diff --git a/icons/splash.png b/icons/splash.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03fde653
Binary files /dev/null and b/icons/splash.png differ
diff --git a/resources.qrc b/resources.qrc
index 282ad1e1..bcd2aa0f 100644
--- a/resources.qrc
+++ b/resources.qrc
@@ -89,5 +89,6 @@
         <file>icons/old-arrow.png</file>
         <file>icons/old-downarrow.png</file>
         <file>icons/custom_trans.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/splash.png</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/initializing.cc b/src/initializing.cc
index 1489d902..488f4a5f 100644
--- a/src/initializing.cc
+++ b/src/initializing.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 Initializing::Initializing( QWidget * parent, bool showOnStartup ): QDialog( parent )
 {
   ui.setupUi( this );
+
   setWindowFlags( Qt::Dialog | Qt::CustomizeWindowHint | Qt::WindowTitleHint |
                   Qt::WindowMinimizeButtonHint );
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ Initializing::Initializing( QWidget * parent, bool showOnStartup ): QDialog( par
 
 void Initializing::indexing( QString const & dictionaryName )
 {
-  ui.operation->setText( tr( "Please wait while indexing dictionary" ) );
+  ui.operation->setText( tr( "Indexing..." ) );
   ui.dictionary->setText( dictionaryName );
   ui.dictionary->show();
   ui.progressBar->show();
diff --git a/src/ui/initializing.ui b/src/ui/initializing.ui
index 493119d1..2408e02f 100644
--- a/src/ui/initializing.ui
+++ b/src/ui/initializing.ui
@@ -1,65 +1,133 @@
-<ui version="4.0" >
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
  <class>Initializing</class>
- <widget class="QDialog" name="Initializing" >
-  <property name="windowModality" >
+ <widget class="QDialog" name="Initializing">
+  <property name="windowModality">
    <enum>Qt::ApplicationModal</enum>
   </property>
-  <property name="geometry" >
+  <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>326</width>
-    <height>84</height>
+    <width>680</width>
+    <height>422</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
-    <width>326</width>
-    <height>0</height>
+    <width>680</width>
+    <height>422</height>
    </size>
   </property>
-  <property name="windowTitle" >
+  <property name="maximumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>680</width>
+    <height>422</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>GoldenDict-ng - Initializing</string>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout" >
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <property name="spacing">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="operation" >
-     <property name="text" >
-      <string>Please wait while indexing dictionary</string>
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="splashImage">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Maximum" vsizetype="Maximum">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
      </property>
-     <property name="alignment" >
-      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+     <property name="maximumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>680</width>
+       <height>382</height>
+      </size>
      </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="dictionary" >
-     <property name="font" >
-      <font>
-       <weight>75</weight>
-       <bold>true</bold>
-      </font>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text" >
-      <string>Dictionary Name</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="scaledContents" >
+     <property name="autoFillBackground">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
-     <property name="alignment" >
-      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string/>
      </property>
-     <property name="wordWrap">
+     <property name="pixmap">
+      <pixmap resource="../../resources.qrc">:/icons/splash.png</pixmap>
+     </property>
+     <property name="scaledContents">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QProgressBar" name="progressBar" >
-     <property name="maximum" >
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="operation">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Indexing...</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="dictionary">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+       <property name="font">
+        <font>
+         <bold>true</bold>
+        </font>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Dictionary Name</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+       </property>
+       <property name="wordWrap">
+        <bool>true</bool>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QProgressBar" name="progressBar">
+     <property name="maximum">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
-     <property name="value" >
+     <property name="value">
       <number>-1</number>
      </property>
      <property name="alignment">
@@ -69,6 +137,8 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <resources/>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="../../resources.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>