diff --git a/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs b/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs
index 4b4b12e5..84fd5271 100644
--- a/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs
+++ b/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs
@@ -151,19 +151,23 @@
       </div>
       <div class="row justify-content-center mt-4">
         {{#if queued}}
-          <button  
-              class="button-dashed button-orange font-sm extra-bold mr-2"
-              {{action (mut showStartDialog) false}} >
-              <i class="fas fa-arrow-left mr-3"></i>
-              <span class="d-sm-inline d-none">Take me back</span>
-              <span class="d-sm-none d-inline">Back</span>
-            </button>
-            <button 
-              class="button-solid button-orange font-sm extra-bold ml-2"
-              {{action (perform createAttemptTask)}}>
-              <span class="d-sm-inline d-none">Yes, start with my test</span>
-              <span class="d-inline d-sm-none">Start</span>
-            </button>
+          {{#if createAttemptTask.isRunning}}
+            <div class="py-5">Starting Your Contest <span class="dot-loader"></span></div>
+          {{else}}
+            <button  
+                class="button-dashed button-orange font-sm extra-bold mr-2"
+                {{action (mut showStartDialog) false}} >
+                <i class="fas fa-arrow-left mr-3"></i>
+                <span class="d-sm-inline d-none">Take me back</span>
+                <span class="d-sm-none d-inline">Back</span>
+              </button>
+              <button 
+                class="button-solid button-orange font-sm extra-bold ml-2"
+                {{action (perform createAttemptTask)}}>
+                <span class="d-sm-inline d-none">Yes, start with my test</span>
+                <span class="d-inline d-sm-none">Start</span>
+              </button>
+          {{/if}}
         {{else}}
           <p>
             <Timer @to={{queueTimeEnd}} @onEnd={{action (mut queued) true}} as |time|>
diff --git a/app/pods/contests/contest/loading/route.js b/app/pods/contests/contest/loading/route.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c74252a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pods/contests/contest/loading/route.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
+
+export default Route.extend({
+});
diff --git a/app/pods/contests/contest/loading/template.hbs b/app/pods/contests/contest/loading/template.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a8f9519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pods/contests/contest/loading/template.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{{outlet}}
+<LoadingComponent class="w-100"/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/router.js b/app/router.js
index 39db86ac..2fb03f34 100644
--- a/app/router.js
+++ b/app/router.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Router.map(function() {
         this.route('problem');
         this.route('project')
       });
+      this.route('loading');
     });
   });
   this.route('dcb', function() {
diff --git a/tests/unit/pods/contests/contest/loading/route-test.js b/tests/unit/pods/contests/contest/loading/route-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50c80336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/pods/contests/contest/loading/route-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Route | contests/contest/loading', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let route = this.owner.lookup('route:contests/contest/loading');
+    assert.ok(route);
+  });
+});