diff --git a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
index 89396ac74..c73636727 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ class ArticleViewController: UIViewController {
 
 			// Even though page.html should be loaded into this webview, we have to do it again
 			// to work around this bug: http://www.openradar.me/22855188
-			webView.loadHTMLString(ArticleRenderer.page.html, baseURL: ArticleRenderer.page.baseURL)
+			let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "page", withExtension: "html")!
+			webView.loadFileURL(url, allowingReadAccessTo: url.deletingLastPathComponent())
+//			let request = URLRequest(url: url)
+//			webView.load(request)
 
 		}
 		
diff --git a/iOS/Resources/main_ios.js b/iOS/Resources/main_ios.js
index 21d6bdb83..08172b406 100644
--- a/iOS/Resources/main_ios.js
+++ b/iOS/Resources/main_ios.js
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
+var imageIsLoading = false;
+
 // Used to pop a resizable image view
 async function imageWasClicked(img) {
 	img.classList.add("nnwClicked");
-
-	const rect = img.getBoundingClientRect();
 	
+	const rect = img.getBoundingClientRect();
+
 	var message = {
 		x: rect.x,
 		y: rect.y,
 		width: rect.width,
 		height: rect.height
 	};
-	
+
 	try {
+		showNetworkLoading(img);
 		const response = await fetch(img.src);
+		hideNetworkLoading(img);
 		if (!response.ok) {
 			throw new Error('Network response was not ok.');
 		}
@@ -33,6 +37,36 @@ async function imageWasClicked(img) {
 	
 }
 
+function showNetworkLoading(img) {
+	imageIsLoading = true;
+
+	var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
+	wrapper.classList.add("activityIndicatorWrap");
+	img.parentNode.insertBefore(wrapper, img);
+	wrapper.appendChild(img);
+
+	var activityIndicatorImg = document.createElement("img");
+	activityIndicatorImg.classList.add("activityIndicator");
+	activityIndicatorImg.style.opacity = 0;
+	activityIndicatorImg.src = activityIndicator;
+	wrapper.appendChild(activityIndicatorImg);
+	
+	// Wait a half a second before showing the indicator
+	function showActivityIndicator() {
+		activityIndicatorImg.style.opacity = 1;
+	}
+	setTimeout(showActivityIndicator, 500);
+}
+
+function hideNetworkLoading(img) {
+	var wrapper = img.parentNode;
+	var wrapperParent = wrapper.parentNode;
+	wrapperParent.insertBefore(img, wrapper);
+	wrapperParent.removeChild(wrapper);
+
+	imageIsLoading = false;
+}
+
 // Used to animate the transition to a fullscreen image
 function hideClickedImage() {
 	var img = document.querySelector('.nnwClicked')
@@ -50,7 +84,7 @@ function showClickedImage() {
 // Add the click listener for images
 function imageClicks() {
 	window.onclick = function(event) {
-		if (event.target.matches('img')) {
+		if (event.target.matches('img') && !imageIsLoading) {
 			imageWasClicked(event.target);
 		}
 	}
@@ -69,3 +103,5 @@ function postRenderProcessing() {
 	imageClicks()
 	inlineVideos()
 }
+
+const activityIndicator = "data:image/svg+xml;base64,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";
diff --git a/iOS/Resources/styleSheet.css b/iOS/Resources/styleSheet.css
index df1c80612..fcf18608d 100644
--- a/iOS/Resources/styleSheet.css
+++ b/iOS/Resources/styleSheet.css
@@ -159,6 +159,20 @@ sub {
 	padding-top: 56.25%;
 }
 
+.activityIndicatorWrap {
+	position: relative;
+}
+
+.activityIndicator {
+	z-index: 1;
+	width: 64px;
+	height: 64px;
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 50%;
+	left: 50%;
+	transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+}
+
 .iframeWrap iframe {
 	position: absolute;
 	top: 0;