diff --git a/productMods/css/visualization/entitycomparison/layout.css b/productMods/css/visualization/entitycomparison/layout.css
index a923d0bf..e7fa0e3b 100644
--- a/productMods/css/visualization/entitycomparison/layout.css
+++ b/productMods/css/visualization/entitycomparison/layout.css
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ a.clear-selected-entities {
     height: 25px;
 }
 
+#loading-comparisons {
+    font-size: 1.2em;
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+#loading-comparisons img {
+    vertical-align: sub;
+} 
+
 #legend-row-header a {
     background-color: #878787;
 }
diff --git a/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/gui-event-manager.js b/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/gui-event-manager.js
index 13b26cef..20d49648 100644
--- a/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/gui-event-manager.js
+++ b/productMods/js/visualization/entitycomparison/gui-event-manager.js
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             	
                 if (parameter.value === selectedValue) {
                 	selectedParameter = parameter;
-                    window.location = parameter.viewLink;
+                    //window.location = parameter.viewLink;
                 }
             	
             });
             
-            $("#body").empty().html("Loading " + selectedValue + " ...");
+            $("#body").empty().html("<div id='loading-comparisons'>Loading " + selectedValue + "&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='" + loadingImageLink + "' /></div>");
             
             /*
              * This piece of code is not executed at all because the redirect happens before there is a chance