diff --git a/src/main/app/application-controller.ts b/src/main/app/application-controller.ts
index 65b8d0f..efd0b28 100644
--- a/src/main/app/application-controller.ts
+++ b/src/main/app/application-controller.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type ApplicationWindow = {
   isDestroyed: () => boolean;
   isMinimized: () => boolean;
   loadURL: (url: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+  loadFile: (filePath: string) => Promise<unknown>;
   restore: () => void;
   show: () => void;
 };
@@ -119,6 +120,13 @@ export function createApplicationController({
         deps.setAppUserModelId(appConfig.userModelId);
       }
 
+      mainWindow = deps.createMainWindow();
+      loadingWindow = deps.createLoadingWindow();
+
+      await loadingWindow.loadFile(paths.staticLoadingHtmlPath);
+      loadingWindow.show();
+      await sleep(50);
+
       state = "preparing";
       const preparedRuntime = deps.prepareRuntime({
         sourceRuntimePath: paths.sourceNodecgRuntimePath,
@@ -131,11 +139,6 @@ export function createApplicationController({
 
       nodecgManager = deps.createNodecgProcessManager(preparedRuntime.runtimePath);
 
-      mainWindow = deps.createMainWindow();
-      loadingWindow = deps.createLoadingWindow();
-
-      loadingWindow.show();
-
       state = "starting";
       await startNodecg();
 
diff --git a/src/main/app/paths.ts b/src/main/app/paths.ts
index 97034a1..0303462 100644
--- a/src/main/app/paths.ts
+++ b/src/main/app/paths.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type ApplicationPaths = {
   nodecgBaseUrl: string;
   mainDashboardUrl: string;
   loadingDashboardUrl: string;
+  staticLoadingHtmlPath: string;
 };
 
 export function getRootPath(isDev: boolean, compiledMainDir: string, resourcesPath: string): string {
@@ -78,5 +79,6 @@ export function getApplicationPaths({
     nodecgBaseUrl: getNodecgBaseUrl(appConfig.nodecgPort),
     mainDashboardUrl: getDashboardUrl(appConfig.nodecgPort, appConfig.bundleName, appConfig.mainDashboardRoute),
     loadingDashboardUrl: getDashboardUrl(appConfig.nodecgPort, appConfig.bundleName, appConfig.loadingDashboardRoute),
+    staticLoadingHtmlPath: path.join(rootPath, "static", "loading.html"),
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/application-controller.test.ts b/src/tests/application-controller.test.ts
index 9f6c5b9..ef1b586 100644
--- a/src/tests/application-controller.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/application-controller.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class MockWindow implements ApplicationWindow {
     this.events.push(`${this.name}:load:${url}`);
   }
 
+  async loadFile(filePath: string): Promise<void> {
+    this.events.push(`${this.name}:loadFile:${filePath}`);
+  }
+
   restore(): void {
     this.events.push(`${this.name}:restore`);
     this.minimized = false;
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ test("ApplicationController preserves startup ordering and schedules updates aft
     nodecgBaseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9090",
     mainDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/bundles/scoreko-dev/dashboard/main.html?standalone=true",
     loadingDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/bundles/scoreko-dev/dashboard/loading/main.html?standalone=true",
+    staticLoadingHtmlPath: "/app/static/loading.html",
   };
 
   const controller = createApplicationController({
@@ -129,11 +134,13 @@ test("ApplicationController preserves startup ordering and schedules updates aft
   assert.equal(controller.getState(), "ready");
   assert.deepEqual(events, [
     "set-app-user-model-id",
-    "prepare-runtime",
-    "create-manager",
     "create-main",
     "create-loading",
+    `loading:loadFile:${paths.staticLoadingHtmlPath}`,
     "loading:show",
+    "sleep:50",
+    "prepare-runtime",
+    "create-manager",
     "start-nodecg",
     "wait-nodecg",
     `loading:load:${paths.loadingDashboardUrl}`,
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@ test("ApplicationController directly launches packaged app after runtime install
       nodecgBaseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9090",
       mainDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/main",
       loadingDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/loading",
+      staticLoadingHtmlPath: "/app/static/loading.html",
     },
     deps: {
       createLoadingWindow: () => {
@@ -189,10 +197,12 @@ test("ApplicationController directly launches packaged app after runtime install
 
   assert.equal(controller.getState(), "ready");
   assert.deepEqual(events, [
-    "create-manager",
     "create-main",
     "create-loading",
+    "loading:loadFile:/app/static/loading.html",
     "loading:show",
+    "sleep:50",
+    "create-manager",
     "start-nodecg",
     "wait-nodecg",
     "loading:load:http://localhost:9090/loading",
@@ -217,6 +227,7 @@ test("ApplicationController activation before readiness routes through launch",
       nodecgBaseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9090",
       mainDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/main",
       loadingDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/loading",
+      staticLoadingHtmlPath: "/app/static/loading.html",
     },
     deps: {
       createLoadingWindow: () => new MockWindow("loading", events),
@@ -257,6 +268,7 @@ test("ApplicationController shutdown is idempotent", async () => {
       nodecgBaseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9090",
       mainDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/main",
       loadingDashboardUrl: "http://localhost:9090/loading",
+      staticLoadingHtmlPath: "/app/static/loading.html",
     },
     deps: {
       createLoadingWindow: () => new MockWindow("loading", events),
diff --git a/static/loading.html b/static/loading.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9121945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/loading.html
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <title>Scoreko</title>
+  <style>
+    body {
+      background-color: #0f0f0f;
+      color: #ffffff;
+      font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: center;
+      height: 100vh;
+      margin: 0;
+      overflow: hidden;
+      user-select: none;
+    }
+    .spinner {
+      width: 40px;
+      height: 40px;
+      border: 4px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+      border-left-color: #ffffff;
+      border-radius: 50%;
+      animation: spin 1s linear infinite;
+      margin-bottom: 20px;
+    }
+    @keyframes spin {
+      to { transform: rotate(360deg); }
+    }
+    p {
+      margin: 0;
+      font-size: 14px;
+      opacity: 0.8;
+    }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <div class="spinner"></div>
+  <p>Preparando Scoreko...</p>
+</body>
+</html>