diff --git a/app/locale/en.coffee b/app/locale/en.coffee
index 3605d0557..7f9a3a201 100644
--- a/app/locale/en.coffee
+++ b/app/locale/en.coffee
@@ -686,3 +686,9 @@
     user_profile: "User Profile"
     patches: "Patches"
     model: "Model"
+    system: "System"
+    component: "Component"
+    thang: "Thang"
+    level_session: "Your Session"
+    opponent_session: "Opponent Session"
+    article: "Article"
diff --git a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
index 1c93ea125..39bf58308 100644
--- a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
     @markToRevert()
     @addSchemaDefaults()
     @once 'sync', @onLoaded, @
+    @on 'error', @onError, @
     @saveBackup = _.debounce(@saveBackup, 500)
 
   type: ->
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
     clone = super()
     clone.set($.extend(true, {}, if withChanges then @attributes else @_revertAttributes))
     clone
+    
+  onError: ->
+    @loading = false
 
   onLoaded: ->
     @loaded = true
diff --git a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
index b57f7f6ba..f45520554 100644
--- a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ module.exports = class SuperModel extends Backbone.Model
 
   getProgress: -> return @progress
 
-
+  getResource: (rid) ->
+    return @resources[rid]
+    
+    
 
 class Resource extends Backbone.Model
   constructor: (name, value=1) ->
@@ -131,11 +134,12 @@ class Resource extends Backbone.Model
     return if @isLoaded
     @trigger('failed', {resource: @})
     @isLoaded = @isLoading = false
+    @isFailed = true
     
   markLoading: ->
-    @isLoaded = false
+    @isLoaded = @isFailed = false
     @isLoading = true
-
+    
   load: -> @
 
 
diff --git a/app/styles/base.sass b/app/styles/base.sass
index afa9fbcc9..f68a75aba 100644
--- a/app/styles/base.sass
+++ b/app/styles/base.sass
@@ -168,22 +168,26 @@ a[data-toggle="modal"]
 .icon-cog.big
   background-position: 0px 0px
 
+// loading screens for everything but the play view
 .loading-screen
-  text-align: center
   .progress
     width: 50%
     margin: 0 25%
+    
+// all loading screens
+.loading-container
+  text-align: center
   .progress-bar
     width: 0%
     transition: width 0.1s ease
-    
   .errors .alert
     padding: 5px
     display: block
     margin: 10px auto
     .btn
       margin-left: 10px
-  
+
+
 .modal
   overflow-y: auto !important
   .wait
diff --git a/app/templates/loading.jade b/app/templates/loading.jade
index df2fc0eb5..ea7c1fce4 100644
--- a/app/templates/loading.jade
+++ b/app/templates/loading.jade
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.loading-screen
+.loading-screen.loading-container
   h1(data-i18n="common.loading") Loading...
   .progress
     .progress-bar
diff --git a/app/templates/loading_error.jade b/app/templates/loading_error.jade
index b56ede4ac..2e9a8edfe 100644
--- a/app/templates/loading_error.jade
+++ b/app/templates/loading_error.jade
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     strong(data-i18n="loading_error.unknown") Unknown error.
 
   if resourceIndex !== undefined
-    button.btn.btn-sm.retry-loading-resource(data-i18n="common.retry", data-resource-index=resourceIndex) Retry
+    button.btn.btn-xs.retry-loading-resource(data-i18n="common.retry", data-resource-index=resourceIndex) Retry
   if requestIndex !== undefined
-    button.btn.btn-sm.retry-loading-request(data-i18n="common.retry", data-request-index=requestIndex) Retry
+    button.btn.btn-xs.retry-loading-request(data-i18n="common.retry", data-request-index=requestIndex) Retry
     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/templates/play/level/level_loading.jade b/app/templates/play/level/level_loading.jade
index cfd949909..9cfc3622d 100644
--- a/app/templates/play/level/level_loading.jade
+++ b/app/templates/play/level/level_loading.jade
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 .right-wing
 
-.loading-details
+.loading-details.loading-container
 
   .load-progress
     .progress.progress-striped.active
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@
     strong.tip.rare
       span(data-i18n='play_level.tip_harry') Yer a Wizard, 
       span= me.get('name') || 'Anoner'
+
+  .errors
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
index adc705a04..1fcb2b1c6 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
@@ -116,22 +116,24 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
       
   updateProgressBar: (progress) =>
     prog = "#{parseInt(progress*100)}%"
-    @$el?.find('.loading-screen .progress-bar').css('width', prog)
+    @$el?.find('.loading-container .progress-bar').css('width', prog)
 
   onLoaded: -> @render()
 
   # Error handling for loading
-  onResourceLoadFailed: (source) ->
-    # console.debug 'gintau', 'onResourceLoadFailed', source
-    @$el.find('.loading-screen .errors').append(loadingErrorTemplate({
-      status: 'error',
-      name: source.resource.name
-      resourceIndex: source.resource.rid,
-      responseText: source.error
+  onResourceLoadFailed: (e) ->
+    r = e.resource
+    @$el.find('.loading-container .errors').append(loadingErrorTemplate({
+      status: r.jqxhr?.status
+      name: r.name
+      resourceIndex: r.rid,
+      responseText: r.jqxhr?.responseText
     })).i18n()
   
   onRetryResource: (e) ->
     res = @supermodel.getResource($(e.target).data('resource-index'))
+    # different views may respond to this call, and not all have the resource to reload
+    return unless res and res.isFailed 
     res.load()
     $(e.target).closest('.loading-error-alert').remove()
 
diff --git a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
index 1044fe16c..1c5f5f965 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
   load: ->
     @loadStartTime = new Date()
     @levelLoader = new LevelLoader supermodel: @supermodel, levelID: @levelID, sessionID: @sessionID, opponentSessionID: @getQueryVariable('opponent'), team: @getQueryVariable("team")
-#    @listenTo(@levelLoader, 'progress', @onLevelLoaderProgressChanged) # TODO NOW: transfer to supermodel system
     @god = new God()
 
   getRenderData: ->
@@ -154,8 +153,6 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     _.defer => @onLevelLoaded()
 
   onLevelLoaded: ->
-    console.debug 'level_view', 'onLevelLoaderLoaded',  @levelLoader.progress()
-
     return unless @levelLoader.progress() is 1 # double check, since closing the guide may trigger this early
     @loadingView.showReady()
     if window.currentModal and not window.currentModal.destroyed