diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/conf/Config.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/conf/Config.groovy
index df0d3867..4e7d2d42 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/conf/Config.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/conf/Config.groovy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 application {
     title = 'MuWire'
-    startupGroups = ['EventList']
+    startupGroups = ['EventList', 'MainFrame']
     autoShutdown = true
 }
 
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ mvcGroups {
         view = 'com.muwire.gui.EventListView'
         controller = 'com.muwire.gui.EventListController'
     }
+    'MainFrame' {
+        model = 'com.muwire.gui.MainFrameModel'
+        view = 'com.muwire.gui.MainFrameView'
+        controller = 'com.muwire.gui.MainFrameController'
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameController.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameController.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..947cc85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameController.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.muwire.gui
+
+import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonController
+import griffon.core.controller.ControllerAction
+import griffon.inject.MVCMember
+import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull
+
+@ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
+class MainFrameController {
+    @MVCMember @Nonnull
+    MainFrameModel model
+
+    @ControllerAction
+    void click() {
+        model.clickCount++
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/EventListModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/EventListModel.groovy
index ceab1f8c..3d271894 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/EventListModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/EventListModel.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
 @ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonModel)
 class EventListModel {
     @Inject @Nonnull GriffonApplication application
-    @Observable int clickCount = 0
     @Observable boolean coreInitialized = false
     
     void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8369a40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.muwire.gui
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull
+import javax.inject.Inject
+
+import griffon.core.GriffonApplication
+import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonModel
+import griffon.transform.Observable
+import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
+
+@ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonModel)
+class MainFrameModel {
+    @Inject @Nonnull GriffonApplication application
+    @Observable boolean coreInitialized = false
+    
+    void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
+        application.addPropertyChangeListener("core", {e ->
+            coreInitialized = (e.getNewValue() != null)
+        })
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy
index 7a36b083..09810d52 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package com.muwire.gui
 import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonView
 import griffon.inject.MVCMember
 import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
+
+import javax.swing.Box
+import javax.swing.BoxLayout
 import javax.swing.SwingConstants
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull
 
@@ -15,16 +18,20 @@ class EventListView {
 
     void initUI() {
         builder.with {
-            application(size: [320, 160], id: 'event-list',
+            application(size: [320, 80], id: 'event-list',
                 title: application.configuration['application.title'],
                 iconImage:   imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
                 iconImages: [imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
                              imageIcon('/griffon-icon-32x32.png').image,
-                             imageIcon('/griffon-icon-16x16.png').image]) {
-                gridLayout(rows: 2, cols: 1)
-                label(id: 'clickLabel', text: bind { model.clickCount },
-                     horizontalAlignment: SwingConstants.CENTER)
-                button(id: 'clickButton', clickAction, enabled: bind {model.coreInitialized})
+                             imageIcon('/griffon-icon-16x16.png').image],
+                 visible: bind { !model.coreInitialized} ) {
+                panel {
+                    vbox {
+                        label("MuWire is loading, please wait...")
+                        Box.createVerticalGlue()
+                        progressBar(indeterminate : true)
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a15e3049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.muwire.gui
+
+import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonView
+import griffon.inject.MVCMember
+import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
+import javax.swing.SwingConstants
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull
+
+@ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonView)
+class MainFrameView {
+    @MVCMember @Nonnull
+    FactoryBuilderSupport builder
+    @MVCMember @Nonnull
+    MainFrameModel model
+
+    void initUI() {
+        builder.with {
+            application(size: [1024, 768], id: 'main-frame',
+                title: application.configuration['application.title'],
+                iconImage:   imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
+                iconImages: [imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
+                             imageIcon('/griffon-icon-32x32.png').image,
+                             imageIcon('/griffon-icon-16x16.png').image],
+                visible : bind { model.coreInitialized }) {
+                gridLayout(rows: 2, cols: 1)
+                label(id: 'clickLabel', text: bind { model.clickCount },
+                     horizontalAlignment: SwingConstants.CENTER)
+                button(id: 'clickButton', clickAction)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/gui/src/integration-test/groovy/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameIntegrationTest.groovy b/gui/src/integration-test/groovy/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameIntegrationTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02ef4482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/integration-test/groovy/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.muwire.gui
+
+import griffon.core.test.GriffonFestRule
+import org.fest.swing.fixture.FrameFixture
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail
+
+class MainFrameIntegrationTest {
+    static {
+        System.setProperty('griffon.swing.edt.violations.check', 'true')
+        System.setProperty('griffon.swing.edt.hang.monitor', 'true')
+    }
+
+    @Rule
+    public final GriffonFestRule fest = new GriffonFestRule()
+
+    private FrameFixture window
+
+    @Test
+    void smokeTest() {
+        fail('Not implemented yet!')
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gui/src/test/groovy/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameControllerTest.groovy b/gui/src/test/groovy/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameControllerTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab3a546e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/test/groovy/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameControllerTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.muwire.gui
+
+import griffon.core.test.GriffonUnitRule
+import griffon.core.test.TestFor
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail
+
+@TestFor(MainFrameController)
+class MainFrameControllerTest {
+    private MainFrameController controller
+
+    @Rule
+    public final GriffonUnitRule griffon = new GriffonUnitRule()
+
+    @Test
+    void smokeTest() {
+        fail('Not yet implemented!')
+    }
+}
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