diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js
index 71f84d7c67..3c83966327 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.controller.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 		vm.currentNode = null;
 		vm.contentType = {};
 		vm.page = {};
+		vm.page.loading = false;
 		vm.page.navigation = [
 			{
 				"name": "Design",
@@ -108,17 +109,30 @@
 	];
 
 		if ($routeParams.create) {
+
+			vm.page.loading = true;
+
 			//we are creating so get an empty data type item
 			contentTypeResource.getScaffold($routeParams.id)
 				.then(function(dt) {
+
 					init(dt);
+
+					vm.page.loading = false;
+
 				});
 		}
 		else {
+
+			vm.page.loading = true;
+
 			contentTypeResource.getById($routeParams.id).then(function(dt){
 				init(dt);
 
 				syncTreeNode(vm.contentType, dt.path, true);
+
+				vm.page.loading = false;
+
 			});
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html
index b4fc2bc690..86c64321b6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/documenttype/edit.html
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <div ng-controller="Umbraco.Editors.DocumentType.EditController as vm">
+
+    <umb-load-indicator ng-if="vm.page.loading"></umb-load-indicator>
+
     <form novalidate name="contentTypeForm"
-          ng-show="vm.contentType"
+          ng-show="!vm.page.loading"
           ng-submit="vm.save()"
           val-form-manager>
         <umb-editor-view>