diff --git a/Vendoo.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/okechi.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate b/Vendoo.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/okechi.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
index 288b366..b6bfe13 100644
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index 213bd73..77483bd 100644
--- a/Vendoo.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/okechi.xcuserdatad/xcdebugger/Breakpoints_v2.xcbkptlist
+++ b/Vendoo.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/okechi.xcuserdatad/xcdebugger/Breakpoints_v2.xcbkptlist
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diff --git a/Vendoo/.DS_Store b/Vendoo/.DS_Store
index 9782e70..37fe525 100644
Binary files a/Vendoo/.DS_Store and b/Vendoo/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/Vendoo/FirebaseManager.swift b/Vendoo/FirebaseManager.swift
index 82fdc63..c217f7d 100644
--- a/Vendoo/FirebaseManager.swift
+++ b/Vendoo/FirebaseManager.swift
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@ class FirebaseManager: NSObject {
     let ref = FIRDatabase.database().reference()
     let user_email = ((NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().objectForKey("email") as? String)!).stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString(".", withString: "_")
     let storage = FIRStorage.storage()
-    let indicator = TYMActivityIndicatorView.init(activityIndicatorStyle: (TYMActivityIndicatorViewStyle.Normal))
+    var indicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(activityIndicatorStyle: UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.WhiteLarge)
+    
     //let key: String!
     
     override init(){
         super.init()
-
-        
-        
+        indicator.color = UIColor.blueColor()
         //check if user has been created
         self.ref.child("Users").observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in
             // do some stuff once
diff --git a/Vendoo/ItemTableViewController.swift b/Vendoo/ItemTableViewController.swift
index bbe667d..1689642 100644
--- a/Vendoo/ItemTableViewController.swift
+++ b/Vendoo/ItemTableViewController.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  This class will be used to retrieve and manipulate data seen by the end user for he/she's item listings
  */
 import UIKit
+import TYMActivityIndicatorView
 
 class ItemTableViewController: UIViewController {
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class ItemTableViewController: UIViewController {
     
     @IBOutlet weak var menuButton: UIBarButtonItem!
     
+    var loadingView: UIView!
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
 
@@ -39,10 +41,18 @@ class ItemTableViewController: UIViewController {
             menuButton.action = "revealToggle:"
             self.view.addGestureRecognizer(self.revealViewController().panGestureRecognizer())
         }
-        (self.tabBarController as? HomeViewController)?.firebaseManager.indicator.hidesWhenStopped = 1
-        //self.view.addSubview(((self.tabBarController as? HomeViewController)?.firebaseManager.indicator)!)
+        
+        self.loadingView = UIView(frame: self.view.frame)
+        self.loadingView.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayColor()
+        self.loadingView.alpha = 0.4
+        ((self.tabBarController as? HomeViewController)?.firebaseManager.indicator)!.center = self.view.center
+
+        
+        self.loadingView.addSubview(((self.tabBarController as? HomeViewController)?.firebaseManager.indicator)!)
+        self.view.addSubview(loadingView)
         (self.tabBarController as? HomeViewController)?.firebaseManager.indicator.startAnimating()
         
+        
     }
 
     
@@ -58,6 +68,7 @@ class ItemTableViewController: UIViewController {
     
     func stopIndicator(){
         (self.tabBarController as? HomeViewController)?.firebaseManager.indicator.stopAnimating()
+        self.loadingView.removeFromSuperview()
         self.itemTable.reloadData()
     }
    
diff --git a/Vendoo/ListingPreviewViewController.swift b/Vendoo/ListingPreviewViewController.swift
index 8974c42..63f7fd1 100644
--- a/Vendoo/ListingPreviewViewController.swift
+++ b/Vendoo/ListingPreviewViewController.swift
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class ListingPreviewViewController: UIViewController {
     private var alert = UIAlertController(title: "Listing Published", message: "Your listing has been published", preferredStyle: .Alert)
     private var lastListingKey: String!
     private var newInProgressListing: Dictionary<String,AnyObject> = Dictionary<String, AnyObject>()
+    var loadingView: UIView!
     
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
@@ -147,6 +148,15 @@ extension ListingPreviewViewController {
     }
     
     @IBAction func publishItem(sender: AnyObject) {
+        self.loadingView = UIView(frame: self.view.frame)
+        self.loadingView.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayColor()
+        self.loadingView.alpha = 0.4
+        
+        self.firManager.indicator.center = self.view.center
+        
+        self.loadingView.addSubview(self.firManager.indicator)
+        self.view.addSubview(loadingView)
+        self.firManager.indicator.startAnimating()
         
         if(self.itemPicture.image == nil){
             let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Image Needed", message: "To proceed to choose networks, you must supply at least one picture for your listing", preferredStyle: .Alert)
@@ -533,7 +543,17 @@ extension ListingPreviewViewController {
                                 
                                 //register new listing id in global path of firebase root'
                                 self.firManager.ref.child("Global_listings").child(newListingRef.key).setValue(newListingRef.key)
-                                self.cancel(self)
+                                self.firManager.indicator.stopAnimating()
+                                
+                                let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Listing Posted Successfully", message: "Your listing was submitted to all networks successfully", preferredStyle: .Alert)
+                                
+                                alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .Default, handler:{(action: UIAlertAction!) in
+                                    
+                                    self.cancel(self)
+                                    alert.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
+                                }))
+                                
+                                self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
                             })