diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.cpp
index 0765238062..c5e275903b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.cpp
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@ BOOL CALLBACK LoadingWindow_Win32::WndProc( HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 
 LoadingWindow_Win32::LoadingWindow_Win32()
 {
-	handle = NULL;
-	hwnd = NULL;
-
-	/* Little trick to get an HINSTANCE of ourself without having access to the hwnd ... */
-	TCHAR szFullAppPath[MAX_PATH];
-	GetModuleFileName(NULL, szFullAppPath, MAX_PATH);
-	handle = LoadLibrary(szFullAppPath);
-
-	hwnd = CreateDialog(handle,	MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_LOADING_DIALOG), NULL, WndProc);
+	hwnd = CreateDialog(handle.Get(), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_LOADING_DIALOG), NULL, WndProc);
 
 	SetText("Initializing hardware...");
 	Paint();
@@ -30,8 +22,6 @@ LoadingWindow_Win32::~LoadingWindow_Win32()
 {
 	if(hwnd)
 		EndDialog(hwnd, 0);
-	if(handle)
-		FreeLibrary(handle);
 }
 
 void LoadingWindow_Win32::Paint()
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.h b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.h
index d1b2f435b1..4d8ca33668 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Win32.h
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 /* Loading window using a Windows dialog. */
 #include "LoadingWindow.h"
 #include <windows.h>
+#include "../../archutils/Win32/AppInstance.h"
 
 class LoadingWindow_Win32: public LoadingWindow {
-	HINSTANCE handle;
+	AppInstance handle;
 	HWND hwnd;
 	CString text;