diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.html b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.html
index 4a07787..77d5967 100644
--- a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.html
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.html
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 ~ limitations under the License.
 -->
 <div id="ov-app" (dragover)="onDragOver($event)" (dragleave)="onDragLeave($event)" (drop)="onDrop($event)">
+    <onos-flash id="appMsgFlash" message="{{ alertMsg }}" dwell="5000" warning="true" (closed)="alertMsg = ''"></onos-flash>
+    <onos-loading [theme]="'light'" [running]="loadingIconShown"></onos-loading>
+    <onos-confirm title="{{ lionFn('dlg_confirm_action') }}" message="{{ confirmMsg }}" warning="{{ strongWarning }}" (chosen)="dOk($event)"></onos-confirm>
     <div class="tabular-header">
-        <onos-flash id="appMsgFlash" message="{{ alertMsg }}" dwell="5000" warning="true" (closed)="alertMsg = ''"></onos-flash>
-        <onos-confirm title="{{ lionFn('dlg_confirm_action') }}" message="{{ confirmMsg }}" warning="{{ strongWarning }}" (chosen)="dOk($event)"></onos-confirm>
         <h2>
             {{lionFn('title_apps')}}
             ({{ tableData.length }}
diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.spec.ts b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.spec.ts
index 5864743..3e541bb 100644
--- a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.spec.ts
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.spec.ts
@@ -25,16 +25,14 @@
     FnService,
     IconService,
     LionService,
-    LoadingService,
     LogService,
-    TableBaseImpl, TableResponse, TableFilter, SortParams, SortDir,
     UrlFnService,
     WebSocketService,
     TableFilterPipe,
     ConfirmComponent,
     FlashComponent,
     IconComponent,
-    ThemeService,
+    ThemeService, LoadingComponent,
 } from 'gui2-fw-lib';
 
 import { AppsComponent } from './apps.component';
@@ -57,12 +55,6 @@
     loadIconDef() { }
 }
 
-class MockLoadingService {
-    startAnim() { }
-    stop() { }
-    waiting() { }
-}
-
 class MockThemeService { }
 
 class MockUrlFnService { }
@@ -118,7 +110,8 @@
                 IconComponent,
                 AppsDetailsComponent,
                 TableFilterPipe,
-                FlashComponent
+                FlashComponent,
+                LoadingComponent
             ],
             providers: [
                 { provide: FnService, useValue: fs },
@@ -133,7 +126,6 @@
                         };
                     })
                 },
-                { provide: LoadingService, useClass: MockLoadingService },
                 { provide: LogService, useValue: logSpy },
                 { provide: ThemeService, useClass: MockThemeService },
                 { provide: UrlFnService, useClass: MockUrlFnService },
diff --git a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.ts b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.ts
index c933053..59d91ed 100644
--- a/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.ts
+++ b/web/gui2/src/main/webapp/app/view/apps/apps/apps.component.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-import { HttpClient, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import {
     FnService,
     IconService,
     LionService,
-    LoadingService,
     LogService,
-    TableBaseImpl, TableResponse, TableFilter, SortParams, SortDir,
+    TableBaseImpl, TableResponse, SortDir,
     UrlFnService,
-    WebSocketService,
-    TableFilterPipe
+    WebSocketService
 } from 'gui2-fw-lib';
 
 const INSTALLED = 'INSTALLED';
@@ -133,14 +131,13 @@
         protected fs: FnService,
         private is: IconService,
         private lion: LionService,
-        protected ls: LoadingService,
         protected log: LogService,
         private ufs: UrlFnService,
         protected wss: WebSocketService,
         @Inject('Window') private window: Window,
         private httpClient: HttpClient
     ) {
-        super(fs, null, log, wss, 'app');
+        super(fs, log, wss, 'app');
         this.responseCallback = this.appResponseCb;
         this.parentSelCb =  this.rowSelection;
         // pre-populate sort so active apps are at the top of the list