diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e50a87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Code
+
+### Usage
+- Drag a file onto the editor
+- Append a GitHub Gist id to the url
+- Paste your code directly!
diff --git a/components/CodeImage.js b/components/CodeImage.js
index 6fb8dcc..13359c1 100644
--- a/components/CodeImage.js
+++ b/components/CodeImage.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import domtoimage from 'dom-to-image'
 import CodeMirror from 'react-codemirror'
 import WindowControls from '../components/svg/Controls'
+import Spinner from 'react-spinner'
 
 // hack to only call modes on browser
 if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof window.navigator !== 'undefined') {
@@ -19,41 +20,76 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
   language: 'javascript'
 }
 
-const CodeImage = (props) => {
-  const config = Object.assign(DEFAULT_SETTINGS, props.config)
+ class CodeImage extends React.Component {
 
-  const options = {
-    lineNumbers: false,
-    mode: config.language,
-    theme: config.theme,
-    scrollBarStyle: null,
-    viewportMargin: Infinity,
-    lineWrapping: true
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props)
+
+    this.state = {
+      loading: true
+    }
   }
 
-  // create styles
-  const containerStyle = {
-    background: config.background,
-    padding: `${config.paddingVertical} ${config.paddingHorizontal}`,
-    paddingTop: `calc(${config.paddingVertical} - 19px)` // TODO fix hack: accomodates for space taken up by window controls
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.setState({
+      loading: false
+    })
   }
 
-  return (
-    <div id="section">
-      <div id="container" style={containerStyle}>
-        { true ? <WindowControls /> : null }
-        <CodeMirror className="CodeMirrorContainer" value={props.children} options={options} />
+  render () {
+    const config = Object.assign(DEFAULT_SETTINGS, this.props.config)
+
+    const options = {
+      lineNumbers: false,
+      mode: config.language,
+      theme: config.theme,
+      scrollBarStyle: null,
+      viewportMargin: Infinity,
+      lineWrapping: true
+    }
+
+    // create styles
+    const containerStyle = {
+      background: config.background,
+      padding: `${config.paddingVertical} ${config.paddingHorizontal}`,
+      paddingTop: `calc(${config.paddingVertical} - 19px)` // TODO fix hack: accomodates for space taken up by window controls
+    }
+
+    // set content to spinner if loading, else editor
+    let content = (
+      <div>
+        <Spinner />
+        <style jsx>{`
+          div {
+            width: 680px;
+            height: 500px;
+          }
+        `}
+        </style>
       </div>
-      <style jsx>{`
-        #section {
-          height: 100%;
-          display: flex;
-          justify-content: center;
-          align-items: center;
-        }
-      `}</style>
-    </div>
-  )
+    )
+    if (this.state.loading === false) {
+      content = (
+        <div id="container" style={containerStyle}>
+          <CodeMirror className="CodeMirrorContainer" value={this.props.children} options={options} />
+        </div>
+      )
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <div id="section">
+        { content }
+        <style jsx>{`
+          #section {
+            height: 100%;
+            display: flex;
+            justify-content: center;
+            align-items: center;
+          }
+        `}</style>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 export default CodeImage
diff --git a/components/Meta.js b/components/Meta.js
index ac195d6..8dec2b4 100644
--- a/components/Meta.js
+++ b/components/Meta.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export default () => (
       <meta charSet="utf-8" />
       <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/static/favicon.ico" />
       <link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/font-hack/2.020/css/hack-extended.min.css" />
+      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/static/react-spinner.css" />
     </Head>
     <style jsx>{`
       .meta {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c146b0..103b8a1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
     "morgan": "^1.8.2",
     "next": "^2.4.3",
     "react": "^15.5.4",
-    "react-codemirror": "^1.0.0",
     "react-click-outside": "^2.3.1",
+    "react-codemirror": "^1.0.0",
     "react-color": "^2.12.1",
     "react-dnd": "^2.4.0",
     "react-dnd-html5-backend": "^2.4.1",
     "react-dom": "^15.5.4",
+    "react-spinkit": "^3.0.0",
+    "react-spinner": "^0.2.7",
     "react-syntax-highlight": "^0.0.6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pages/index.js b/pages/index.js
index 1b95c22..6fb17ec 100644
--- a/pages/index.js
+++ b/pages/index.js
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ class Index extends React.Component {
 
   save () {
     // domtoimage.toPng(document.getElementById('container'))
-    domtoimage.toJpeg(document.getElementById('container'))
+    domtoimage.toPng(document.getElementById('container'))
       .then((dataUrl) => {
         const link = document.createElement('a')
-        // link.download = 'snippet.png'
-        link.download = 'snippet.jpeg'
+        link.download = 'snippet.png'
         link.href = dataUrl
         link.click()
       })
diff --git a/static/react-spinner.css b/static/react-spinner.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..471f418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/react-spinner.css
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+.react-spinner {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 32px;
+  height: 32px;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+}
+
+.react-spinner_bar {
+  -webkit-animation: react-spinner_spin 1.2s linear infinite;
+  -moz-animation: react-spinner_spin 1.2s linear infinite;
+  animation: react-spinner_spin 1.2s linear infinite;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background-color: white;
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 20%;
+  height: 7.8%;
+  top: -3.9%;
+  left: -10%;
+}
+
+@keyframes react-spinner_spin {
+ 0% { opacity: 1; }
+ 100% { opacity: 0.15; }
+}
+
+@-moz-keyframes react-spinner_spin {
+ 0% { opacity: 1; }
+ 100% { opacity: 0.15; }
+}
+
+@-webkit-keyframes react-spinner_spin {
+ 0% { opacity: 1; }
+ 100% { opacity: 0.15; }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 28b7a8e..6f22be5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ cipher-base@^1.0.0, cipher-base@^1.0.1, cipher-base@^1.0.3:
   dependencies:
     inherits "^2.0.1"
 
-classnames@^2.2.5:
+classnames@^2.2.3, classnames@^2.2.5:
   version "2.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.5.tgz#fb3801d453467649ef3603c7d61a02bd129bde6d"
 
@@ -2114,6 +2114,10 @@ loader-utils@^0.2.16:
     json5 "^0.5.0"
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
 
+loaders.css@^0.1.2:
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loaders.css/-/loaders.css-0.1.2.tgz#3a9fb43726c73334a38142af9d0629019b658743"
+
 locate-path@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/locate-path/-/locate-path-2.0.0.tgz#2b568b265eec944c6d9c0de9c3dbbbca0354cd8e"
@@ -2841,6 +2845,19 @@ react-proxy@^3.0.0-alpha.0:
   dependencies:
     lodash "^4.6.1"
 
+react-spinkit@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-spinkit/-/react-spinkit-3.0.0.tgz#31fdaf4e18177766c57d1b1f3330290f8492a85a"
+  dependencies:
+    classnames "^2.2.3"
+    loaders.css "^0.1.2"
+    object-assign "^4.1.0"
+    prop-types "^15.5.8"
+
+react-spinner@^0.2.7:
+  version "0.2.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-spinner/-/react-spinner-0.2.7.tgz#ea3ca3375dd7a54edbb5cc01d17496a2e2fc14db"
+
 react-syntax-highlight@^0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-syntax-highlight/-/react-syntax-highlight-0.0.6.tgz#2a657a9a693ffd16a22181ad08de96902957f87a"