--- a/static/js/eventsDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/eventsDialog.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pandora.ui.eventsDialog = function(options) {
                 })
             ],
             closeButton: true,
-            content: Ox.LoadingScreen(),
+            content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start(),
             height: height,
             maximizeButton: true,
             minHeight: 256,
diff --git a/static/js/helpDialog.js b/static/js/helpDialog.js
index 32644f1b..d81b1206 100644
--- a/static/js/helpDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/helpDialog.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pandora.ui.helpDialog = function() {
                 })
             ],
             closeButton: true,
-            content: Ox.LoadingScreen(),
+            content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start(),
             height: 384,
             keys: {escape: 'close'},
             maximizeButton: true,
diff --git a/static/js/idDialog.js b/static/js/idDialog.js
index 975b7f48..cf9b630f 100644
--- a/static/js/idDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/idDialog.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pandora.ui.idDialog = function(data) {
                         })
                 ],
                 closeButton: true,
-                content: Ox.LoadingScreen(),
+                content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start(),
                 height: dialogHeight,
                 maximizeButton: true,
                 minHeight: 256,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pandora.ui.idDialog = function(data) {
                             data[key] = key == 'director'
                                 ? data_.value.split(', ')
                                 : data_.value;
-                            that.options({content: Ox.LoadingScreen()});
+                            that.options({content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start()});
                             getIds();
                         }
                     })
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ pandora.ui.idDialog = function(data) {
     }
 
     function updateId() {
-        that.options({content: Ox.LoadingScreen()}).disableButtons();
+        that.options({content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start()}).disableButtons();
         pandora.api.edit({
             id: data.id,
             imdbId: $checkboxGroup.options('value')
diff --git a/static/js/importAnnotations.js b/static/js/importAnnotations.js
index 2cc1d059..7bd53f66 100644
--- a/static/js/importAnnotations.js
+++ b/static/js/importAnnotations.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pandora.ui.importAnnotations = function(data) {
                 if (result.data.taskId) {
                     $status.html('').append(Ox.LoadingScreen({
                         text: Ox._('Importing {0} annotations...', [srt.length])
-                    }));
+                    }).start());
                     pandora.wait(result.data.taskId, function(result) {
                         if (result.data.status == 'SUCCESS') {
                             setStatus(Ox._('{0} annotations imported.', [annotations.length]));
diff --git a/static/js/metadataDialog.js b/static/js/metadataDialog.js
index 18e9ec9b..34cce7b1 100644
--- a/static/js/metadataDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/metadataDialog.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pandora.ui.metadataDialog = function(data) {
                     })
             ],
             closeButton: true,
-            content: Ox.LoadingScreen(),
+            content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start(),
             height: dialogHeight,
             maximizeButton: true,
             minHeight: 256,
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ pandora.ui.metadataDialog = function(data) {
                 Ox.isArray(type) ? [] : ''
             );
         });
-        that.options({content: Ox.LoadingScreen()}).disableButtons();
+        that.options({content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start()}).disableButtons();
         pandora.api.edit(edit, function(result) {
             that.close();
             pandora.updateItemContext();
diff --git a/static/js/printView.js b/static/js/printView.js
index 4cd5fa62..f875c379 100644
--- a/static/js/printView.js
+++ b/static/js/printView.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pandora.ui.printView = function(data) {
 
     var that = Ox.Element().css({padding: '64px 128px'}),
-        $loading = Ox.LoadingScreen().appendTo(that),
+        $loading = Ox.LoadingScreen().start().appendTo(that),
         sortKey = pandora.user.ui.listSort[0].key,
         keys = Ox.unique(
             ['director', 'id', 'summary', 'title', 'year'].concat(sortKey)
diff --git a/static/js/statisticsDialog.js b/static/js/statisticsDialog.js
index 1518adb0..ec765507 100644
--- a/static/js/statisticsDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/statisticsDialog.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pandora.ui.statisticsDialog = function() {
                 })
             ],
             closeButton: true,
-            content: Ox.LoadingScreen(),
+            content: Ox.LoadingScreen().start(),
             height: dialogHeight,
             maximizeButton: true,
             minHeight: 256,