diff --git a/app/lib/LoadingScreen.coffee b/app/lib/LoadingScreen.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 18889f240..000000000
--- a/app/lib/LoadingScreen.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-CocoClass = require 'lib/CocoClass'
-
-module.exports = class LoadingScreen extends CocoClass
-  progress: 0
-
-  constructor: (canvas) ->
-    super()
-    @width = canvas.width
-    @height = canvas.height
-    @stage = new createjs.Stage(canvas)
-
-  subscriptions:
-    'level-loader:progress-changed': 'onLevelLoaderProgressChanged'
-
-  show: ->
-    @stage.removeChild(@screen) if @screen
-    @screen = @makeScreen()
-    @stage.addChild(@screen)
-    @updateProgressBar()
-
-  hide: ->
-    @stage.removeChild(@screen) if @screen
-    @screen = null
-
-  makeScreen: ->
-    c = new createjs.Container()
-    c.addChild(@makeLoadBackground())
-    c.addChild(@makeLoadText())
-    c.addChild(@makeProgressBar())
-    @makeLoadLogo(c)
-    c
-
-  makeLoadBackground: ->
-    g = new createjs.Graphics()
-    g.beginFill(createjs.Graphics.getRGB(30,30,60))
-    g.drawRoundRect(0, 0, @width, @height, 0.0)
-    s = new createjs.Shape(g)
-    s.y = 0
-    s.x = 0
-    s
-
-  makeLoadLogo: (container) ->
-    logoImage = new Image()
-    $(logoImage).load =>
-      @logo = new createjs.Bitmap logoImage
-      @logo.x = @width / 2 - logoImage.width / 2
-      @logo.y = 40
-      container.addChild @logo
-    logoImage.src = "/images/loading_image.png"
-
-  makeLoadText: ->
-    size = @height / 10
-    text = new createjs.Text("LOADING", "#{size}px Monospace", "#ff7700")
-    text.regX = text.getMeasuredWidth() / 2
-    text.regY = text.getMeasuredHeight() / 2
-    text.x = @width / 2
-    text.y = @height / 2
-    @text = text
-    return text
-
-  makeProgressBar: ->
-    BAR_PIXEL_HEIGHT = 20
-    BAR_PCT_WIDTH = .75
-    pixelWidth = parseInt(@width * BAR_PCT_WIDTH)
-    pixelMargin = (@width - (@width * BAR_PCT_WIDTH)) / 2
-    barY = 2 * (@height / 3)
-
-    c = new createjs.Container()
-    c.x = pixelMargin
-    c.y = barY
-
-    g = new createjs.Graphics()
-    g.beginFill(createjs.Graphics.getRGB(255,0,0))
-    g.drawRoundRect(0,0,pixelWidth, BAR_PIXEL_HEIGHT, 5)
-    @progressBar = new createjs.Shape(g)
-    c.addChild(@progressBar)
-
-    g = new createjs.Graphics()
-    g.setStrokeStyle(2)
-    g.beginStroke(createjs.Graphics.getRGB(230,230,230))
-    g.drawRoundRect(0,0,pixelWidth, BAR_PIXEL_HEIGHT, 5)
-    c.addChild(new createjs.Shape(g))
-    c
-
-  onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: (e) ->
-    @progress = e.progress
-    @updateProgressBar()
-
-  updateProgressBar: ->
-    newProg = parseInt((@progress or 0) * 100)
-    newProg = ' '+newProg while newProg.length < 4
-    @lastProg = newProg
-    @text.text = "BUILDING" if @progress is 1
-    @progressBar.scaleX = @progress
-    @stage.update()
-
-  showReady: ->
-    @text.text = 'READY'
-    @text.regX = @text.getMeasuredWidth() / 2
-    @stage.update()
-
-  destroy: ->
-    @stage.canvas = null
-    super()
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
index b78e7b165..aea3dfcf2 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
 
   afterRender: ->
 
-  updateProgress: (progress)=>
+  updateProgress: (progress) ->
     @loadProgress.progress = progress if progress > @loadProgress.progress
     @updateProgressBar(progress)
       
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
index 420128e0a..30bc067aa 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoadingView extends View
   id: "level-loading-view"
   template: template
 
