diff --git a/Themes/_fallback/Fonts/ScreenReloadSongs LoadingText.redir b/Themes/_fallback/Fonts/InGameLoadingWindow LoadingText.redir
similarity index 100%
rename from Themes/_fallback/Fonts/ScreenReloadSongs LoadingText.redir
rename to Themes/_fallback/Fonts/InGameLoadingWindow LoadingText.redir
diff --git a/src/InGameLoadingWindow.cpp b/src/InGameLoadingWindow.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..381871e51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/InGameLoadingWindow.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "global.h"
+#include "InGameLoadingWindow.h"
+#include "ScreenManager.h"
+#include "ThemeManager.h"
+#include "ActorUtil.h"
+
+//REGISTER_ACTOR_CLASS( InGameLoadingWindow );
+
+InGameLoadingWindow::InGameLoadingWindow() {
+	SetName("InGameLoadingWindow");
+	m_Text.SetName("LoadingText");
+	m_Text.LoadFromFont( THEME->GetPathF(m_sName, "LoadingText") );
+	m_Text.SetXY(0,0);
+	AddChild(&m_Text);
+}
+
+InGameLoadingWindow::~InGameLoadingWindow() {
+	RemoveChild(&m_Text);
+}
+
+void InGameLoadingWindow::SetText( RString str )	{
+	m_Text.SetText( str );
+}
diff --git a/src/InGameLoadingWindow.h b/src/InGameLoadingWindow.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9c4ae8b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/InGameLoadingWindow.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow.h"
+#include "BitmapText.h"
+#include "RageTimer.h"
+#include "global.h"
+#include "ActorFrame.h"
+
+class InGameLoadingWindow: public LoadingWindow, public ActorFrame {
+
+public:
+	InGameLoadingWindow();
+	~InGameLoadingWindow();
+
+	void SetText( RString str );
+
+private:
+	RageTimer m_LastDraw;
+	BitmapText m_Text;
+};
+
diff --git a/src/ScreenReloadSongs.cpp b/src/ScreenReloadSongs.cpp
index 48d94907b0..cfa926dfba 100644
--- a/src/ScreenReloadSongs.cpp
+++ b/src/ScreenReloadSongs.cpp
@@ -6,38 +6,8 @@
 #include "RageLog.h"
 #include "ThemeManager.h"
 #include "ScreenDimensions.h"
-
 #include "arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow.h"
-
-static const int DrawFrameRate = 20;
-class ScreenReloadSongsLoadingWindow: public LoadingWindow
-{
-	RageTimer m_LastDraw;
-	BitmapText &m_BitmapText;
-
-public:
-	ScreenReloadSongsLoadingWindow( BitmapText &bt ):
-		m_BitmapText(bt)
-	{
-	}
-
-	void SetText( RString str )
-	{
-		m_BitmapText.SetText( str );
-		Paint();
-	}
-
-	void Paint()
-	{
-		/* We load songs much faster than we draw frames. Cap the draw rate,
-		 * so we don't slow down the reload. */
-		if( m_LastDraw.PeekDeltaTime() < 1.0f/DrawFrameRate )
-			return;
-		m_LastDraw.GetDeltaTime();
-
-		SCREENMAN->Draw();
-	}
-};
+#include "InGameLoadingWindow.h"
 
 /* This could be cleaned up: show progress, for example.  Let's not use
  * this for the initial load, since we don't want to start up the display
@@ -49,14 +19,16 @@ void ScreenReloadSongs::Init()
 {
 	Screen::Init();
 
-	m_iUpdates = 0;
+	loadWin=new InGameLoadingWindow( );
 
-	m_Loading.SetName("LoadingText");
-	m_Loading.LoadFromFont( THEME->GetPathF(m_sName, "LoadingText") );
-	m_Loading.SetXY( SCREEN_CENTER_X, SCREEN_CENTER_Y );
-	this->AddChild( &m_Loading );
+	loadWin->SetXY( SCREEN_CENTER_X, SCREEN_CENTER_Y );
+	
+	AddChild( loadWin );
 
-	pLoadingWindow = new ScreenReloadSongsLoadingWindow( m_Loading );
+	pLoadingWindow = new InGameLoadingWindow( );
+
+	m_loadingThread.SetName("Song reload work thread");
+	m_loadingThread.Create(loadingThreadProc,this);
 }
 
 ScreenReloadSongs::~ScreenReloadSongs()
@@ -64,20 +36,24 @@ ScreenReloadSongs::~ScreenReloadSongs()
 	delete pLoadingWindow;
 }
 
+void ScreenReloadSongs::Update( float fDeltaTime ) {
+	Screen::Update( fDeltaTime );
+
+	//SCREENMAN->Draw();
+}
 
-void ScreenReloadSongs::Update( float fDeltaTime )
-{
-	Screen::Update( fDeltaTime );
 
-	/* Start the reload on the second update. On the first (0), SCREENMAN->Draw won't draw. */
-	++m_iUpdates;
-	if( m_iUpdates != 2 )
-		return;
-	ASSERT( !IsFirstUpdate() );
+
+
+int ScreenReloadSongs::loadingThreadProc(void *thisAsVoidPtr) {
+
+	ScreenReloadSongs *self=(ScreenReloadSongs *)thisAsVoidPtr;
 
 	SONGMAN->Reload( false );
 
 	SCREENMAN->PostMessageToTopScreen( SM_GoToNextScreen, 0 );
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/ScreenReloadSongs.h b/src/ScreenReloadSongs.h
index 908f61da72..93ffa37d4f 100644
--- a/src/ScreenReloadSongs.h
+++ b/src/ScreenReloadSongs.h
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 #define SCREEN_RELOAD_SONGS_H
 
 #include "Screen.h"
-#include "BitmapText.h"
-class LoadingWindow;
+#include "RageThreads.h"
+
+class InGameLoadingWindow;
 
 class ScreenReloadSongs: public Screen
 {
@@ -11,10 +12,10 @@ public:
 	virtual void Init();
 	~ScreenReloadSongs();
 	void Update( float fDeltaTime );
-
 private:
-	int m_iUpdates;
-	BitmapText m_Loading;
+	InGameLoadingWindow *loadWin;
+	RageThread m_loadingThread;
+	static int loadingThreadProc(void *thisAsVoidPtr);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj.filters b/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj.filters
index 0d28f9a2c7..7c21d06c80 100644
--- a/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/StepMania-net2010.vcxproj.filters
@@ -1629,6 +1629,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="SongPosition.cpp">
       <Filter>Data Structures</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="InGameLoadingWindow.cpp">
+      <Filter>Actors used in Menus</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="Screen.h">
@@ -3026,6 +3029,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="SongPosition.h">
       <Filter>Data Structures</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="InGameLoadingWindow.h">
+      <Filter>Actors used in Menus</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="archutils\Win32\smzip.ico">
@@ -3154,4 +3160,4 @@
       <Filter>BaseClasses</Filter>
     </CustomBuildStep>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
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