-  subscriptions:
-    'level-loader:progress-changed': 'onLevelLoaderProgressChanged'
-
   onLoaded: ->
   afterRender: ->
     @$el.find('.tip.rare').remove() if _.random(1, 10) < 9
@@ -17,15 +14,6 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoadingView extends View
     $(tip).removeClass('to-remove')
     @$el.find('.to-remove').remove()
 
-  onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: (e) ->
-    return if @destroyed
-    @progress = e.progress
-    @progress = 0.01 if @progress < 0.01
-    @updateProgressBar()
-
-  updateProgressBar: ->
-    @$el.find('.progress-bar').css('width', (100 * @progress) + '%')
-
   showReady: ->
     ready = $.i18n.t('play_level.loading_ready', defaultValue: 'Ready!')
     @$el.find('#tip-wrapper .tip').addClass('ready').text ready
@@ -35,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoadingView extends View
     _.delay @reallyUnveil, 1000
 
   reallyUnveil: =>
-    return if @destroyed or @progress < 1
+    return if @destroyed
     @$el.addClass 'unveiled'
     loadingDetails = @$el.find('.loading-details')
     duration = parseFloat loadingDetails.css 'transition-duration'
diff --git a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
index 4c3b99008..5f087275a 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     @saveScreenshot = _.throttle @saveScreenshot, 30000
 
     if @isEditorPreview
-      f = =>
-        @supermodel.shouldSaveBackups = (model) ->
-          model.constructor.className in ['Level', 'LevelComponent', 'LevelSystem']
-        @load() unless @levelLoader
+      # wait to see if it's just given to us through setLevel
+      f = => @load() unless @levelLoader
       setTimeout f, 100
     else
       @load()
@@ -100,7 +98,11 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     # TODO NOW: remove this in favor of the supermodel handling it
     application.router.navigate "/play?not_found=#{@levelID}", {trigger: true}
 
-  setLevel: (@level, @supermodel) ->
+  setLevel: (@level, givenSupermodel) ->
+    @supermodel.models = givenSupermodel.models
+    @supermodel.collections = givenSupermodel.collections
+    @supermodel.shouldSaveBackups = givenSupermodel.shouldSaveBackups
+
     @god?.level = @level.serialize @supermodel
     if @world
       serializedLevel = @level.serialize(@supermodel)
@@ -129,7 +131,8 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     @$el.find('#level-done-button').hide()
     $('body').addClass('is-playing')
 
-  onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: ->
+  updateProgress: (progress) ->
+    super(progress)
     return if @seenDocs
     return unless @levelLoader.session.loaded and @levelLoader.level.loaded
     return unless showFrequency = @levelLoader.level.get('showsGuide')
diff --git a/app/views/play/spectate_view.coffee b/app/views/play/spectate_view.coffee
index 93db38908..4af55f00b 100644
--- a/app/views/play/spectate_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/spectate_view.coffee
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ module.exports = class SpectateLevelView extends View
       spectateMode: true
       team: @getQueryVariable("team")
     @listenToOnce(@levelLoader, 'loaded-all', @onLevelLoaderLoaded)
-    @listenTo(@levelLoader, 'progress', @onLevelLoaderProgressChanged)
     @god = new God maxWorkerPoolSize: 1, maxAngels: 1
 
   getRenderData: ->
@@ -121,7 +120,8 @@ module.exports = class SpectateLevelView extends View
     super()
     $('body').addClass('is-playing')
 
-  onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: ->
+  updateProgress: (progress) ->
+    super(progress)
     return if @seenDocs
     return unless showFrequency = @levelLoader.level.get('showGuide')
     session = @levelLoader.session
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ module.exports = class SpectateLevelView extends View
     Backbone.Mediator.subscribeOnce 'modal-closed', @onLevelLoaderLoaded, @
     return true
 
-  onLevelLoaderLoaded: ->
+  onLoaded: ->
+    _.defer => @onLevelLoaded()
+
+  onLevelLoaded: ->
     return unless @levelLoader.progress() is 1 # double check, since closing the guide may trigger this early
     # Save latest level played in local storage
     if window.currentModal and not window.currentModal.destroyed